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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 142. Rights of occupants or claimants of oil- or gas-bearing lands; exceptions to withdrawals
This section and section 141 (!1) of this title shall not be
construed as a recognition, abridgment, or enlargement of any
asserted rights or claims initiated upon any oil- or gas-bearing
lands after any withdrawal of such lands made prior to June 25,
1910: And provided further, That there shall be excepted from the
force and effect of any withdrawal made under the provisions of
this section and section 141 (!1) of this title all lands which
are, on the date of such withdrawal, embraced in any lawful
homestead or desert-land entry theretofore made, or upon which any
valid settlement has been made and is at said date being maintained
and perfected pursuant to law; but the terms of this proviso shall
not continue to apply to any particular tract of land unless the
entryman or settler shall continue to comply with the law under
which the entry or settlement was made.
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