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Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 15 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-76-324) › Subtitle 5 - MINERAL RESOURCES GENERALLY (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-60-115) › Chapter 55 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-55-405) › Subchapter 2 - OFFICE OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-55-214) › Section 15-55-205 - Geological assistants and engineers

(a)
It shall be the duty of the State Geologist, by and with the approval of the Director of Production and Conservation and the Secretary of the Department of Energy and Environment, to appoint trained geological assistants, engineers, and others efficient in the arts and sciences as may be necessary to completely carry on the investigations undertaken.
(b)
The State Geologist, assistants, and engineers, are directed to go into any mine or other place, where it is thought necessary by the State Geologist to go, in executing the directions of the director or the Department of Energy and Environment.
Amended by Act 2023, No. 697,§ 6, eff. 7/1/2023.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 3069, eff. 7/1/2019.
Acts 1909, No. 348, § 4, p. 1020; C. & M. Dig., § 4975; Pope's Dig., § 12224; A.S.A. 1947, § 9-401.1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 15 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-76-324) › Subtitle 5 - MINERAL RESOURCES GENERALLY (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-60-115) › Chapter 55 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-55-405) › Subchapter 2 - OFFICE OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-55-214) › Section 15-55-206 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2023, No. 697,§ 6, eff. 7/1/2023.
Acts 1963, No. 16, § 6; A.S.A. 1947, § 9-400.5.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 15 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-76-324) › Subtitle 5 - MINERAL RESOURCES GENERALLY (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-60-115) › Chapter 55 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-55-405) › Subchapter 2 - OFFICE OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-55-214) › Section 15-55-207 - Powers

The Office of the State Geologist shall also have the authority to:
(1)
(A)
Enter into cooperative agreements with the United States Geological Survey in relation to programs concerning quality of water, occurrence of ground water, stream gauging, mineral investigations, topographic mapping, and other federal programs relating to the functions performable by the office;
(B)
Make copies of the reports prepared under those programs available to other state agencies, including, but not limited to, those agencies whose principal functions relate to industrial development and water and soil conservation;
(2)
(A)
Receive and expend any moneys arising from federal means, grants, contributions, gratuities, reimbursements, or loans payable or distributable to the State of Arkansas by the United States, or by any of its agencies or instrumentalities, pursuant to any congressional act or rule or regulation of the agency or instrumentality enacted or promulgated for or on account of any functions performable by the office.
(B)
The office shall likewise receive any contributions, grants, or gratuities donated by private persons, associations, or corporations, for or on account of any of the functions aforesaid.
(C)
The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall prescribe rules for handling the moneys;
(3)
Contract and be contracted with; and
(4)
Take other action, not inconsistent with law, as the office deems necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes and intent of this subchapter.
Amended by Act 2023, No. 697,§ 6, eff. 7/1/2023.
Acts 1963, No. 16, § 12; A.S.A. 1947, § 9-400.11.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 15 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-76-324) › Subtitle 5 - MINERAL RESOURCES GENERALLY (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-60-115) › Chapter 55 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-55-405) › Subchapter 2 - OFFICE OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-55-214) › Section 15-55-208 - Duties

(a)
It shall be the duty of the Office of the State Geologist, in cooperation with the United States Geological Survey, to:
(1)
Investigate, or to have investigated, such of the natural resources of the state, consisting of the available waterpower of the streams, the clays of the state as related to their adaptability to the various purposes for which clays are utilized, the cement materials of the state, the road materials of the state, and such other minerals and economic geologic products, as it may be deemed practicable and advisable by the office to have investigated; and
(2)
Prepare or have prepared topographic maps deemed advisable.
(b)
The office may:
(1)
Make or have made investigations deemed advisable relating to the conservation of exhaustible natural resources;
(2)
In cooperation with the United States Geological Survey, make investigations deemed advisable relating to the safety of miners and mine operations; and
(3)
Adopt measures deemed practicable to assist mine operators in preventing explosions and give relief in case explosions occur.
Amended by Act 2023, No. 697,§ 6, eff. 7/1/2023.
Acts 1907, No. 417, § 2, p. 1103; 1909, No. 348, § 2, p. 1020; C. & M. Dig., § 4973; Pope's Dig., § 12222; A.S.A. 1947, § 9-401.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 15 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-76-324) › Subtitle 5 - MINERAL RESOURCES GENERALLY (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-60-115) › Chapter 55 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-55-405) › Subchapter 2 - OFFICE OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-55-214) › Section 15-55-209 - Notice to agencies of location and extent of state minerals

From time to time, the Office of the State Geologist shall bring to the attention of the appropriate federal agencies, state and local industrial development agencies, and industrial interests the location and extent of minerals in the state which may be of value to, and beneficial in, any programs of national defense or the development of industry.
Amended by Act 2023, No. 697,§ 6, eff. 7/1/2023.
Acts 1963, No. 16, § 13; A.S.A. 1947, § 9-400.12.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 15 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-76-324) › Subtitle 5 - MINERAL RESOURCES GENERALLY (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-60-115) › Chapter 55 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-55-405) › Subchapter 2 - OFFICE OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-55-214) › Section 15-55-210 - Reports of investigations

