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Show Notice Of Gas & Oil Mining Lease Sale UNDER SEALED BID, 2:00 P.M. AUGUST 4, 1949 Sealed bids will be, received at the Uintah and Ouray Agency, Fort Duchesne, Utah, until 2:00 P.M., August 4, 1949, for Oil and Gas leases on the following described units of Tribally-own-ed Indian lands, located in the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation, Reser-vation, Duchesne County, State of Utah, all of which lands hereafter here-after described, lie within the Uintah Special Base and Meridian Meri-dian Survey, to wit: TRIBAL LANDS IN RESTRICT-ED RESTRICT-ED INDIAN OWNERSHIP OF THE UTE INDIAN TRIBE Township I North, Range 2 West UNIT NO I ALL Section 26, 640 acres. ALL Section 27, 640 acres; ALL Section 28. 640 acres. ALL Section 29, 640 acres; All (Lots 1, 2, 3, 4; Ea WV2; EV) Section 30." 639.28 acres. ALL (Lots 1. 2. 3, 4; E1 WV2: E2) Section 31, 639.76 acres. ALL Section 32. 640 acres. ALL Section Sec-tion 33. 640 acres. ALL Section 34, 640 acres. ALL Section 35, 640 acres. Township 1 North. Range 3 West UNIT I ALL Section 25, 640 acres. ALL Section 26, 640 acres. ALL Section 27, 640 acres. ALL Section. 34, 640 acres. ALL Sec. 35, 640 acres. ALL Sec. 36, 640 acres. Township 1 South. Range 2 West UNIT NO. I ALL (Lots 1, 2, 3, 4. 5. 6. 7; SE NW; SV NE; EV2 SW; SE.) Sec. 6, 661.06 acres. ALL (Lots 1, 2, 3, 4; EV2 WV2; EVM Sec. 7, 620.48 acres. (Lois 1, 2, 3; EV NW; NE SW; NE; NV2 SE.) Sec. 18, 465.82 acres. Township 1 South. Range 3 West UNIT NO. I ALL (Lots 1, 2, 3. 4; SV2 NV2; SV2) Sec. 1, 685 28. ALL (Lots 1. 2. 3. 4; SV2 NJ: SV2.) Sec. 2. 688.46 acres. Lots 1. 2, 3, 4; SV2 NV2; EV2 SW; SE.) Sec. 3. 608.68 acres. SV2 NW; NE NW; EV'a Sec. 10, 440 acres. ALL Sec. 11. 640 acres. ALL Sec. 12. 640 acres. NVi; N2 SV2 Sec. 13, 480 acres. NVi; NV2 S14 Sec. 14. 480 acres. Township 1 South, Range 1 West UNIT NO. II NW SE Sec. 6, 40 acres. Township 1 South, Range 2 West UNIT NO III NW SW Sec. 12, 40 acres. Township 1 South. Range 2 West UNIT NO. IV SV2 NE Sec. 14. 80 acres. Each unit is offered for sep arate lease, for a cash bonus in addition to the stipulated royalties, royal-ties, and rental at $1.25 per acre per annum. The successful and responsible bidder for any lease will be required to pay in advance ad-vance an annual rental of $1.25 per acre, the cost of advertising, and a filing fee of $5.00 for each lease contract consummated. .A deposit of 20. per cent of the bonus bid and 20 per cent of the advance rental for the first year must accompany the bid and be in the form of a certified cer-tified check or bank draft drawn on a solvent bank, payable to the Treasurer of the United SU-ites. No individual, corporation, partnership, company or association associ-ation shall hold under lease for oil andor gas mining purposes Indian tribal lands and restricted restrict-ed allotted Indian lands on any one Indian Reservation in excess ex-cess of 25,000 acres. Acreage leased by an officer or director of a corporation, company, or association, or by a stockholder holding 40 per cent or more of the stock of the corporation, company, com-pany, or association shall be. charged against the corporation, company or association and vice versa. The acreage leased by a member of a partnership shall be charged against the partnership partner-ship and vice versa. The acreage of corporations, companies, or associations having common stockholders owning a majority of the stock of each corporation, company or association, or having hav-ing one or more common officers offic-ers or directors shall be charged against each other. Bids for a minimum of a single unit, or for two, three or all of the units of the area, as advertised, adver-tised, will be entertained, and the successful bidder on such units will be required to take leases on the lands subject to the understanding that a separate lease contract will be issued on each unit as listed, and all conditions con-ditions of this advertisement shall apply to each separate lease contract so made. The sale will be held and the leases executed in accordance with the Act of March 3, 1909. (35 Stat. 781. 783), the Act of May 11, 1938 (52 Stat. 347), and the regulations approved May 31 1938, (25 C. F. R.. Part 186) as to tribal lands, (see amendments to Section 186.9, dated May 1947 and May, 1948) Lease Form 5-157 (June, 1939) will be used for the tribal land lease contracts. con-tracts. Failure of the successful bidder bid-der to comply with the terms of the sale and the regulations, will render his deposit liable to forfeiture in the discretion of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Af-fairs. Leases filed after 20 days from date of mailing to lessee for execution will be subject to revaluation of bonus, if permission permis-sion is not granted for an extension ex-tension of time. Sales will be cancelled and deposits forfeited at the expiration of the 20-day filing period unless for good and sufficient reason, an extension of the filing period is granted. The right is reserved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to reject any or all bids and to disapprove any lease made on an accepted bid. Should any bid be rejected after a deposit is made, through no fault of the bidder, all moneys deposited shall be returned. The lessee must furnish a satisfactory sat-isfactory surety bond as required by the regulations. Bids received will be referred to the Ute Business Committee for their recommendation as to acceptance or rejection before such bid3 are referred to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for final action. All bids must be marked on the outside of the envelope, "Bid on Oil and Gas Lease, Tribal Indian lands, not to be opened until 2:00 o'clock P.M August 4. 1949." FORREST R. STONE Superintendent. Uintah and Ouray Agency, Fort Duchesne, Utah June 23, 1949. First Publication, June 30, 1949 Second Publication July 14, 1949 Third Publication, July 21, 1949 Last Publication, July 28, 1949 |