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SEV ENT Y- FIR ST CONGRESS . SESS. III. CHs. 372, 373 . 1931 . matter of other than the first class weighing not in excess of two pounds, 15 cents for mail matte r of any class weighing more than two pounds but not in excess of ten pounds, and 20 cents for mail matter of any class weighing in excess of ten pounds . stampsspecial-h a n d 1 i n g SEC . 4. To procure the most expeditious handling and transporta- Schedule Schedule of rates . tion practicable of mail matter of the fourth class, special-handling stamps shall be affixed ther eto, in addition to the regular p ostage, in accordance with the following schedule : Matter weighing not more than two pounds, 10 cents ; matter weighing mo re than two but not more than ten pound s, 15 cents ; matter weighing mo re th an Prootso .
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Pos tma ste r Ge ner al may pre scr ibe , or din ary pos tag e stamps of equ iv ale nt value may be accepted in lieu of the special-handling Vol . 43, p. 1069, stamps herein s pecified . repealed .
SEC . 5. Section 212., Title II, of the Act of February 28, 1 925, u. S. C., pp. 1246, 1247.
reclassifying the salaries of postmasters and employees of the Postal Service, rea djusting their s alaries and compe nsation on an eq uitable Vol . 43, p. 1067, basis, increasi ng postal rates to provide for s uch readjustment, and amended .
for other purposes (43 Stat . 1069 ; U. S. C., title 39, sets. 166, 170), 1255. S .C.,pp . 1246, and so much of section 207 of Title II of said Act as relates to the expeditious handling, transportation, and delivery of mail matter of the fourth c lass (43 Stat. 1067 ; U. S. C., title 39, sec . 294), as ame nded (sec . 8, Act of May 29, 1928 ; 45 Stat . 943, 944 ; U. S. C., Supp . III, title 39, sees . 166, 2 94), and all Acts and parts of Acts peInecd onsistent laws re- inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed . Approved, March 2, 1931 . March 2, 1931 . [11 . R . 15258.]
C H AP . 373 .-An Act To permit the deve lopment of certain valua ble mineral [Public, No . 779 .] resources in certain lands of the United States . Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the Public lands .
United States o America in Congress assembled That all valuable Exploration, etc., of
f c ertain , in Wyomin g, mineral deposits except oil, oil shale, gas, phosphate, sodium, and authorized .
coal, in the southeast quarter section 4, township 43 nor th, ran ge 82 west, sixth principal meridian, in the State of Wyoming, which lands belong to the United States, are hereby declared to be free Vol.17,p.91. and open to exploration and purchase under the terms and conditions u. S. C.,p. 954.
of the Act approved May 10, 1872 (U. S. R. S., title 32, ch. 6; U. S. C., title 30, ch. 2), while embraced in and during the period of any permit or permits to prospect for oil or gas which has been Vol. 41, p. 437; Vol. or which may be issued by the Secretary of the Interior under the 42, p. 356. authority of the Act app rov ed Feb ruar y 25, 1920 (41 Stat . 437), Vol. 44, p. 236; Vol. or as extended und er the Act s approved January 11, 1922 (42 Stat . 45, An te, p. 252. p . 58.
356) April 5, 1926 (44 Stat . 236), March 9 1928 (45 Stat . 252), and . January 23, 930 (46 Stat . 58), r any of them, or :while embaced i n and during the period of any l ease or leases is sued by the Secr e- tary of the Interior following any discovery of oil or gas in said Reservation of min- l ands, except that in issuin g a p atent to said lands or any p art eral rights , thereof, to any person or corporation making a valid location thereon under the authority of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to reserve to the United States the oil and gas therein and the right to mine and remove the same, provided that the lands conveyed or any part thereof shall be embraced ina val id permit to pros pect for oil or gas or a valid l ease to mine and remove the same or is classified as valuable for oil or gas at the time the patent is issued . Rights of prior pat- entee, etc. SEC. 2. That any location made or pat ent i ssued pursu ant to the provisions hereof shall be subject to the right of any permittee or lessee, under any permit or lease which has been, or may hereafter
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