(a)
It shall be the duty of the Office of the State Geologist to make reports as necessary to complete an understanding of the results obtained from investigations undertaken.
(b)
The reports shall be accompanied by maps, sections, and other illustrations as necessary to a complete understanding.
(c)
[Repealed.]
(d)
[Repealed.]
Amended by Act 2023, No. 697,§ 6, eff. 7/1/2023.
Acts 1907, No. 417, § 3, p. 1103; 1909, No. 348, § 3, p. 1020; C. & M. Dig., § 4974; Pope's Dig., § 12223; A.S.A. 1947, § 9-403.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 15 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-76-324) › Subtitle 5 - MINERAL RESOURCES GENERALLY (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-60-115) › Chapter 55 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-55-405) › Subchapter 2 - OFFICE OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-55-214) › Section 15-55-211 - State and federal expense sharing

(a)
The State of Arkansas shall pay the portion of the field and traveling expenses, including salaries, as agreed upon between the Office of the State Geologist, with approval of the Director of Production and Conservation, and the United States Geological Survey.
(b)
The full and complete results of the surveys shall be available for publication in the state reports.
(c)
The expense of the office work for the state reports shall be borne by the state.
Amended by Act 2023, No. 697,§ 6, eff. 7/1/2023.
Acts 1907, No. 417, § 4, p. 1103; 1909, No. 348, § 5, p. 1020; C. & M. Dig., § 4977; Pope's Dig., § 12226; A.S.A. 1947, § 9-404.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 15 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-76-324) › Subtitle 5 - MINERAL RESOURCES GENERALLY (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-60-115) › Chapter 55 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-55-405) › Subchapter 2 - OFFICE OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-55-214) › Section 15-55-212 - Deposit of moneys into State Treasury

The Office of the State Geologist shall deposit all moneys received from the sale of its publications and from other sources into the State Treasury to the credit of the fund from which the office is operated, unless provisions shall have otherwise been made by law.
Amended by Act 2023, No. 697,§ 6, eff. 7/1/2023.
Acts 1963, No. 16, § 14; A.S.A. 1947, § 9-400.13.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 15 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-76-324) › Subtitle 5 - MINERAL RESOURCES GENERALLY (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-60-115) › Chapter 55 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-55-405) › Subchapter 2 - OFFICE OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-55-214) › Section 15-55-213 - Access to information

The Office of the State Geologist and the Division of Information Systems shall grant access to and provide information determined by the Commissioner of State Lands to be necessary to successfully accomplish the Commissioner of State Lands' mission.
Amended by Act 2023, No. 697,§ 6, eff. 7/1/2023.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 6076, eff. 7/1/2019.
Acts 2001, No. 1417, § 8.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 15 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-76-324) › Subtitle 5 - MINERAL RESOURCES GENERALLY (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-60-115) › Chapter 55 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-55-405) › Subchapter 2 - OFFICE OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-55-214) › Section 15-55-214 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2015, No. 1149,§ 12, eff. 7/22/2015.
Added by Act 2013, No. 708,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2013.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 15 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-76-324) › Subtitle 5 - MINERAL RESOURCES GENERALLY (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-60-115) › Chapter 55 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-55-405) › Subchapter 3 - GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (§§ 15-55-301 — 15-55-303) › Section 15-55-302 - Free access to public records

(a)
The work of the geological survey shall commence as soon after the appointment of the State Geologist and his or her assistants as is practical.
(b)
The Office of the State Geologist shall have access at all times to the field notes and maps of the Commissioner of State Lands' office, and to the records and reports of the State Mine Inspector, the Oil and Gas Commission, the county clerk of any county, or to the public record of any state department or county official without the payment of any fee.
Amended by Act 2023, No. 697,§ 7, eff. 7/1/2023.
Acts 1923, No. 573, § 3; Pope's Dig., § 12229; A.S.A. 1947, § 9-406.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 15 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-76-324) › Subtitle 5 - MINERAL RESOURCES GENERALLY (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-60-115) › Chapter 55 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-55-405) › Subchapter 3 - GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (§§ 15-55-301 — 15-55-303) › Section 15-55-303 - Mineral discoveries - Notice

(a)
When at any time during the progress of the survey the State Geologist or his or her assistants shall discover any considerable deposits of minerals, metals, ores, clays, oils, gas, coal, or anything else of value, situated upon lands of any citizen of the state, he or she shall immediately notify the owner of the discovery.
(b)
Should the discovery be upon land belonging to the state, he or she shall at once and without delay notify the Governor thereof, and the Governor upon receipt of notice shall immediately cause the lands to be withdrawn from sale or donation until otherwise provided by the General Assembly.
(c)
Withdrawal from sale by the Governor shall be by proclamation directed to the Commissioner of State Lands and shall be published in at least one (1) newspaper of general state circulation.
Acts 1923, No. 573, § 4; Pope's Dig., § 12230; A.S.A. 1947, § 9-407.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 15 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-76-324) › Subtitle 5 - MINERAL RESOURCES GENERALLY (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-60-115) › Chapter 55 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-55-405) › Subchapter 4 - LIGNITE DEVELOPMENT ACT (§§ 15-55-401 — 15-55-405) › Section 15-55-401 - Title

This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Lignite Development Act".
Acts 2007, No. 641, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 15 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-76-324) › Subtitle 5 - MINERAL RESOURCES GENERALLY (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-60-115) › Chapter 55 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-55-405) › Subchapter 4 - LIGNITE DEVELOPMENT ACT (§§ 15-55-401 — 15-55-405) › Section 15-55-402 - Findings

