TITLE 47

MINES AND MINING

CHAPTER 8

OIL AND GAS LEASES ON STATE AND SCHOOL LANDS

47-806.  Lease of lands for grazing or agricultural purposes — Rights of lessee under oil or gas lease. The state board of land commissioners shall have the right to lease state or school lands for grazing or agriculture purposes, as otherwise provided, and to issue oil and gas leases covering lands leased for grazing or agricultural purposes, provided, however, that the lessee under any oil and gas lease issued under the provisions of this act shall have paramount right to the use of so much of the surface of the land as shall be necessary for the purposes of his lease and shall have the right of ingress and egress at all times during the term of said lease.

History:

[47-806, added 1937, ch. 130, sec. 6, p. 200.]