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ffITH SPECIAL ALASKA PROVISO
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area, but in no case to exceed 3,200
acres, within the geologic oil or gas
structure of a producing oil or gas
field, shall be leased to any one claim
ant under the provisions of this sec
tion when the area of such geologic
oil structure exceeds 640 acres. Any
claimant or his successor, subject to
this limitation, shall, however, have
the right to select and receive the
lease as in this section provided for
that portion of his claim or claims
equal to, but not in excess of, said one
half of the area of such geologic oil
structure, but not more than 3,200
acres.
“All such leases shall be made and
the amount of royalty to be paid for
oil and gas produced, except oil or
gas used for production purposes on
the claim, or unavoidably lost, after
the execution of such lease shall be
fixed by the secretary of the interior
under appropriate rules and regula
tions: Provided, however, That as
to all like claims situate within any
naval petroleum reserve the producing
wells thereon only shall be leased, to
gether with an area of land sufficient
for the operation thereof, upon the
terms and payment of royalties for
past and future production as herein
provided for in the leasing of claims.
No wells shall be drilled in the land
subject to this provision within 660
feet of any such leased well without
the consent of the lessee: Provided,
however, that the President may, in
his discretion, lease the remainder or
any part of any such claim upon which
such wells have been drilled, and in
the event of such leasing said claim
ant or his successors shall have a
preieience rig hi lu such lease. rvim
provided further, That he may permit
the drilling of additional wells by the
claimant or his successor within the
limited area of 660 feet theretofore
provided for upon such terms and con
ditions as he may prescribe.
“No claimant for a lease who has
been guilty of any fraud, or who had
knowledge or reasonable grounds to
know of any fraud, or who has not
acted honestly and in good faith, shall
be entitled to any of the benefits of
this section.
“Upon the delivery and acceptance
of the lease, as in this section pro
vided, all suits brought by the govern
ment affecting such lands may be set
tled and adjusted in accordance here
with, and all moneys impounded in
such suits or under the act entitled
‘An act to amend an act entitled “An
act to protect the locators in good
faith of oil and gas lands who shall
have effected an actual discovery of
oil or gas on the public lands of the
United States, or their successors in
interest,” approved March 2, 1911,’
approved August 25, 1914 (Thirty
eighth Statutes at Large, page 708),
shall be paid over to the parties en
titled thereto. In case of conflicting
claimants for leases under this sec
tion the secretary of the interior is
authorized to grant leases to one or
more of them as shall be deemed just.
All leases hereunder shall inure to the
benefit of the claimant and all per
tnTlQ r>lQimintr thpAiio-Vi nr linear him
by lease, contract or otherwise, as
their interests may appear, subject,
however, to the same limitation as to
area and acreage as is provided for
claimant in this section: Provided,
That no claimant acquiring any inter
-est in such lands since September 1,
1919, from a claimant on or since said
■date claiming or holding more than
the maximum allowed claimant under
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this section shall secure a lease there
on or any interest therein, but the in
hibition of this proviso shall not ap
ply to an exchange of any interest in
such lands made prior to the first day
of January, 1920, which did not in
crease or reduce the area of exchange
held or claimed in excess of said maxi
mum by either party to the exchange:
Provided further, That no lease or
leases under this section shall be
granted, nor shall any interest therein
inure to any person, association or cor
poration for a greater aggregate area
or acreage than the maximum in this
section provided for.
“Sec. 18a. That whenever the va
lidity of any gas or petroleum placer
claim under preexisting law to land
embraced in the executive order of
* withdrawal issued September 27, 1909,
has been or may hereafter be drawn
in question on behalf of the United
• States in any department or judicial
proceedings, the President is hereby
authorized at any time within twelve
months after the approval of this act
to direct the compromise and settle
ment of any such controversy upon
such terms and conditions as may be
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agreed upon, to be carried out by an
exchange or division of land or divi
sion of the proceeds of operation.
“Sec. 19. That any person who on
October 1, 1919, was a bona fide oc
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cupant or claimant of oil or gas lands
under, a claim initiated while such'
lands were not withdrawn from oil
or gas location and entry, and who
had previously performed all acts un
der then existing laws necessary to
valid locations thereof except to make
discovery, and upon which discovery
had not been made prior to the pas
sage of this act, and who has per
formed work or expended on or for
the benefit of 9such locations an
amount equal in the aggregate of $250
for each location if application there
for shall be made within six months
from the passage of this act, shall be
entitled to prospecting permits there
on upon the same terms and condi
tions, and limitations as to acreage,
as other permits provided for in this
act. or where any such person has
heretofore made such discovery, he
shall be entitled to a lease thereon
under such terms as the secretary of
the interior may prescribe unless
otherwise povided for in section 18
hereof: Provided, That where such
prospecting permit is granted upon
land within any known geologic struc
ture of a producing oil or gas field,
the royalty to be fixed in any lease
mereauer granted tnereon or any por
tion thereof shall be not less than
12y2 per centum of all the oil or gas
poduced except oil or gas used for
production purposes on the claim, or
unavoidably lost: Provided, however,
That the provisions of this section
shall not apply to lands reserved for
the use of the navy: Provided, how
ever, That no claimant for a permit
or lease who has been guilty of any
fraud or who had knowledge or rea
sonable grounds to know of any fraud,
or who has not acted honestly and in
good faith, shall be entitled to any
of the benefits of this section.
“All permits or leases hereunder
shall inure to the benefit of this claim
ant and all persons claiming through
or under him by lease, contract or
otherwise, as their interests may ap- i
pear.”
Section 20 of the act, applies to ag
ricultural lands where the mineral
right has been reserved.
Section 21 applies to deposits of oil
shale.
Alaska Oil Proviso
Section 22 is the “Alaska Oil Pro
viso,” and is as follows:
“That any bona fide occupant* or
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claimant of oil or gas-bearing lands
in the territory of Alaska who, or
whose predecessors in interest, prior j
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wise with the requirements of the
mining laws, but had made no discov
ery of oil or gas in wells, and who
prior to withdrawal had made sub
stantial improvements for the discov
ery of oil or gas on or for each loca
tion, or had prior to the passage of
this act expended not less than $250
in improvements on or for each loca- ;
tion, shall be entitled, upon reliquish- >
ment or surrender to the United
States within one year from the date
of this act, or within six months after
final denial or withdrawal of applica
tion for patent, to a prospecting per
mit or permits, lease or leases, under
this act covering such lands, not ex
ceeding five permits or leases in num
ber and not exceeding an aggregate -
of 1,280 acres in each: Provided, 1
That leases in Alaska under this act,
whether as a result of prospecting per
mits or otherwise, shall be upon such
rental and royalties as shall be fixed
by the secretary of the interior and
specified in the lease, and be subject
to readjustment at the end of each
twenty-year period of the lease: Pro
vided further, That for the purpose of
encouraging the production of petro
leum products in Alaska the secretary
may, in his discretion, waive the pay
ment of any rental or royalty not ex
ceeding the first five years of any
lease.
“No claimant for a lease who has
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been guilty of any fraud or who had
knowledge or reasonable grounds to
know of any fraud, or who has not
acted honestly and in good faith, shall
be entitled to any of the benefits of
this section.”
Sections 23, 24 and 25 relate to
sodium deposits
Sections 26 to 38 relate to “General
provisions applicable to coal, phos
phate, sodium, oil, oil shale and gas
leases, and will be printed in Mon
day’s issue of the Daily Times.
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