---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 U.S.C. § 74"
title: "30"
title_heading: "Mineral Lands and Mining"
number: "74"
heading: "Number of coal land entries; other entries upon noncompliance with conditions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/30/74"
units:
  - "Chapter 3 — Lands Containing Coal, Oil, Gas, Salts, Asphaltic Materials, Sodium, Sulphur, and Building Stone"
  - "Subchapter I — Coal Land Entries in General"
---

# §74. Number of coal land entries; other entries upon noncompliance with conditions


Sections [71](/usc/30/71.md) to [73](/usc/30/73.md) of this title shall be held to authorize only one entry by the same person or association of persons; and no association of persons any member of which shall have taken the benefit of such sections, either as an individual or as a member of any other association, shall enter or hold any other lands under the provisions thereof; and no member of any association which shall have taken the benefit of such sections shall enter or hold any other lands under their provisions; and all persons claiming under [section 72 of this title](/usc/30/72.md) shall be required to prove their respective rights and pay for the lands filed upon within one year from the time prescribed for filing their respective claims; and upon failure to file the proper notice, or to pay for the land within the required period, the same shall be subject to entry by any other qualified applicant.


## Source credit

(R.S. § 2350.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

R.S. § 2350 derived from act Mar. 3, 1873, ch. 279, § 4, 17 Stat. 607.

### Executive Documents

### Indian Lands Excepted

See note set out under section 71 of this title.