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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. Crr. 493. 1929. 1479 reserved to the Osage Tribe, until the 8th day of April, 1958, unless otherwise provided b Act of Congress, and all royalties and bonuses Royalties therefrom y to be disbursed m arising therefrom shall belong to the Osage Tribe of Indians, and members of the tribe. shall be disbursed to members of the Osage Tribe or their heirs or assigns as now provided by law, after reserving such amounts as are now or may hereafter be authorized by Congress for specific purposes. The lands, m oneys, and ot her propertie s now or herea fter held Lands, etc., held in trust, continued sub- in trust or under the supervision of the United States for the Osage actt6er9' unt ilJan u- Tribe of Indians, the members thereof, or their heirs and assigns, shall continue subject to such trust and supervision until January 1, 1959, unless otherwise provided by Act of Congress. "The Secretary of the Interior and the Osage tribal council are o e d~foro pl anags hereby authorized and directed to offer for lease for oil, gas, and leases. other mining purposes any unleased portion of said land in such quantities and at such times as may be deemed for the best interest Pronisoa. of the Osage Tribe of Indians : Provided, That not less than twenty- oterng um yearly five thousand acres shall be offered for lease for oil and gas mining purposes during any one year : Provided further, That as to all lands Regulations for con- servation of gas to be hereafter leased, the regulations governing same and the leases contained in leases . issued thereon shall contain appropriate provisions for the conser- vation of the natural gas for its economic use, to the end that the highest percentage of ultimate recovery of both oil and gas may be Valid existing leases secured : Provided, however, That nothing herein contained shall continued. be construed as affecting any valid existing lease for oil or gas or other mineral s, but all su ch leas es sha ll cont inue as long as gas, oil, or other minerals are found in paying quantities. u Tax exe mptio n of Homestead allotments of Osage Indians not having a certificate homesteads of Ind ians of competency shall remain exempt from taxation while the title without competency remains in the original allottee of one-half or more of Osage Indian certificate. blood and in his unallotted heirs or devisees of one-half or more of Provi o. Osage Indian blood until January 1, 19 59 : Provid ed, Th a t th e t ax - Area limited. exempt land of any such Indian allottee, heir, or devisee shall not at any time exceed one hundred and sixty acres. Vol. 41, p. 1249, SEC. 2. That section 2 of the Act of March 3, 1921 (Forty-first amended. Statutes at Large, page 1249), entitled "An Act to amend section 3 of the Act of Congress of June 28, 1906, entitled `An Act for the division of the lands and funds of the Osage Indians in Oklahoma, and for other purposes,"' be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows " The bona fide owner or lessee of the surface of the land shall be paid fore owners to be damages from compensated, under rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary mining operations . of the Interior in connection with oil and gas mining operations, for any damage that shall accrue after the passage of this Act as a result of the use of such land for oil or gas mining purposes, or out of damages to the land or crops thereon, occasioned thereby, but nothing herein contained shall be construed to deny to the surface Appeal to court . owner or lessee the right to appeal to the courts, without the consent of the Secretary of the Interior, in the event he is dissatisfied with the amount of damages awarded him . All claims for damages aris- Settlement by arbi- tration . ing under this section shall be settled by arbitration under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior ; but either party shall have the right to appeal to the courts without consent of the Secretary of the Interior in the event he is dissatisfied with the award to or against him. The appeal herein authorized in county y cou rt appeals shall consist of filing an original action in any court of competent jurisdiction sitting at the county seat of Osage County, to enlarge, modify or set aside the award, and in any such action, upon demand of either party, the issues, both of law and of fact shall be tried de novo before a jury upon the request of either party. Arbitration, or

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