The General Assembly finds:
(1)
Lignite in Arkansas is a vast energy resource that is virtually untapped and is easily extracted;
(2)
Lignite could be used in a variety of ways, including:
(A)
Blending it with fuel products to augment imported coal that is currently used to generate electricity in Arkansas power plants;
(B)
Using it as a primary fuel source for newly constructed electric power generating plants; and
(C)
Using it as a primary fuel source for the generation of synthetic natural gas, gasoline, and other economically important by-products;
(3)
The Office of the State Geologist is interested in developing a research agreement with academic institutions of higher education or industry partners, or both, for purposes of pursuing a research program on Arkansas lignite and lignite's commercial and economic contributions to the state;
(4)
In the United States, approximately seventy-nine percent (79%) of lignite coal is used to generate electricity, thirteen and five-tenths percent (13.5%) is used to generate synthetic natural gas, and seven and five-tenths percent (7.5%) is used to produce fertilizer products;
(5)
Currently, Arkansas is not utilizing its lignite resources; whereas, Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, and North Dakota regard lignite as an important energy source for electrical power generation or synthetic fuels production; and
(6)
With the creation of strategic partnerships, Arkansas can truly begin a new era in lignite-driven energy and economic development.
Amended by Act 2023, No. 697,§ 8, eff. 7/1/2023.
Acts 2007, No. 641, § 1; 2009, No. 481, § 7.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 15 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-76-324) › Subtitle 5 - MINERAL RESOURCES GENERALLY (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-60-115) › Chapter 55 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-55-405) › Subchapter 4 - LIGNITE DEVELOPMENT ACT (§§ 15-55-401 — 15-55-405) › Section 15-55-403 - Arkansas Lignite Resources Pilot Program

(a)
There is created a program to be known as the "Arkansas Lignite Resources Pilot Program".
(b)
The program shall be developed and administered by Southern Arkansas University, the Office of the State Geologist, and the Arkansas Economic Development Commission.
(c)
The purpose of the program is to:
(1)
Examine the feasibility of the use of lignite as a potential energy source;
(2)
Explore and utilize lignite as an energy resource, including without limitation a synthetic fuels-based research program;
(3)
Develop public and private partnerships with other entities to develop the untapped energy resource of lignite to stimulate Arkansas's economy; and
(4)
Develop practical applications for the use of lignite resources as an alternative energy source.
Amended by Act 2023, No. 697,§ 9, eff. 7/1/2023.
Acts 2007, No. 641, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 15 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-76-324) › Subtitle 5 - MINERAL RESOURCES GENERALLY (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-60-115) › Chapter 55 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-55-405) › Subchapter 4 - LIGNITE DEVELOPMENT ACT (§§ 15-55-401 — 15-55-405) › Section 15-55-404 - Participation in other grant programs

The Arkansas Lignite Resources Pilot Program may participate in federal, state, or industry grant opportunities that are available for the program.
Acts 2007, No. 641, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 15 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-76-324) › Subtitle 5 - MINERAL RESOURCES GENERALLY (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-60-115) › Chapter 55 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-55-405) › Subchapter 4 - LIGNITE DEVELOPMENT ACT (§§ 15-55-401 — 15-55-405) › Section 15-55-405 - Reporting

Representatives from Southern Arkansas University, the Office of the State Geologist, and the Arkansas Economic Development Commission shall report the status of the Arkansas Lignite Resources Pilot Program periodically to the Legislative Council and the Joint Committee on Energy.
Amended by Act 2023, No. 697,§ 10, eff. 7/1/2023.
Acts 2007, No. 641, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 15 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-76-324) › Subtitle 5 - MINERAL RESOURCES GENERALLY (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-60-115) › Chapter 56 - MINERAL LANDS AND INTERESTS (§§ 15-56-201 — 15-56-505) › Subchapter 2 - MINING CLAIMS ON PUBLIC LANDS (§§ 15-56-201 — 15-56-205) › Section 15-56-201 - Recording mining claim notices

In every county in this state in which lands containing minerals still belong to the United States Government, the recording of mining claim notices of all kinds may be done with the ex officio recorders of the various counties in which the lands are situated.
Acts 1895, No. 88, § 1, p. 116; C. & M. Dig., § 7326; Pope's Dig., § 9382; A.S.A. 1947, § 52-101.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 15 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-76-324) › Subtitle 5 - MINERAL RESOURCES GENERALLY (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-60-115) › Chapter 56 - MINERAL LANDS AND INTERESTS (§§ 15-56-201 — 15-56-505) › Subchapter 2 - MINING CLAIMS ON PUBLIC LANDS (§§ 15-56-201 — 15-56-205) › Section 15-56-202 - Recording fees

(a)
The fees for recording mining location notices shall be one dollar ($1.00) for notice, to be paid in United States currency, one-half (1/2) of which shall go into the county treasury to the credit of the record fund.
(b)
The fees for recording all other mining notices shall be the same as allowed by law for recording deeds.
Acts 1895, No. 88, § 2, p. 116; C. & M. Dig., § 7327; Pope's Dig., § 9383; A.S.A. 1947, § 52-102.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 15 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-76-324) › Subtitle 5 - MINERAL RESOURCES GENERALLY (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-60-115) › Chapter 56 - MINERAL LANDS AND INTERESTS (§§ 15-56-201 — 15-56-505) › Subchapter 2 - MINING CLAIMS ON PUBLIC LANDS (§§ 15-56-201 — 15-56-205) › Section 15-56-204 - Establishment of possessory right to claim - Right of action against claimant

