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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 673. Order by commission directing method of mining, etc.; expenses of complying with order; exemption from mining taxes
In case a majority of the members of said commission, within
thirty days after the time so fixed, concur in the decision in
favor of the petitioner or petitioners, the said commission shall
thereupon make an order directing the methods and specifying in
detail the manner in which operations shall proceed in such mine or
mines; what restraining or impounding works, if any, if facilities
therefor can be found, shall be built and maintained; how and of
what material; where to be located; and in general set forth such
further requirements and safeguards as will protect the public
interests and prevent injury to the said navigable rivers and the
lands adjacent thereto, with such further conditions and
limitations as will observe all the provisions of this chapter in
relation to the working thereof and the payment of taxes on the
gross proceeds of the same: Provided, That all expense incurred in
complying with said order shall be borne by the owner or owners of
such mine or mines: And provided further, That where it shall
appear to said commission that hydraulic mining may be carried on
without injury to the navigation of said navigable rivers and the
lands adjacent thereto, an order may be made authorizing such
mining to be carried on without requiring the construction of any
restraining or impounding works or any settling reservoirs: And
provided also, That where such an order is made a license to mine,
no taxes provided for in this chapter on the gross proceeds of such
mining operations shall be collected.
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