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[CITE: 30USC224]

 
                   TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
 
               CHAPTER 3A--LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS
 
                       SUBCHAPTER IV--OIL AND GAS
 
Sec. 224. Payments for oil or gas taken prior to application for 
        lease
        
    Until the permittee shall apply for lease to the one quarter of the 
permit area heretofore provided for he shall pay to the United States 20 
per centum of the gross value of all oil or gas secured by him from the 
lands embraced within his permit and sold or otherwise disposed of or 
held by him for sale or other disposition.

(Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, Sec. 15, 41 Stat. 442.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 10 sections 7421, 7435.