(a)
When any owner or claimant of any mining claim on any of the lands subject to location as mining claims in this state under the laws of the United States shall have had possession of a claim for a period of three (3) years and shall have performed the necessary amount of annual labor or improvement to hold the claim, as required by law for the time period, such possession and labor or improvement shall be sufficient to establish his or her possessory right to the claim.
(b)
However, if the claimant shall have performed the necessary work for one (1) year during the specified three-year time period and shall have resumed work at any time before the rights of others intervene, then he or she shall be entitled to the possessory right to the claim.
(c)
No person shall maintain an action against a claimant for the recovery of a mining claim unless the action is commenced within one (1) year after his or her right of action accrues.
Acts 1901, No. 177, § 1, p. 330; C. & M. Dig., § 7329; Pope's Dig., § 9385; A.S.A. 1947, § 52-104.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 15 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-76-324) › Subtitle 5 - MINERAL RESOURCES GENERALLY (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-60-115) › Chapter 56 - MINERAL LANDS AND INTERESTS (§§ 15-56-201 — 15-56-505) › Subchapter 2 - MINING CLAIMS ON PUBLIC LANDS (§§ 15-56-201 — 15-56-205) › Section 15-56-205 - Indexed plat book

(a)
(1)
It shall be the duty of the recorder of any county in which mining location notices and proof of labor performed are recorded to keep a suitable bound plat book properly arranged, showing all the legal subdivisions affected by notices, in which he or she shall keep a complete index of all instruments recorded, showing the number of the book and page on which they are recorded. This index shall be kept up to date of recording.
(2)
Any recorder who shall neglect, refuse, or fail to keep the index provided for in this subsection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100).
(b)
The recorder shall make the plat book available for the free use of all miners who may wish to examine it.
Acts 1895, No. 88, § 3, p. 116; 1901, No. 177, §§ 3, 4, p. 330; C. & M. Dig., §§ 7328, 7331, 7332; Pope's Dig., §§ 9384, 9387, 9388; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 52-103, 52-106, 52-107.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 15 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-76-324) › Subtitle 5 - MINERAL RESOURCES GENERALLY (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-60-115) › Chapter 56 - MINERAL LANDS AND INTERESTS (§§ 15-56-201 — 15-56-505) › Subchapter 3 - LEASES GENERALLY (§§ 15-56-301 — 15-56-311) › Section 15-56-301 - Multiple owner authority to lease mineral lands - Mineral defined

(a)
Whenever any mineral lands in fee, or severed mineral rights and interests in, on, and under any lands situated in the State of Arkansas shall be owned, or held by two (2) or more persons, firms, or corporations in joint tenancy, in common or in coparceny, and there shall be no operation thereof under existing valid mining and operating leases, any one (1) or more of the owners or holders of mineral lands in fee, or severed mineral interests, in, on, and under the land, or the lessees of any one (1) or more of any such mineral owners may have the lands or mineral interests, leased and operated, in the manner provided in this subchapter.
(b)
The word "mineral" as used herein shall include oil, gas, asphalt, coal, iron, zinc, lead, cinnabar, bauxite, and salt water whose naturally dissolved components or solutes are used as a source of raw materials for bromine and other products derived therefrom in bromine production.
Acts 1937, No. 220, § 1; Pope's Dig., § 11195; Acts 1963, No. 85, § 1; 1975, No. 126, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 52-201.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 15 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-76-324) › Subtitle 5 - MINERAL RESOURCES GENERALLY (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-60-115) › Chapter 56 - MINERAL LANDS AND INTERESTS (§§ 15-56-201 — 15-56-505) › Subchapter 3 - LEASES GENERALLY (§§ 15-56-301 — 15-56-311) › Section 15-56-302 - Summons - Validity of lessee's title

(a)
Summons shall be issued and served as in other cases in circuit court.
(b)
All persons, if any, whose names or whereabouts are stated in the petition to be unknown to the plaintiff shall be deemed and taken as defendants by the name or designation of "all whom it may concern", and such persons may be constructively summoned, as provided by Rule 4 of the Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure. However, the validity of the lessee's title under the lease, when approved by the court, shall not thereafter be subject to attack by any person whatsoever, including, but not limited to, nonresidents, minors, or other incompetents, except by direct appeal in the manner provided by law.
Amended by Act 2013, No. 1148,§ 4, eff. 8/16/2013.
Acts 1937, No. 220, § 3; Pope's Dig., § 11197; Acts 1963, No. 85, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 52-203.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 15 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-76-324) › Subtitle 5 - MINERAL RESOURCES GENERALLY (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-60-115) › Chapter 56 - MINERAL LANDS AND INTERESTS (§§ 15-56-201 — 15-56-505) › Subchapter 3 - LEASES GENERALLY (§§ 15-56-301 — 15-56-311) › Section 15-56-303 - Parties in interest - Right to appear or intervene

Any persons having or claiming an interest in mineral lands in fee, or in any segregated mineral rights, not made a party in the petition may appear and unite or intervene in the cause.
Acts 1937, No. 220, § 4; Pope's Dig., § 11198; Acts 1963, No. 85, § 4; A.S.A. 1947, § 52-204.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 15 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-76-324) › Subtitle 5 - MINERAL RESOURCES GENERALLY (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-60-115) › Chapter 56 - MINERAL LANDS AND INTERESTS (§§ 15-56-201 — 15-56-505) › Subchapter 3 - LEASES GENERALLY (§§ 15-56-301 — 15-56-311) › Section 15-56-304 - Petition to lease or operate - Parties defendant

