{"identifier":"/us/usc/t10/s8729","title":10,"num":"\u00a7\u202f8729.","heading":"Re-lease of certain lands: lessee\u2019s preferential right","text":"\u00a7\u202f8729.\nRe-lease of certain lands: lessee\u2019s preferential right\nThe Secretary, on terms prescribed by him, may re-lease lands in the naval petroleum reserves that were covered by leases made before\nJuly 1, 1936","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t10/s8729.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s8729","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f8729."},{"t":"heading","text":"Re-lease of certain lands: lessee\u2019s preferential right"},{"t":"content","text":"\n","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The Secretary, on terms prescribed by him, may re-lease lands in the naval petroleum reserves that were covered by leases made before ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"July 1, 1936","tail":", and terminated by law at the expiration of their initial twenty-year periods. If any such land is to be re-leased, the Secretary shall give to the former lessee preferential rights to the new lease."}],"tail":"\n"}]},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}