timber and other natural resources.
In any deed by the deputy commissioner in which said
commissioner conveys or has heretofore conveyed coal, oil, gas,
timber or any natural resources, as certified to him by the auditor
of the state to be sold for the benefit of the school fund or as
otherwise provided in this article, it shall not be necessary to
recite the mining, drilling, cutting or other rights and privileges
appurtenant to the same, which were a part of the deed of severance
of said natural resources from the surface or other estate; and in
cases where any such deeds may have heretofore been made and the
rights and privileges were not recited in such deeds, the rights
and privileges are hereby declared to have attached and passed by
such deeds and all such conveyances are hereby ratified and
confirmed.
Note: WV Code updated with legislation passed through the 2012 1st Special Session
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