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RECORDATION OF MINING CLAIMS AND ABANDONMENT 



Sec. 314. (ai The owner of an unpatented lode 

 or placer mining claim located prior to the date of 

 this Act shall, within the three-year period follow- 

 ing the date of the approval of this Act and prior 

 to December 31 of each year thereafter, file the 

 instruments required by paragraphs (1) and (2) 

 of this subsection. The owner of an unpatented lode 

 or placer mining claim located after the date of 

 this Act shall, prior to December 31 of each year 

 following the calendar year in which the said claim 

 was located, file the instruments required by para- 

 graphs (11 and (2) of this subsection : 



( 1 > File for record in the office where the loca- 

 tion notice or certificate is recorded either a notice 

 of intention to hold the mining claim (including 

 but not limited to such notices as are provided by 

 law assessment work> , an affidavit of assessment 

 work performed thereon, on a detailed report pro- 

 vided by the Act of September 2, 1958 i72 Stat. 

 1701; 30 U.S.C. 28-1), relating thereto. 



(2) File in the office of the Bureau designated 

 by the Secretary a copy of the official record of 

 the instrument filed or recorded pursuant to para- 

 graph (1) of this subsection, including a descrip- 

 tion of the location of the mining claim sufficient 

 to locate the claimed lands on the ground. 



(b) The owner of an unpatented lode or placer 

 mining claim or mill or tunnel site located prior to 

 the date of approval of this Act shall, within the 

 three-year period following the date of approval of 

 this Act, file in the office of the Bureau designated 

 by the Secretary a copy of the official record of the 

 notice of location or certificate of location, includ- 

 ing a description of the location of the mining 

 claim or mill or tunnel site sufficient to locate the 

 claimed lands on the ground. The owner of an un- 

 patented lode or placer mining claim or mill or 

 tunnel site located after the date of approval of 

 this Act shall, within ninety days after the date 

 Df location of such claim, file in the office of the 

 Bureau designated by the Secretary a copy of the 

 official record of the notice of location, including a 

 description of the location of the mining claim or 

 mill or tunnel site sufficient to locate the claimed 

 lands on the ground. 



(c) The failure to file such instruments as re- 

 quired by subsections (a) and (b) shall be deemed 

 conclusively to constitute an abandonment of the 

 mining claim or mill or tunnel site by the owner: 

 but it shall not be considered a failure to file if the 

 instrument is defective or not timely filed for rec- 

 ord under other Federal laws permitting filing or 

 recording thereof, or if the instrument is filed for 

 record by or on behalf of some but not all of the 

 owners of the mining claim or mill or tunnel site. 



(d) Such recordation or application by itself 

 shall not render valid any claim which would not 

 be otherwise valid under applicable law. Nothing 

 in this section shall be construed as a waiver of the 

 assessment and other requirements of such law. 



RECORDABLE DISCLAIMERS OF INTEREST IN LAND 



Sec 315. (a) After consulting with any affected 

 Federal agency, the Secretary is authorized to issue 

 a document of disclaimer of interest or interests 

 in any lands in any form suitable for recordation, 

 where the disclaimer wUl help remove a cloud on 

 the title of such lands and where he determines (1) 

 a record interest of the United States in lands 

 has terminated by operation of law or is otherwise 

 invalid; or ( 2 > the lands lying between the meander 

 line shown on a plat of survey approved by the 

 Bureau or its predecessors and the actual shoreline 

 of a body of water are not lands of the United 

 States; or (3) accreted, relicted, or avulsed lands 

 are not lands of the United States. 



(b) No document or disclaimer shall be issued 

 pursuant to this section unless the applicant there- 

 for has filed with the Secretary an application in 

 writing and notice of such application setting forth 

 the grounds supporting such application has been 

 published in the Federal Register at least ninety 

 days preceding the issuance of such disclaimer and 

 until the applicant therefor has paid to the Secre- 

 tary the administrative costs of issuing the dis- 

 claimer as determined by the Secretary. All receipts 

 shall be deposited to the then-current appropria- 

 tion from which expended. 



'c) Issuance of a document of disclaimer by the 

 Secretary pursuant to the provisions of this section 

 and regulations promulgated hereunder shall have 

 the same effect as a quit-claim deed from the United 

 States. 



CORRECTION OF CONVEYANCE DOCUMENTS 



Sec 316. The Secretary may correct patents or 

 documents of conveyance issued pursuant to section 

 208 of this Act or to other Acts relating to the dis- 

 posal of public lands where necessary in order to 

 eliminate errors. In addition, the Secretary may 

 make corrections of errors in any documents of 

 conveyance which have heretofore been issued by 

 the Federal Government to dispose of public lands. 



MINERAL revenues 



Sec 317. (a) Section 35 of the Act of February 

 25, 1920 ai Stat. 437, 450; 30 U.S.C. 181, 191), as 

 amended, is further amended to read as follows: 

 "All money received from sales, bonuses, royalties, 

 and rentals of the public lands under the provisions 

 of this Act and the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970, 

 notwithstanding the provisions of section 20 there- 

 of, shall be paid into the Treasury of the United 

 States; 50 per centum thereof shall be paid by the 

 Secretary of the Treasury as soon as practicable 

 after March 31, and September 30 of each year to 

 the State other than Alaska within the boundaries 

 of which the leased lands or deposits are or were 

 located; said moneys paid to any of such States on 

 or after January 1, 1976, to be used by such State 

 and its subdivisions, as the legislature of the State 



