24. All occupation licenses, certificates of sale or receipts for moneys paid on the sale of public lands, and all location tickets granted or drawn up before the 24th of December, 1875 by the Commissioner of Crown Lands or any of his agents, so long as the sale or concession to which they relate is in force and has not been rescinded, shall have the same force and effect and shall inure to the benefit of the person in whose favor the same have been granted or his heirs and legal representatives in virtue of an instrument registered in conformity with the foregoing provisions, in the same manner and to the same degree as the instrument in the form of an occupation license mentioned in section 22.
R. S. 1964, c. 102, s. 24.