Any owners, partners, or corporate shareholders, or parties as set forth in §
15-56-301
desiring the leasing and operating of mineral lands or mineral interests shall file, in the circuit court in the county in which the mineral lands or mineral interests or the greater part thereof lie, a written petition describing the lands under which the mineral interests exist and shall make as parties defendant owners of the various interests or their lessee, if any, in the mineral lands or mineral rights in, on, and under the lands. The petition shall state, as far as known, the amount of interest held by each, with a prayer that the unleased interests or any part thereof or certain portions of the mineral lands and interests be leased and that the money derived from leases be paid to the owners as the court may direct. Any lessor whose lessee is either a plaintiff or defendant shall not be a necessary party to the suit.
Acts 1937, No. 220, § 2; Pope's Dig., § 11196; Acts 1963, No. 85, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 52-202.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 15 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-76-324) › Subtitle 5 - MINERAL RESOURCES GENERALLY (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-60-115) › Chapter 56 - MINERAL LANDS AND INTERESTS (§§ 15-56-201 — 15-56-505) › Subchapter 3 - LEASES GENERALLY (§§ 15-56-301 — 15-56-311) › Section 15-56-305 - Receiver - Disposition of proceeds

(a)
Upon the filing of the petition, the circuit court shall appoint a receiver, who shall be authorized to negotiate for and to execute, acknowledge, and deliver a lease on mineral lands or severed mineral interests for a cash, commodity in kind, or tonnage royalty, as is the customary manner, and terms for the product, for the best interest of, or compensation to, the parties holding thereunder, and to collect, divide, and pay over the proceeds, secured for the leases, pro rata to and among owners, as their interests may appear.
(b)
Any rents, bonus money, royalties, or other proceeds that may accrue to any unknown persons shall be paid by the receiver into the registry of the clerk of the court to be held by the clerk, and any bond of the receiver shall be eliminated thereby.
Acts 1937, No. 220, § 6; Pope's Dig., § 11200; Acts 1963, No. 85, § 6; A.S.A. 1947, § 52-206.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 15 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-76-324) › Subtitle 5 - MINERAL RESOURCES GENERALLY (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-60-115) › Chapter 56 - MINERAL LANDS AND INTERESTS (§§ 15-56-201 — 15-56-505) › Subchapter 3 - LEASES GENERALLY (§§ 15-56-301 — 15-56-311) › Section 15-56-306 - Reporting and approval of leases

(a)
A lease executed by a receiver, when acknowledged and delivered, shall be binding on all parties subject only to approval or rejection by the court as herein provided.
(b)
Not later than thirty (30) days after making the lease, the receiver shall report the making of the lease to the court. If it shall appear to the court that the consideration for the lease was fair and equitable at the time the consideration was made, the court shall approve the consideration and the lease shall be binding as though executed by the various owners and their spouses.
Acts 1937, No. 220, § 7; Pope's Dig., § 11201; Acts 1963, No. 85, § 7; A.S.A. 1947, § 52-207; Acts 1995, No. 1296, § 56.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 15 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-76-324) › Subtitle 5 - MINERAL RESOURCES GENERALLY (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-60-115) › Chapter 56 - MINERAL LANDS AND INTERESTS (§§ 15-56-201 — 15-56-505) › Subchapter 3 - LEASES GENERALLY (§§ 15-56-301 — 15-56-311) › Section 15-56-307 - Sale of land or mineral rights - Lease unaffected

The lease executed by the receiver under the approval of the court as provided in §
15-56-306
shall not terminate with the sale of the lands or mineral interests therein, thereon, or thereunder. Any person purchasing or holding thereafter shall take the land or mineral rights subject to the lease executed by the receiver pursuant to §
15-56-306
.
Acts 1937, No. 220, § 9; Pope's Dig., § 11203; Acts 1963, No. 85, § 9; A.S.A. 1947, § 52-209.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 15 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-76-324) › Subtitle 5 - MINERAL RESOURCES GENERALLY (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-60-115) › Chapter 56 - MINERAL LANDS AND INTERESTS (§§ 15-56-201 — 15-56-505) › Subchapter 3 - LEASES GENERALLY (§§ 15-56-301 — 15-56-311) › Section 15-56-308 - Discharge of receiver - Accounting

Upon any lease or contract being executed by the receiver appointed by the circuit court as provided in this subchapter, and upon the lease or contract's being reported, and approved by the court, and all considerations, if any, being accounted for by the receiver, with any money left in the hands of the receiver being paid into the registry of the court, the receiver shall be discharged, and the lessee or assigns shall thereafter account to the respective owners for all royalties arising or accruing under the term of the lease or contract, with payment to be made by the lessee or operator for any unknown persons into the registry of the court as the interest of the persons may appear.
Acts 1937, No. 220, § 13; Pope's Dig., § 11207; Acts 1963, No. 85, § 13; A.S.A. 1947, § 52-213.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 15 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-76-324) › Subtitle 5 - MINERAL RESOURCES GENERALLY (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-60-115) › Chapter 56 - MINERAL LANDS AND INTERESTS (§§ 15-56-201 — 15-56-505) › Subchapter 3 - LEASES GENERALLY (§§ 15-56-301 — 15-56-311) › Section 15-56-309 - Execution of agreements subsequent to discharge of receiver

