Art. 5382b-1. VALIDATION OF LEASES ADVERTISED FOR 30 DAYS PRIOR TO ACT OF 1949  

All oil and gas leases sold at a sale held on June 7, 1949 by the School Land Board of the State of Texas, and issued by the Commissioner of the General Land Office under the seal of his office, covering areas within tidewater limits which were advertised and offered for lease on June 7, 1949 as the lease sale date, by advertisement for not less than thirty (30) days prior to June 7, 1949, and prior to June 6, 1949, the effective date of Chapter 321, page 603, Acts of the 51st Legislature, 1949, are hereby ratified and title validated and confirmed in the lessees named in such leases, their heirs, successors or assigns, subject only to the terms and provisions of said leases and the laws applicable thereto; however, nothing herein shall validate, affect, or apply to any such oil and gas lease which is not otherwise valid and in force on the effective date of this Act.