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 434 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 12. 1918. said purchaser to the extent of the a.mount thereof, and that no royalties shall be aid by said lessee to said purchaser until the credit so given shegl be exhausted at the rate of 8 cents ger ton mine run, and that the royalty to be paid thereafter by said lessee to said purchaser shall be 8 cents per ton mine run of coal, and that any lessee may, at any time after completion of such_sale, transfer . t O, mm to or dis ose of his leasehold interest without any restriction whatever; ptiiiiiita sum me and tlhat any lessee shall have the preferential right, provided the "°*’°“"" same is exercised within ninety days after the approval of the completion of the appraisement of the minerals as herein provided, to urchase at the appfaised value any or all of the surface of the, langs lying within suc lease held by him and heretofore reserved b order of the Secretairjy of the Interior and upon the terms as alliove provided, and sh also have the {preferential right, except · as herenf otherilvglisie providiiqto purihase t_ e coal depositiemhlpjlced in an ease y suc essee taking same at the '¤ est Cr°dm°rp°ym°m'°' rice ldifered by any responsible bidder at public auction at not l)ess than ap raised value; and if any lessee ecomes the pliglchaser of any coal deposits on any undevelotped lease owned by , then one-half of the advanceroyalties pai by any lessee on such lease shall be credited on the purchase pgice thereof, and  residue of advance royalties hereto ore paid y any lessee shall e credited PWM to such lessee on account of any production of coal on any other xamaamimas. lease which he may own and operate: And provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed_ as l1m1tmg_ or curtailing the rights of any lessee or owner_of mineral depos1ts from ac%uiri.ug Vol 3, 65 a ditional surface lands for mining operations as provided dy the usiaiihiiiue-t Act of Congress of February nineteenth, nineteen hundre and twelve: Provided further, That no person or corporation shall be permitted to acquire more than four tracts of nine hundred and iixty alclrm each, Cpxcept wherealséitih person, Erm, or corporation assuc tractsun er exist v 1 ease. ,si“Si¤‘iiiiiitlt°¢iziiy?ti8 Sec. 5. That the surfaceudf any segregated coal and asphalt lands gg°',i‘,{,,d°j“° “"‘““`*“ ‘°‘ in the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, in the State of Oklahoma, which may have been, or may be, condemned under the laws of the .,.0, 35, p_ M State of Oklahoma for State penal institutions, or for county or mumcipal purposes,_as authorized by the Indian appropriation Act approved larch third, nmeteen hundred and nine, shall be construed ,,,,,,,_,,,_,_ to include the entire estate, save the coal and asphalt reserved and 1>¢p¤;i¤v§g¤0 ufggte existing valid leases thereon: Provided, That the State of Oklahoma °°m°°° ml " "` shall lpive the plreferential right of pupchase, alt; the aalipraiged vzhie thereo, u on the same terms as app to other co an as at deposit sal)es under this Act, all coal and asphalt deposits underlying the surface heretofore purchased by the said State of Oklahoma, for Ml¤*¤¤"’$“‘°“°“· the grounds of the State penitentiary: Promkied, That said coal deposit under said land sha not be mined by convict labor for the purpose of sale to any private agencies, indiyidual person, or corpo- Rem,mm, em ration, or to be sold for private or commercial purposes. _ Sec. 6. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to prescribe such rules, regulations, terms, and conditions, not inconsistent with this Act, as he may deem necessary to carry plptfxits proyjisiorés ang shall eglgbgsh an office for such purpose at _,, ,,_ i c ester, itts urv ounty, a oma. ·u3ixii¤i$.m€ Oi 1 Sec. 7. That whgn the full purchase price for any property sold hereunder is paid, the chief executives of the two tribes shall execute and deliver, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, to rmow. each purchaser an appropriaterpatent, conveying to the purchaser the wg3;;ggg$Pm€¤°‘° property so sold: romded, hat the purchaser of any coal or asphalt deposits shall have the right at any time before final pay- ment is due to pay the full purchase price on said coal and asphalt