Show 5000 Oil PermitsExtended PermitsExtended Permits PermitsExtended Extended One YearApproximately Year YearApprolmately Appro\lmately Appro lmately Appro"imately Approimately Approximately \ " 5000 prospectmg prospecting prospectmgpermits prospectingpermits prospectingpermits permits on the federal domain domam are areextended areextended areextended extended one year by Secretary SecretaryIckes SecretaryIckes Ickes recent rccent older oider and will expire expiredefinitely expiredefinitely expiredefinitely definitely on on Dec 31 W3 138 1 \38 38 < \ 38 unless unlessthe unlessthe unlessthe the permittee has earned the right rightto rightto rightto to lease This advice advJce advJcea via- via viasent \\a a wa \ - > sent m 111 in amemorandum a amemorandum amemorandum memorandum this week to HalOld Haiold HaioldJ HalOldJ J Duncan supervisor supcrvlsor of the time oil oll and andgas andgas andgas gas leasing division of the U S SGeological SGeological SGeological Geological Survey nor'hwest norhwest norhwE'st northwest ' ' dlVI divm dlVIslon divmsion division slon sion Casper by Hale B Scystel Soystei ScystelchJef Soysteichief Scystelchief chJef chief of the oil 011 and gas leasmg leasing leasmgdivision leasingdivision leasingdivision division Washington Washmgton D CPermittees CPermittees C CPermittees Permittees may earn the time right to tolease tolease tolease lease by three methods says the thememorandum thememorandum thememorandum memorandum 1 Undei Undel tlndei Section SectI01I 14 of thp the Act Actof Actof Actof of Feb 25 19 190 19'O 19O ' ' ' 0 as amended by bydIscovery bydiscovery bydiscovery dIscovery of oil 011 or gas on the per permit permit permit mit area or 2 Under Section 27 of tl ti e I " same sameAct sameAct sameAct Act by discovery of oil 011 or gas gasunder gasunder gasunder under a co operative or unit plan plansuch plansuch plansuch such as to prove productive productlVe some somepart somepart somepart part of the permit perInlt area submit submitted submitted submitted ted to the time plan or 3 By exchange of the permitfor permit permitfor permitfor for lease under Section 13 of the theAct theAct theAct Act Acts ' \ as \s s is amended (0 0 (01ahoney ( OMahoneyGreever \1ahoney 1ahoney Mahoney MahoneyGreever ' \ 1ahoneyGreever Greever ) Aug 21 1935 II IIThe I The memorandum points pomts out outclearly outclearly outclearly clearly that both the Act of Aug 26 261937 1937 ( second 0 Mahane Mahones Mahone3 ) Greever GreeverextensIOn Greeverextension Greeverextension extensIOn amendment ) and the theIckes theIckes theIckes Ickes extension order apply only to topermits topermits topermits permits in good standing standmg as of Dec Dec31 31 1937 The Act grants a two t\\O t O \ sear searextension ) yearextension ear earexten.lon exten.lon extenlon extension . ( Dec 31 1939) 1939 ) to ap appro"lmately approximately approximately pro"lmately prolmately proximately " 3000 pcimits pelmlts peimits holders of ofh ofis ofwh \\h h is \ h ch complied comphed with the terms of ofthe ofthe ofthe the act while the order e'Ctended eCtended extended e'Ctendedsome extendedsome extendedsome ' some 5000 peimits pelmlts pemmits until Dec 31 311938 1938 ofI of \I I \ which hlch the permittees operllUttees pernuttees had hadnot hadnot hadnot not 3et ) vet et complied 'llh llh with " ' wi h provisions proVlsions o othe o'the othe ' the act required to qualify the per permlts permits permits mlts mits for the two t\\O t O \ year extensIOnThe extensionThe extension extensionThe I I extensIOnI The Survey office omce explained e"plamed eplamed " that thatpermits thatpermits thatpermits permits issued prior to Aug 211933 21 211933 1933 it If otherwise otheT\vise otheT vise \ in m good standing standinglere standingwere standingwere /1933 1933 / \lere lere were \ extended e'Ctended eCtended ' to Dec 31 1937 by bythe bythe bythe the Act of 21 1935 Aug and to toDec toDec toDec Dec 31 1938 by Secretarial Secretarl l ordei ordel ordet of ofDec ofDec ofDec Dec 23 1937 unless othen\ othen otherwise othen1Se \ 1Se fur further further further ther extended by compliance .lth lth with withthe ' withthe .lththe ' . the amendmentsPelmlts amendmentsPeimits amendments amendmentsPei Pelmlts Peimits Pei mits initial mitIal terms ofhlch of \ which \\hlch hlch ex cx explrod cxpird expir plrod pird d bet\\ bet between beteen \ een Aug 21 1935 and andDec andDec andDec Dec 31 1937 are not considered consideredoutstandmg consideredoutstanding consideredoutstanding outstandmg outstanding on Dec 31 1937 1'137 1137 1q37 ' unless unlessextended unlessextended unlessextended extended to or beyond Dec 31 1937 1937I 1937by 1937by 1937by I by the Secretary or unless the per permittel permittee permittee mittel mittee " has comphedI complied comphed \I I \ with Ith the terms termsof termsof termsof of the amendatory act or of the theperllUt thepermit thepermit perllUt permit The majority of these per permlts permits permits mlts mits are m involved msolved olved in 111 unit plans and andmany andmany andmany many others have hal-I hal I base - " been extended by bythe bythe bythe the SecretaryAny Secretary SecretaryAny SecretaryAny Any perm t initial ImtIal term oflhlch of \lhlch lhlch which lhlchexpires whichexpires \ whichexpires expires after Dec 31 1937 is automatlcally auto automatlcaUy automatically matlcaUy matically extended by the order orderComplete orderComplete orderComplete Complete text of Secretary Ickes Ickesorder Ickesorder Ickesorder order appeared in a recent isaiie j"ne jne isue " of ofThe ofThe ofThe The Times Independent |