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 § 236 j ETITLE so.-·-uxxmzat \ r. · the United States, discharged from lts po&esmon. And nothing in eald sections shall be construed, tojntertere with the jurisdiction, power, and authority of the Supreme Gourt of the United, States toladjudicateclaixns against its mid receiver, to dlrect the payment of `such claims against _· the said receiver as may be allowed by the said court, to settle the said —receiver’s accounts, and to continue the receivership until, in du and orderly course, the same ·may joe {brought to an d., The Supreme Court; of the United States, is authorizedfipon the jermination 'ot .. the said receiverslxip, which the Attorney General ai directed to apply for and Secure at‘ the earliest practicable date, to direct itarecéivcr to pay to the Secretary of the 'Interiof all funds derived from .oil` and gas produced {rout lands of the United States that may at that time remalzrin the ghands of the said recelveri and when said funds sl1all be ipald* to the Secretary of t$l1e_ Interior the same shlll be adxixinlatered asprovided in sections 230 to 236.. (Mar. 4, 1923, jc; 249, § 6, 42 Stat.1-149.)  o   · ° “. ’ . ` 236. Sa1ne;` rules and regulations.-———The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe the necessary and proper rules and regulations and to do any andjall thingsnreceséary to carry out and accomplish the purposes, of sectio11s·230°.to 235 ot thistitle. . (Mar. 4, 1923, c. 249,  7, 42~Statr1450.)V [ _5. 01:. Sunni: _ · e _ 241, Authority to make lease; survey of land; term of lease;. royalties and annual 'rentalsf rights of existing claimants.- The Secretary ot- the Interior is (authorized to lease to any person or corporation- qualldett under this section and sections ·1S1 to 19;, 201 'to 208, 21l to 21-1, 221, 223 to 229, ·25rand_ 261 to 263 of this title any deposits of oil shale belonging.`to.the United- States and<.tl1e—surface of so mixclf ot the public lands containing such deposits, or land adjacent thereto, as may be required for the extraction and reduction’of,,the,leaséd minerals, under such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with such sections, as he may prescribe. No`-lease hereunder shall exceed dve thousand one hundred and twenty acres of land, to sbe described by the legal subdirlsions oi the ‘publlce·land_ su1‘vey’s,. or if unsuxveyed, to be surveyed. by the} United States; at the expense ot the applicant, ~in accordance with regulations- to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. Leases may be for indeterminate perlods, upon such conditions as ‘rnay be- imposed by the Secretary of the Interior, including covenants relative to methorla ot mining, prevention o£,waste, and productiyendeyelopqment. For the privilege ot mining,. extracting, and diaposlngnt the oil or_ other kninerals covered by a lease under this section the lessee shall pay to the ’United States such royalties aa shall be speclded in the lease and anannual rental, payable at the beginning of; each year, at the rate ot 50 cents per acre perannum; for the lands·luclud_ed in the lease, on rental paid for any one year to be credited against the 'royaltiea accruing for that ‘year:_ such royaltieé to benubject to readjustment at the end of each twentylyear period by theESecretary of the Interior. For the purpose ot. encouraglnlghthe production of petroleum. produetsqfroxp shalea the Secretaary may, in his discretion, waive thecpayxnent of any royalty and rental during the Brat five years of any lease. Any person having a valid claim to such minerals under exiatlng Jawa on January 1, 1919, shall, upon the relinqr£isl_liuent~o£ such claim, be entitled to a' lease under the provisions of this section for such area of the land relinquished as `sllall-not exceed the maximum area V autlnorlzed by thla _scction to he leased; to an individual or corporation. _ No clalrnant for a lease who has been guilty of any traud or who had knowledge or reasonable grounda to know of anytraud, or who has not acted honestly and in good iaith, shall be entitled to any or the bencilts ot this section. {Not more thanone lease; shall he-granted under this' section to any one person, aasqcn- tion; or corporationa (Feb. %, ,1920,c. 85, {21, 41 Stat; 4454) 4

