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 SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 85. 1920. 441 thai sale or otiher dziipositigp of tire (phosppateshcir phosphate rock, an an annua rent paya e at the ate 0 suc ease and annual] A¤¤¤=¤ir¤¤t¤l· thereafter on the area covered biynsuch lease at such rate as may ble Exed by the Secretary of the tcrior prior to oHering the lease, which s all be not less than 25 cents (per acre for the first year thereafter, 59 cents per acre for the secon, third, fourth, and fifth years, respectively, and $1 per acre for each and every year thereafter R i duringhthe continuance of the lease, except that such rental for any aga;§1’§€“l0,$a5€i$,t°° year s all be credited against the royalties as they accrue for that Period mmm, year. Leases shall be for indeterminate periods upon condition of a ma. _ _ minimum annual production, except when operation shall be inter- °°“d‘°°”“‘ rupted by strikes, the elements, or casualties not attributable to the lessee, and upon the fur·ther condition that at the end of each twenty- year period succeedinghthe date of the lease such readjustment of terms and conditions s all be made as the Secretary of the Interior shall determine unless otherwise rovided bv law at the time of the Prom expiration of such periods: Prmrinlzul, That the Secretary of the Inte- _·remp¤£s¤» suspenrior may permit suspension of operation under such ease for not §‘$§,,‘foS§P“'°"°” °° exceedigg lltwelwge inonths at any) one timedwhen marketi conditions aresuc t att e easecannot eo crate exceptata oss. Sec. 12. That any qualified appliliant to whoiii the Secretary of aggigldenimdivcrigl the Ilnteiior may; grazrlit ahlease tqdevegoplxl extraclt; phoslphatcii, °“"* °‘”'°‘1‘ or os ateroc ,un ert eprovrsionso ct avet er` t to Idse sid prisrrlehfof the surface of ungpgziropriatedéigd genégrcd laiigdsi not excee g orty acres, as ma e etermine e r crct o the Interior to be necessary for the proper rospectiing for or deithlopment, extraction, treatment, and remov of such mineral deposits. Ou, AND gAs_ Ollaudgasdeposits. Sec. 13. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, ,,,§‘f,{,“,§{,`§f, *}‘§,‘}°fp*{,§‘,§ under such necessary and prolper rules and regulations as he may ¢¤¤¤¤>d- prescribe, to grant to any app cant qualified under this Act a (prospecting permit, which shall give the exclusive right, for a perio not exceeding two gears, to prospect for oil or gas upon not to exceed two thousand ve hundred and sixty acres of land wherein such deposits belong to the United States and are not within any known N0, ,,,m,, ,,,0,,,, gleologglcal structure lp;11 abproducing oil or gas field nigpn conditipg l>*¢¤¤¤¥¤¢ M65- t at the ermittee s cgm o erations wit six mon from the gate of thedpglrmit, and shall,  one year from and after mmm dmm the date of permit, one or more wells for oil or as to a depth of g °°° ` not less Slgruanbfive hun%: feeltcgachhuplhx vduagle deposits of oil or as e sooner ove, an wit ° two ears rom datlga of the permit, drill for oil or gas to arf te dcgpth of not less than two thousand feet unlms valuable deposits of oil or gas ma ,m,Sm ,,1 shall be sooner discovered. The Secretary of the Interior may, if he P°¤¤**°· shall find that the perrmttee has been unable with the exercise of diligence to test the land in the time granted by the permit, extend any such permit for such time, not exceeding two years, and upon Rauch such corildrtionls as_he shag] prescribe. Whethetri the lands sou%1tt];n 0¤ ¤¤¤‘¤¥¤¤ lvm an suc ap cation an permit are s1u·ve c or unsurve c e apglicant shall, prior to filing his applicationyfor permit localrte such lialnds in a g·ea1.)sonal_ilK cpmgact form and according to theelpgal sinh- Noam do dappu `visions o the u `c an surv · an in ,0 ’ .,,,‘3.m ` an ap roximatelg square or rccta\cif;{31;1]firtl;?a4l!1l1il1tl)1‘dlaurl'<`l‘§la aix unsur- ms M md veyedp tract, the length of which s all not exceed two and one·half times its width, and 1f he shall cause to be erected upon the land_ for which a. permit is sought a monument not less than four feet high, at some consprcuous p ace thereon, and shall post a notice in writing on or near said monument, stating that an application for- permit will be made within thirty days after date of posting said notice, the 4-i2h 1°-—2 1---30