Show HOLDERS S OF OP OIL PERMITS PER MAY SECURE EXTENSION OF TIME Procedure to be followed by holders holders holders hold hold- ers of government oil prospecting permits in obtaining an extension of or time for drilling operations under the provisions of an act passed by congress January 11 is outlined in a aletter aletter aletter letter received by Register Albert Halen of the Vernal land office from William Spry United States land commissioner The new act authorIzes authorizes authorizes author author- izes the of the interior to grant extensions not exceeding three years when the circumstances In the case warrant delay In his letter to the register Mr Spry writes that a n who has been unable with the exercise of due diligence to comply with the terms of the permit Issued under section section sec sec- tion 13 of the act of February 25 1920 ma may if the facts warrant be granted an extension of time upon filing SUing an application accompanied accompanied accompanied ac ac- ac- ac companied by his own affidavit setting setting setting set set- ting forth what efforts If any he has made to comply with the terms of his permit and the reasons for dela delay delay de de- de- de la lay in the full compliance therewith such showing to be accompanied by bya a corroborating affidavit of at least one disinterested person having actual actual actu actu- al ill knowledge of the facts The affidavit by the applicant I I must also show the time when lie he he I proposes to commence or resume i i his operations and any arrangements arrangements arrange arrange- arrange 1 ments he has made for complying I I with the terms of the permit The application may be filed Inthe in inthe inthe the general land office or In the local land office having jurisdiction over the land involved by the permit In Inthe Inthe Inthe the latter event the application will willbe willbe willbe be promptly forwarded to this office by the loca officers o 0 o |