After discharge of the receiver, if it should become necessary for unit operating agreements, royalty unitization agreements, royalty pooling agreements, field unitization and repressure agreements, or other agreements and contracts relative thereto to be executed, the clerk of the court is authorized to petition the circuit court for the authority to execute the agreements, with notice to such persons, if any, as the court may direct.
Acts 1963, No. 85, § 15; A.S.A. 1947, § 52-213.1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 15 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-76-324) › Subtitle 5 - MINERAL RESOURCES GENERALLY (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-60-115) › Chapter 56 - MINERAL LANDS AND INTERESTS (§§ 15-56-201 — 15-56-505) › Subchapter 3 - LEASES GENERALLY (§§ 15-56-301 — 15-56-311) › Section 15-56-310 - In rem proceedings against unleased interest in minerals

The proceedings provided for in this subchapter shall be for all purposes an action in rem against the unleased interest in minerals as described in this subchapter.
Acts 1963, No. 85, § 14; A.S.A. 1947, § 52-213.2.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 15 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-76-324) › Subtitle 5 - MINERAL RESOURCES GENERALLY (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-60-115) › Chapter 56 - MINERAL LANDS AND INTERESTS (§§ 15-56-201 — 15-56-505) › Subchapter 3 - LEASES GENERALLY (§§ 15-56-301 — 15-56-311) › Section 15-56-311 - Failure of lessee to report output

Any person, firm, or corporation leasing lands in this state under written contracts providing for a royalty to be paid the lessor for ore deposits or minerals taken out of or off of the land, or any officer, agent, or employee of the lessee, who, with the intent to defraud the lessee out of any part of the royalty, fails, neglects, or refuses to report the true amount or quantity of ore, deposits, or minerals taken from the lands, or who conceals the true amount so taken, or who falsely reports the amount so taken shall be deemed guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary for not less than one (1) year nor more than five (5) years.
Acts 1911, No. 159, § 1; C. & M. Dig., § 7286; Pope's Dig., § 9342; A.S.A. 1947, § 52-214.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 15 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-76-324) › Subtitle 5 - MINERAL RESOURCES GENERALLY (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-60-115) › Chapter 56 - MINERAL LANDS AND INTERESTS (§§ 15-56-201 — 15-56-505) › Subchapter 4 - LEASES BY LIFE TENANTS (§§ 15-56-401 — 15-56-409) › Section 15-56-401 - Exemptions

This subchapter shall not apply to the execution of oil and gas leases and shall in no wise infringe upon or affect the provisions of §§
15-73-301
-
15-73-308
.
Acts 1961, No. 94, § 9; A.S.A. 1947, § 52-223.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 15 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-76-324) › Subtitle 5 - MINERAL RESOURCES GENERALLY (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-60-115) › Chapter 56 - MINERAL LANDS AND INTERESTS (§§ 15-56-201 — 15-56-505) › Subchapter 4 - LEASES BY LIFE TENANTS (§§ 15-56-401 — 15-56-409) › Section 15-56-402 - Authority to execute leases

Whenever any land in this state is devised by will or conveyed by grant to any person by any language which at common law would have vested in that person an estate in fee tail, then the person who at common law would have been invested with a fee tail estate in the lands and who under the provisions of §
18-12-301
is or shall be invested with a life estate therein is authorized and empowered to execute mineral leases, other than oil and gas leases, on that land in the manner set forth in this subchapter.
Acts 1961, No. 94, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 52-215.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 15 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-76-324) › Subtitle 5 - MINERAL RESOURCES GENERALLY (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-60-115) › Chapter 56 - MINERAL LANDS AND INTERESTS (§§ 15-56-201 — 15-56-505) › Subchapter 4 - LEASES BY LIFE TENANTS (§§ 15-56-401 — 15-56-409) › Section 15-56-403 - Petition to lease by life tenant - Contents

(a)
Whenever any life tenant shall desire to lease any land for the production of any minerals, other than oil and gas, he or she shall file a verified petition with the circuit court of the county in which the lands, or the greater part of the lands, may be situated, praying for authority to execute a lease. A certified copy of the will or conveyance under which he or she claims shall be attached to the petition. The life tenant shall make as parties respondent to the petition all persons then in being who under the terms of the will or grant would become vested with title to the lands or any interests therein should the death of the life tenant occur on the date of the filing of the petition.
(b)
The petition shall set forth:
(1)
The description of the land;
(2)
From whom the petitioner acquired his or her title;
(3)
The nature and kind of minerals, other than oil and gas, to be covered by and included in the lease;
(4)
The name of the proposed lessee;
(5)
The true consideration for the lease;
(6)
The nature and amount of the royalty proposed to be reserved therein; and
(7)
A general statement as to the provisions of the proposed lease.
(c)
The petition shall pray:
(1)
For authority to execute the lease;
(2)
That the court award the life tenant with title to the proportion of the royalties reserved in the lease and which may accrue under the lease, not exceeding one-half (1/2) of the royalties, together with a part of the bonus consideration paid therefor and delay rentals, if any, payable under the lease, and any other payments provided for in the lease, as the court shall determine is fair compensation to the life tenant for the lease upon his or her interest in the premises and as damages to the life estate by the use of the surface of the lands in the exploration for and production of the minerals therefrom; and
(3)
For the appointment of a trustee to receive and hold moneys, rents, and royalties that accrue to the contingent remainder estate under the lease.
Acts 1961, No. 94, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 52-216.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 15 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-76-324) › Subtitle 5 - MINERAL RESOURCES GENERALLY (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-60-115) › Chapter 56 - MINERAL LANDS AND INTERESTS (§§ 15-56-201 — 15-56-505) › Subchapter 4 - LEASES BY LIFE TENANTS (§§ 15-56-401 — 15-56-409) › Section 15-56-404 - Court determination

