50-73-205. Copies of maps for department. The original or true copies of all maps shall be kept in the office at the mine, and true copies shall also be furnished the department within 30 days after their completion. The maps delivered to the department shall become the property of the state. They shall be kept at the office of the department and be open to inspection by all persons interested in them. An examination shall only be made in the presence of a department inspector, and he shall not permit any copies of them to be made without the written consent of the operator or owner of the property, under penalty of removal from office.

     History: En. Sec. 41, Ch. 120, L. 1911; re-en. Sec. 3483, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3483, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 267, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 50-432; amd. Sec. 64, Ch. 613, L. 1989.