Show Here Are Oil Sections I I In Senate Leasing Bin Bill I f- f 11 That the tho secretary of the S SECTION interior is hereby authorized under such uch rul rules s and regulations as he may prescribe be to grant to any m qualified applicant a n. prospecting permit which shall give Ive the exclusive right for a n. period not exceeding two years cars to prospect ct for oil or orns gas ns upon not to exceed 6 O acres of lan land if It in the tho judgment of the secretary secre secre- tary tar of the Interior tho the same tame are situated within the geologic structure of a producing pro pro- oil or gas sas field or upon not to tu exceed 2560 acres if in the judgment of ot tho the secretary of the Interior the same aro not situated within tho the geologic structure of a producing oil or gas as field upon condition that the tre shall Ahall I t begin mining operations within four months from the date of 0 the permit drill an oil or gas as well to a depth of or not less than feet teet and shall within two years yeara earM I from the tho date of the permit drill oil or orgas oras orgas gas as wells wens aggregating in depth not less than 2000 feet teet If It the land sought In such application and permit are cd I tIc the applicant shall prior to filing his application application ap- ap for or permit locate the lands in square or rectangular tracts the length of or which shall In no caso case exceed cd l two Iwo wo and one-half one times Its width and mark each of the thc corners thereof upon the ground with permanent monuments so that the boundaries can be bo readily traced Upon Continued on or orP P page c 7 7 HERE ARE OIL Continued from Crom pa page e 4 A. A the he granting of or the thc permit for the exploration exploration ration of or such a tract of land tho time shall post in a n conspicuous ac place upon the lands described In the permit four notices that such permit per has been granted and arid a description o ot oC the time lands lanos covered thereby Section 12 12 That upon tipon establishing to the tho s satisfaction of the tho secretary of the thc Interior that valuable depo deposits of oil or orgas orgas ors gas s have been discovered within the limits urn lim its of the land embraced in any such permit the shall shaH be entitled to toa toa a patent latent for one-fourth one of or the land hand cm- cm raced braced in the prospecting p permit such area to be he selected by ly the in ill compact form and according to the legal subdivisions of oC the public land hand surveys It ii the land Jand be surveyed or to bo be sur cyc surveyed at nt his expense In accordance with the laws rules and regulations governing the therun run survey curvey of or placer Il mining claims if located upon ed lands Provided That Thai said shall bo be given lve 1 a n preference right to lease leate tho the remaining and lands embraced within tho the limits o of his permit upon the same terms and conditions as provided for Cor other leases 0 or om said lOa may at his election and with like e preference right and amid upon like hIke e conditions become the lessee of or time the entire tract embraced within said permit per per- nut mit instead of receiving a patent ent for an any pa part It thereof Section 13 That until the shall apply appl for or patent or lease to the land selected b by him he shall pay to the United Unit ed Id States 3 3 per of the tIme gross TOSS value of or nil all oil or gas sas secured by bJ him from the lands embraced within his permit and sold or otherwise disposed of or held b by him for sale 1 or om other disposition an and amid upon up up- on making his selection application on for forI I patent or lease all his rights under his permit save C as to the time lands embraced in his application shall terminate buthe buthe but he ma may become a lessee of the other lands d described In his permit Section 14 H Thai That all permits lea leases es entries and patents of or lands containing oil or gas sas made or issued under the provisions provisions pro pro- visions of this act shall be subject to the condition that no wells well shall hall be drilled within CO feet of or an any of or the outer boundaries boundaries boun boun- daries of the lands f so o 0 located leased en entered entered en- en or patented unless the adjoining lands have o been patented or the title thereto otherwise Invested In private atc owners and amid to the further condition that the locator lessee lesee or patentee will vill In conducting his explorations a antI and mining operations use all reasonable precautions precautions precautions pre pre- cautions to prevent waste of or oil or gas developed In iii the land or the time entrance of water through h wells drilled by him to the time oil sands OIls or oil bearing strata to the he destruction or 01 injury of the time oil deposits Violations of or the provisions of this section shall constitute grounds for the forfeiture of or the time location ent entry lease or patent to be he enforced through h appropriate proceedings pro pro- in ma courts of M competent jurisdiction tion Section I lr ir That all aU deposits lits of oil orL ot or otma L ma LIa S. S ind rul the lands Rime amo In In- In I the time lands and deposits described an and embraced In such nuch a 3 pro prospecting P permit permit per per- I mit other than those patented or leased or for Cor which application for tor patent or orlease orlease lease has been made by the shall from and nd after time the exercise of the preference right accorded to the discoverer or after the he expiration of or the time within which he lie exercise his ma may preference preference preference prefer prefer- ence right be hel held subject to lease and may be bo leased b by the 8 secretary of the time Interior through h competitive o bidding or such other methods as ho he rna may many n adopt opt b by general Jeneral regulations in areas not ex exceeding exceeding ex- ex acres and In tracts which I shall hall not exceed in length two and on one half times their width such le leases to be he conditions upon the payment by the lessee of such royalty as may be he fixed In III the lease and the payment in advance of or a rental of or 1 per acre per annum thereafter thereafter thereafter there there- after during the lie continuance of or the lease the rental paid for any anyone one year to be credited on the royalty for that year ear Leases shall bo ho for a period perio of or ten years with the preferential right in the lessee to r renew new the came ranie for a second period of or often often orten ten years vears upon such suh reasonable terms and conditions as may be prescribed h. h by the secretary of the thc interior Every Ever such sueh lease shall also Include such conditions not nol Inconsistent herewith as may be prescribed proscribed pre pro scribed In iii general