(a)
The court shall consider the petition and may in its absolute discretion require that other persons as it deems proper be made parties to the proceeding. The court may hear testimony to determine whether or not the execution of the lease is advisable.
(b)
The court shall also determine what part of the bonus consideration paid for the lease; of the delay rentals, if any, accruing thereunder; of the other payments, if any, provided for therein; and of the royalties reserved therein and accruing thereunder, not exceeding one-half (1/2) of the royalties, should be awarded the life tenant as compensation for the lease upon his or her interest in the premises and for the damage to his or her life estate on account of the execution of the lease.
Acts 1961, No. 94, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 52-217.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 15 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-76-324) › Subtitle 5 - MINERAL RESOURCES GENERALLY (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-60-115) › Chapter 56 - MINERAL LANDS AND INTERESTS (§§ 15-56-201 — 15-56-505) › Subchapter 4 - LEASES BY LIFE TENANTS (§§ 15-56-401 — 15-56-409) › Section 15-56-405 - Court order - Disposition of royalties

(a)
If the court after hearing as provided in §
15-56-404
shall determine that the lease should be executed, the judge shall enter an order authorizing the life tenant to execute the lease.
(b)
The court shall further:
(1)
Fix and determine the part of the bonus consideration paid for the lease; the delay rentals, if any, payable under the lease; other payments, if any, other than royalties provided for in the lease, which shall be allowed the life tenant; and the portion of the royalties reserved in the lease and that may accrue under the lease which shall be allowed the life tenant. In so doing, the court may allow the life tenant all or any part of the bonus consideration paid for the lease, the delay rentals, if any, payable under the lease, and other payments, if any, other than royalties, payable under the lease, but not more than one-half (1/2) of the royalties reserved in and which may accrue under the lease. The order of the court, upon the approval and confirmation of the lease, as provided in §
15-56-407
, shall vest in the life tenant title to such part of the bonus consideration paid for the lease and delay rentals, if any, and title to other payments, if any, provided for in the lease, other than royalties, as are allowed to the life tenant and shall vest title to such proportionate part of the royalties reserved in and which may accrue under the lease as are allowed to the life tenant, free and clear of any limitations, conditions, and restrictions imposed by the will or deed by which the petitioner acquired title and free and clear of any present or future claim of any persons asserting or attempting to assert a reversional or remainder interest therein on account of the deed or will. However, any interest allowed the life tenant in the royalties reserved in or accruing under the terms of the lease shall expire upon the termination of the lease;
(2)
Appoint some suitable person as trustee for the benefit of the contingent remaindermen and reversioners and require that the trustee shall execute bond in a sum the court deems proper, which bond shall be approved by the court;
(3)
Direct and authorize the life tenant, after the filing of the bond by the trustee and its approval by the court, to execute to the lessee a mineral lease covering the lands, which lease shall reserve a royalty in kind, quantity, or amount approved by the court; and
(4)
Make further orders in the premises as seem equitable and just.
Acts 1961, No. 94, § 4; A.S.A. 1947, § 52-218.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 15 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-76-324) › Subtitle 5 - MINERAL RESOURCES GENERALLY (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-60-115) › Chapter 56 - MINERAL LANDS AND INTERESTS (§§ 15-56-201 — 15-56-505) › Subchapter 4 - LEASES BY LIFE TENANTS (§§ 15-56-401 — 15-56-409) › Section 15-56-406 - Trustee

(a)
The trustee shall be under the continuing control of the circuit court. The court may remove the trustee at will, and upon the death, removal, or resignation of the trustee, the court may appoint his or her successor.
(b)
The trustee, by and with the consent and approval of the court, may invest the funds coming into his or her hands in those securities into which guardians are authorized to invest the moneys of their wards.
(c)
As compensation for his or her services, the trustee shall be allowed whatever sum the court may fix, not exceeding five percent (5%) of moneys collected by him or her.
(d)
The court may at any time require the trustee to execute an additional bond.
(e)
The trustee shall:
(1)
Faithfully account for all moneys coming into his or her hands;
(2)
File annual written verified reports of his or her accounts as trustee with the court of his or her appointment for its approval or rejection; and
(3)
Upon the death of the life tenant, pay over to the persons then entitled thereto all of the moneys so accrued, together with any investment thereof, upon order of the circuit court.
Acts 1961, No. 94, § 7; A.S.A. 1947, § 52-221.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 15 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-76-324) › Subtitle 5 - MINERAL RESOURCES GENERALLY (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-60-115) › Chapter 56 - MINERAL LANDS AND INTERESTS (§§ 15-56-201 — 15-56-505) › Subchapter 4 - LEASES BY LIFE TENANTS (§§ 15-56-401 — 15-56-409) › Section 15-56-407 - Confirmation of lease by court - Effect

