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 SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 85. 1920. 445 order of withdrawal issued September 27 1909, has been or may hereafter be drawn in question on behalf of the United States in any departmental or judicial proceedings, the President is hereby authorized at any time within twelve months after the approval of this Act to direct the compromise and settlement of any such controversy upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon, to be carried u.;1;,,°{m“ °"° °°‘“”' out by an exchange or division of lan or division of the proceeds of o eration. _ pSec. 19. That any person who on October 1, 1919, was a bona fide wi?;§1d?§,;'§? ]“"°" “°* occupant or claimant of oil or gas lands under a claim initiated while ,0*Q¥;gg°gg¢;agg;gigg such lands were not withdrawn from oil or gas location and entry, malsngdxmvery. and who had previously performed all acts imder then existing laws necessary to valid locations thereof except to make discovery, and upon which discovery had not been made prior to the passage of this P _ Act, and who has performed work or expended on or or the beneht "°' w°'k '°“"”°°‘ of such locations an amount equal in the aggregate of $250 for each location if application therefor shall be made within six months from the passage o this Act shall be entitled to (prospecting permits thereon upon the same terms and conditions, an limitations as to acreage, as other permits provided for in this Act, or where any such person has heretofore made such discovery, he shall be entitled to a lease mI&°° ii d*¤°°'°¤ thereon under such terms as the Secretary of the Interior may pre- PWM scribe unless otherwise provided for in section 18 hereof: Provided, Roymi, u in pro- '1`hat where such prospecting permit is granted upon land within any d“°”‘g°“°" known geologic structure o a producing oil or gas field, the royalty to be fixed m any lease thereafter granted thereon or any portion thereof shall be not less than 12% per centum of all the oil or as produced except oil or gas used for production purposes on the cIaim, or unavoidabl lost: rovided however, That the provisions of this ,,f"""“ '°°‘° “°""" section shall not apply to lands reserved for the use of the Navy: Emma bmw b Provided, however, at no claimant for a (permit or lease who has mud. Y been guilty of any fraud or who had knowle ge or reasonable grounds to know of any fraud, or who has not acted honestly and m good faith, shall be entitled to any of the beneiits of this section. hmm mm to All permits or leases hereunder shall inure to the beneit of the pa-mia. °° claimant and all persons claiming through or under him by lease, contract, or otherwise, as their interests may appear. Amultuml 8,, _ Sec. 20. In the case of lands bona iide entered as agricultural, ¤¤¤¤¤¤r¤¤¤rv¤<¤¤¤tzand not withdrawn or classified as mineral at the time of entry, but ¢ofE§°iii°°s¤iiaghni»¤i:§ not including lands claimed under any railroad grant, the entryman °° "°'¥· or patentee, or assigns, where assignment was made prior to Januaxry 1 1918, if the entry has been patented with the mineral right reserv, shall be entitled to a preference iight to a permit and to a lease, as Combmum W herein provided, in case of discovery; and within an area not greater mutedthan a township such entryman and patentees, or assigns holding restricted {patents may combme their holdings, not to exceed two thousand ve hundred and sixty acres for the purpose of making R.,y,m,,_ joint application. Leases executed under this section and embracing only lands so entered shall provide for the payment of a royalty of not ess than 12}dper centum as to such areas within the permit as may not be inclu ed within the discovery lease to which the per- **'*“· P- “’~ mittee is entitled under section 14 hereof. on. snana. Ou “h°I° °°"°“i°' Sec. 21. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to  d lease to any person or corporation ualitied under this Act an deposits of oil shalebeloqgng to the Unitdd States and the surface ofso much of the public lan_ containing such deposits, or land adjacent thereto, as may be required for the extraction and reduction of the leased minerals, under such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with this