- - x » LANDEAND MIXING _Q [ ‘ 972 ·, _ Q. ;Ar..As:u On: Ifnovzso · ·· 251. Prospecting · pertaitt at hated to cltlwmla fof, with; drawn lands; termé·~si\d— conditional of; fraud of claimants.-Q Auybona Bde occupant 01* claimant of oil or gas bmrlng lands in than Territory ot alaska, who; or whom predecessors in interest, prior to withdrawal had complied otherwise with the requirements ot the ruining laws, but had made  diseowmy _0f oil pr gas`in-wells‘and·who— prior to Withdrawal had mark, é substantial improvements for the discovery of oil or gas on or F foreach `loeation or had'prion to February 25} 1920,`exp»endl·tl’ not less than_$250 in lipprovements on or'for each loeation rhpgzn be entitled, upon reli_nquiahmentf‘0r surrender to the Unixoq States withinone year from February 25, 1926, or within six _ months after°ilnal denial" or withdrawal- of application for patent, to a prospecting [)él’Il1lf._0l* permits, lease or leases, u alex thisa section and sections .18l to 194, 201 to 208, 211 to _214,l§},1; 223·to 229,- 24~rand°2331 to 263 oi this title, covering such lands, not exceeding five permits or leases in number and not exceed. l iugan aggregate of one .t]lO}1S8,I1t1 twdhundred and eighty acres; in each. "Leases 'in Alaska undexysueh sections whether as lz Jresult bx prospecting permits-0r`otherwisé shall upon aunt rentaleand royalties asshall be flied by the Secglary of the Interior and speeitled in tbelease, amlvbe subiect to readjuszz xnent atthe end of each twéuty·year_ period of the lease. I·"orn the purpose of encouraging the production of pé€ ;6leum‘ pm}- V- UCt.S·il1. Alaska, the Secretary may, in his discretion, waive. the payment of any rentals or royalty not exceeding the tdrst nre years of any lease; » _ · \`- —. _ No élaimant for a lease who thas been guilty of angjfraud `or who had knowledge or reasonable grounds to knowlot any — fraud, or who hea not aetéd honestly and in good faith, shall be _Q[lflt‘I@d to any of the repeats of this section; "(Feb. 25, 1920, __c. 85, § 2Q, 41 Stat; 446.)  r` ` ". _ · _ 7; Soomnf  _ T 261; Prospecting permits; lands included.-·=-The Séeretary of the Interior is` authorized and ·dlropted`, under Q suchnrules and _ regulations as he may prescribe, to grant to any qualilled applicant a prospectius Déljmit which shall give the exqluialve right -t0 prospect for chlorides, sulphntesécfrbonatés}, borates; silicates, or nitrates of- sodium dissolv irrand soluble ialwater. and accumulated by cimcentration, in lands belonging to the United States for a  of not exceeding two years. The area ` to belncluded inisuch ‘a .perxnitf shall be not expeedlng two thousand tivo hundred and sixty’·ac¤·es,ot land in reasonably compact loring .. The provisions of—”this— section shall not apply to lands/in Sanhernardlno County, California. (Feb. $,.1920. .c. 85, 5 23, 41 Stat. 447.) ~ ~ __ ‘ _. · _ 262. Leases to pernnittees; survey of lands; `royalticsl and · annual rentala.·-—·Upon ishowing to the satisfaction ot the Seere tary of the Interlorthat va1uablo“deposlta’of one of the substances enumerated in aeetion 261 ofrthis title has been dis covered by the perxnlttee within the area covered by his permit and that »such' land fla emeay vallmble therefor the permittee shall be entitled to a lease tor`one·hal£ of the land -embraI·ed in the ~pmpécu¤g pernxit, at ix royalty of not less than 0ne·eighth oi the amount, o_r.value of the production, to be taken·and`deserlbed» by legal subdivisions 6t the‘i»ublle·land - surveys, orrit the land be not. surveyed byourvey enecuted at the cost of the ·perznittee`ln accordance with the rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the- Interior; The permlttee shall also have the preference right to lease the remainder of thoglands embraced witliin the limits of his permltat a_ royalty of not less than one·ei;.:hth ot the amount orvalue of the production to•he nxedl by the Secretary of the Interior. ’ Lands knowna to contain auch valuable degioslts as are enumerated in section 281 of this title and not covered by permits or leasesy except such lands as are situated dn said,