CHARLES F. McLAUGHLIN, District Judge.
Plaintiff filed an application with the Department of the Interior in 1934 under Section 13 of the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920, 41 Stat. 437, as amended, 49 Stat. 674, 30 U.S.C.A. §§ 171, 181 et seq. This act provided that any qualified applicant could obtain a permit to prospect for oil or gas upon land "wherein such deposits belong to the United States". Plaintiff's application covered a certain tract of land...
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