(a)
After the trustee has executed the bond required by the court, the life tenant shall execute and present to the court for its examination the mineral lease so authorized. This lease shall reflect the portion of the consideration, rentals, other payments, if any, and royalties which shall be paid to the life tenant and the portion thereof which shall be paid to the trustee.
(b)
If the court finds that the lease conforms to its previous orders, and shall be further satisfied that the consideration therefor has been paid to the trustee and the life tenant in conformity with the previous orders of the court, it shall approve the lease and confirm the sale thereof. At that time, the lessee shall become vested with the leasehold interest in and to the minerals, other than oil and gas, which are included in the lease and are situated in, on, and under the lands, free and clear of any limitations, restrictions, or conditions imposed upon the lands in the grant or will under which the life tenant acquired title to the lands and free and clear of any present or future claim of any person asserting or attempting to assert any reversional or remainder interest therein on account of the deed or will, subject to the conditions imposed by the lease.
Acts 1961, No. 94, § 5; A.S.A. 1947, § 52-219.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 15 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-76-324) › Subtitle 5 - MINERAL RESOURCES GENERALLY (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-60-115) › Chapter 56 - MINERAL LANDS AND INTERESTS (§§ 15-56-201 — 15-56-505) › Subchapter 4 - LEASES BY LIFE TENANTS (§§ 15-56-401 — 15-56-409) › Section 15-56-408 - Divestiture of contingent remaindermen's title

The order of the court fixing the proportionate part of the consideration, rentals, other payments, if any, and royalties reserved in and accruing under the lease allowed to the life tenant and the order confirming the execution of the lease shall operate to work a divestiture of title of the contingent remaindermen, and each of them, in and to the proportionate part of the consideration, rentals, other payments, if any, and the royalties reserved and accruing under the lease allowed to the life tenant, and in and to the leasehold estate insofar as said interest is conveyed by the lease, and to free the respective interests of any limitations, restrictions, or conditions imposed by the original will or deed.
Acts 1961, No. 94, § 6; A.S.A. 1947, § 52-220.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 15 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-76-324) › Subtitle 5 - MINERAL RESOURCES GENERALLY (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-60-115) › Chapter 56 - MINERAL LANDS AND INTERESTS (§§ 15-56-201 — 15-56-505) › Subchapter 4 - LEASES BY LIFE TENANTS (§§ 15-56-401 — 15-56-409) › Section 15-56-409 - Service of process on respondents - Hearing on petition

Service of process shall be had upon the respondents in the manner provided by law as in other chancery cases, and the petition may be heard on oral testimony taken in open court.
Acts 1961, No. 94, § 8; A.S.A. 1947, § 52-222.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 15 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-76-324) › Subtitle 5 - MINERAL RESOURCES GENERALLY (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-60-115) › Chapter 56 - MINERAL LANDS AND INTERESTS (§§ 15-56-201 — 15-56-505) › Subchapter 5 - RAILWAYS ON MINERAL LANDS (§§ 15-56-501 — 15-56-505) › Section 15-56-501 - Short line roads authorized

All persons owning or controlling by lease or purchase any copper, lead, zinc, iron, marble, stone, rock, granite, slate, coal, or other mineral lands in this state shall have the same right to incorporate, own, construct, and operate short lines of railway or tramway as necessary to the successful mining, quarrying, and marketing of coal, marble, stone, rock, granite, slate, and other minerals.
Acts 1905, No. 163, § 1, p. 407; 1905, No. 268, § 1, p. 686; C. & M. Dig., § 7294; Pope's Dig., § 9350; A.S.A. 1947, § 52-301.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 15 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-76-324) › Subtitle 5 - MINERAL RESOURCES GENERALLY (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-60-115) › Chapter 56 - MINERAL LANDS AND INTERESTS (§§ 15-56-201 — 15-56-505) › Subchapter 5 - RAILWAYS ON MINERAL LANDS (§§ 15-56-501 — 15-56-505) › Section 15-56-502 - Rights-of-way acquisition and operation

All incorporations provided for shall:
(1)
Be governed by the laws governing railway incorporations in this state; and
(2)
Have the same right to acquire rights-of-way over, under, or through any private or public lands; have and exercise the same right of eminent domain in acquiring the right-of-way; and have the same authority to construct, own, lease, operate, or sell such lines of railway or tramway as may be necessary to the successful mining and marketing of coal and other minerals owned or controlled by mining corporations as is now by law granted to railroad corporations in this state.
Acts 1905, No. 163, § 2, p. 407; C. & M. Dig., § 7295; Pope's Dig., § 9351; A.S.A. 1947, § 52-302.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 15 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-76-324) › Subtitle 5 - MINERAL RESOURCES GENERALLY (§§ 15-55-201 — 15-60-115) › Chapter 56 - MINERAL LANDS AND INTERESTS (§§ 15-56-201 — 15-56-505) › Subchapter 5 - RAILWAYS ON MINERAL LANDS (§§ 15-56-501 — 15-56-505) › Section 15-56-503 - Rights, powers, and privileges of common carrier

When so incorporated and constructed, short lines of railway and tramway shall be and are entitled to all the rights, powers, and privileges of a common carrier.
Acts 1905, No. 163, § 3, p. 407; C. & M. Dig., § 7296; Pope's Dig., § 9352; A.S.A. 1947, § 52-303.