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 SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SEss. II. CHs. 853, 854 . 1930 . 1007 CHAP. 853 .-An Act To provide for the operation and maintenance of bath- July 3, 1930. ing pools und er the juris diction of t he Director o f Public Bui ldings and P arks of [S .4224 .] the National Capital. [Public, No. 526 .] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Director DistrictofColumbia. Bath ing poo ls in, of Public Buildings and Parks of the National Capital, in his discre- may be operated by tion, i s author ized to operate, through the Wel fare and Recreat ional Buiecor of Public Association of Public Buildings and Grounds, bathing poo ls under his juri sdiction, and th ereupon there ma y be depo sited in the Tre as- Deposit of funds. ury under the special fund to the credit of said association moneys received for the operation of such pools and be there available for the purposes of sa id sp eci al fu nd and thi s sha ll be a compliance vol . 45, pp. 1411, with the provisions of the Act approved February 28, 1929 (45 Stat . 1412. 1411-1412). Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That sections 17 General Leasing Act, amendment and 27 of the Act entitled "An Act to promote the mining of coal, Vol . 41, p. 44 3, phosphate, oil, oil shale, gas, and sodium on the public domain," aU.n.C ., p. 969. approved February 25, 1920 (41 Stat. 437 ; U. S. C., title 30, sec. Pose, p . teza. 226), a s amended, are amended to read as follows " SEC. 17. Tha t all un appropri ated dep osits of oil or gas situ ated Leases ofunappropri- ated deposits in know n within the known geologic structure of a producing oil or gas field pr oduci ng f ields . and the unentered lands containing the same, not subject to prefer- ential lease, may be leased by the Secretary of the Interior to the highest responsible bidder by competitive bidding under general ding Com pet it ive bid- regulations to qualified applicants in areas not exceeding six hun- dred and forty acres and in tracts which shall not exceed in length two and one-half times their width, such leases to be conditioned upon the payment by the lessee of such bonus as may be accepted and et Pa y ment of bonus, of such royalty as may be fixed in the lease, which shall not be less than 121/2 per centum in amount or value of the production, and the payment in advance of a rental of not less than $1 per acre per annum thereafter during the continuance of the lease, the rental paid for any one year to be credited against the royalties as they accrue for that year. Leases shall be for a period of twenty years, with newals d of leases, re- the preferential right in the lessee to renew the same for successive periods of ten years upon such reasonable terms and conditions as ma y be pre scribed by the S ecretary of the Interior, unless otherwi se provided by law at the time of the expiration of such periods : Pro- Provisos. Additional, if cooper- vided, That any lease heretofore or hereafter issued under this Act ative plan of develop- that has become the subject of a cooperative or unit plan of develop- meat, etc. ment or operation of a single oil or gas pool, which plan has the approval of the Secretar y of the Interio r as nece ssary or conveni ent in the public interest, shall continue in force beyond said period of 20 years until the termination of such plan : And provided further, Report thereon. That the Secretary of the Interior shall report all leases so continued to Congress at the beginning of its next regular session after the date of such continuance. Whenever the average daily production Reduction of royalty of any oil well shall not exceed ten barrels per day, the Secretary of for small production . the Interior is authorized to reduce the royalty on future production when in his judgment the wells can not be successfully operated upon the royalty fixed in the lease. The provisions of this paragraph shall and gas Applicable lease s. all oil . apply to all oil and gas leases made under this Act. Approved, July 3, 1930 . J 1930. CHAP. 854 .-An Act To amend sections 17 and 27 of the General Leasin g 4 65 .], [5. 4 7 .1 Act of February 25, 1920 (41 Stat . 437 ; U. S. C., title 30, sea 226), as amended. [Public, No. 527.]

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