rules and regulations Issued by br the ho secretary of or the time Interior i including covenants relative to continuous ous ou operations mining methods waste WC water vater r damage distance from adjacent lands lantIs wells can be drilled period of preliminary development and amI minimum production Section IG That upon relinquishment to 10 the United States within ninety days I from the date of or this act or within ninety da Ila s after final denial or withdrawal of al application for or patent b by a 3 claimant of or i any claim or subdivision thereof assorted I under the mining lawn prior to July C InO 1910 to any oil or gas hinds mJ in any almy order of or withdrawal and aIRI who prior to uch date dale had performed all nIl a ts a ts JI necessary s r to a valid mining mimming lo location lo- lo cation catlon thereof hereof except to lo make a discovery disco discor- er cry ery of or oil dU such claimant or his successor in iii Interest shall be bo to a lease lense for Cor each t-ach such asserted mineral mineraI location of oC ICO or l less s or an any thereof upon which such claim Is IB based sell and upon which said claimant his predecessor II in interest or those claiming through 01 om under him have prior to the or of this ait ad drilled one ono or more producing oil or orgas orgas orgas gas wells well such lease to bo be upon a royalty royally of ot one eighth of tho ho production of oil 01 om gas gan produced ane and saved ved after deducting from tho the gross rols J production 01 Ot oil or gas as mn may bo he used In development and amid operating such land hand anti and otherwise on oem the S sanle nh terms and conditions as other oil and gnu gas leases granted under tinder the provisions provisions pro pro- visions of this net act Provided Pro however That no rio claimant who has imas boon guilty guilt of fraud In the location of an any oil claim or orga orgas ga gas Jas bearing lan Ian lands tin H shall bo he entitled to any of or tho the benefits of this section nor shall hall his Imis assignee c be ie entitled thereto unless he lie affirmatively shows that prior t 1 hi tub passage of hibi act ho lie purchased such lands In good faith and without actual know ledge of ot such fraud Provided fur fur- her ther That Th upon the tho issuance of said ald lease and prior to the tIme delivery deli thereOf the thi applicant thereof shall shah pay to lo the United States for ono ono-el one eighth of C the oil or Ja gas produced a and nil saved sa from Crom tho ho lands included in said claim at the time current field price at tho the time of production which shall be In Jn full fun satisfaction for or all oil 01 ot gun gas extracted from said ald land Jand prior to sala sale lease And provided further That Th none of the provisions of this section or of or this act shall shan be applicable ble to or affect lands or minerals Included within the limits or ot any naval petroleum reserve Provided further That the time provisions pro of or this sec- sec lion ion shall be applicable in iii all cases provided pro pro- vided herein Including eases cases where here court actions have o been heretofore commenced b by the United States government affecting affect affect- log ing the lie title to such lands or product ther thereof or Section 17 That Tha t the rich rights ts of ot an any person person person per per- son who on January 1 1918 was and andover ever over since has been a bona fido ide occupant or claimant of oil and gas sas bearing lands Op open n to appropriation as such under existing ex ex- law and who has performed all acts ts necessary to a valid mining location thereof hereof except to make a discovery and who on and prior to said date was preparing pro pre paring p to develop such lands to discover er oil or gas therein an and who shall t thereafter er continue in the persecution of or work without unreasonable delay leading to the er discovery of oil or pas gas which work ark ma may be done lone on lion successively successive successive- I ly b shall not be affected or Impaired by this act so lon long as ns such or claimant shall shaH continue In the tho said prost prose cution cutton of or said sall work Such occupant or claimant so continuing shall shaH be entitled to develon an and pro prosecute his claim for patent and nd to have ha tho time same samne provided ed b by existing law ha for such loe location flonK not ex exceeding ex- ex cee ln In th the he aggregate tJ te 2360 61 acres acre And an any person who at nt the Jime of withdrawal order heretofore made was wasa a bona fide tide occupant or claimant of or oil or gas aR bearin lan lands s within such withdrawn withdrawn with with- drawn area other than lan lands s res reserved r etI for or the tIme u use e of the navy and who has performed per per- formed all ads necessary r to valid mining locations loe th thereof except to make a discovery o If the claim was waR Initiated within within with with- prior to the withdrawal withdrawal with with- in less legs than limn five years ean and anti sueji u uch l claimant had performed a re reasonable amount of or work and essential to the time sinking of a well wellor or wells and who because of or end in obe ohl obedience obedience to such uch order desisted ll from the tho prosecution of or work ork for the tIme development or of such Much clam claim shall hhall be entitled to a alance alt anc it tt one royalty lt lance nc nse non unon the 8 same me one nd otherwise for the tIme period antI and upon the till conditions ns us other oil and anil gas aN leases are under tinder tho tIme of this That such shah act act- Provided Pro not hot not extend to any lands included In an any local locations determined to be valid alII and entitled en n titled 11 to 0 proceed d to patent under tinder the time laws existing at or to the time then mining n sio of or this act Provided further That if any an claimant is IA Riven a care rl right right ht to lease leae lands upon which wells wens have Im been sunk Hunk to 0 oil L by other parties parties par par- ties tIle the secretary of or the interior mavin may mav in his discretion require such Ruch lessee to o such well wen or wells MV to the narl narty pay time the or to tIme United States reasonable wells nehls Provided however how how- cost rost of or such well or over ever That no rio claimant who has Imam been of fraud In the tIme location of or any oil guilt claim claim or gas s bearing lands shall shan bo ho entitled en- en titled tithed to any UI 5 of or t time the e benefits of this see sec t ion tion on nor shall hIs hla assignee or lessee b be entitled thereto unless ho imo lv h shows how that prior to the tIme nn 53 e of this net act ho lie n purchased such lands In good faith CRith for valuable consideration and without a such fraud mud actual knowledge led o of or |