An Act to amend the act of July 17, 1914, to permit the disposal of certain reserve mineral deposits under the mining laws of the United States
PL 84-743 (H.R.6501), enacted 07/20/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 743-JULY 20, 1956 
[70 ST A T . 
July 20, 1956 
[H. R. 6501] 
Public Law 743 
CHAPTER 652 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act of July 17, 1914, to permit the disposal of certain reserve 
mineral deposits under the mining laws of the United States. 
Mineral deposits. 
Disposal. 
30 use 22, 
et seq. 
181 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first sentence 
of section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for agricultural 
entry of lands withdrawn, classified, or reported as containing phos-
phate, nitrate, potash, oil, gas, or asphaltic minerals", approved July 
17,1914 (38 Stat. 509; 30 U. S. C. 122), is hereby amended by striking 
out "such deposits to be subject to disposal by the United States only 
as shall be hereafter expressly directed by law" and inserting in lieu 
thereof, "such deposits to be subject to disposal by the United States 
only as shall be hereafter expressly directed by law: Provided, 
how-
ever, That all mineral deposits heretofore or hereafter reserved to the 
United States under this Act which are subject, at the time of applica-
tion for patent, to valid and subsisting rights acquired by discovery 
and location under the mining laws of the United States made prior 
to the date of the Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 1920 (41 Stat. 
437), shall hereafter be subject to disposal to the holders of those 
valid and subsisting rights by patent under the mining laws of the 
United States in force at the time of such disposal". 
Approved July 20, 1956. 
July 20,1956 
[H. R. 11611] 
Public Law 744 
CHAPTER 653 
AN ACT 
To provide for the establishment of the Pea Ridge National Military Park, in 
the State of Arkansas. 
t l o n a l 
M i l i t a r y 
Park, Ark. 
Establishment. 
Determination of 
desirable areas. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That when not less 
than one thousand two hundred acres of the non-Federal lands herein-
after described (together with improvements thereon) and known as 
the Pea Ridge Battlefield, near Bentonville, Arkansas, shall have been 
acquired and transferred free and clear of all encumbrances to the 
United States without expense to the Federal Government, such areas 
shall be, and are hereby, dedicated and set apart as a unit of the 
National Park System for the benefit and enjoyment of the people of 
the United States, under the name of the Pea Ridge National Military 
Park. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and di-
rected to make an examination of the Pea Ridge Battlefield with a 
view to determining the area or areas thereof deemed desirable for 
inclusion in the Pea Ridge National Military Park and which—except 
for not more than tw^enty acres of any other lands adjacent to such 
battlefield found by the Secretary to be necessary to carry out the pro-
visions of this Act—lie within the lands particularly described as fol-
lows: sections 17, 18, 19, 20, 29, 30, 31, 32, and 33, all township 21 
north, range 28 west, Fifth principal meridian; sections 4, 5, 6, 7, and 
8, all township 20 north, range 28 west. Fifth principal meridian; 
sections 13, 14, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 
and 36, all township 21 north, range 29 west. Fifth principal merid-
ian; and sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, all township 20 
north, range 29 west, Fifth principal meridian.