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 788 SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SEss. II. CH: 545. 1930. .Tune 19, 1930. CHAP. 545 .-An Act Providing for the sale of the remainder of the coal and [s. 4140.]	asphalt de posits in the segreg ated mineral land in the Choctaw and Chic kasaw [Public, No. 398.] Nations, O klahoma, and for oth er purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Cho ctaw and Chic k- United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- asaw lan ds, O lcla. Remainde r of coal tary of the Interior is hereby authorized to sell the remainder of the tobe asphalt t deposits in, coal and asphalt deposits in the segregated mineral land in the Choc- taw and Chickasaw Nations, Oklahoma, and belonging to said Indian nations, the sales to be made under such rules, regulations, terms, and conditions as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe not inconsistent with this Act. Sa le th an at not not les s th an appraised SEC. 2. That said coal and asphalt deposits shall be offered for valuee sale in tracts to conform to the descriptions of the legal subdivisions vol. 41, P .1107. heretofore designated by the Secretary of the Interior, and except as otherwise herein provided the sales of the tracts shall be at public auction, after due advertisement, to the highest bidder at not less than the appraised valu e heretofore fixed by the Secretary of t he Interior under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved Feb- 00150s ruar 22, 1921 (41 Stat . 1107) : Provided however, That in the dis- Offerings as a whole, y 7 7 or in tracts. cretion of the Secretary of the Interior, the tracts may be offered together as a whole and sold to the highest bidder for the aggregate at not less than the total appraised value, or any two or more of the tracts ma y be offered t ogether and s old to the hi ghest bidder f or No li mit at ion on the block at not less than the aggregate appraised value of the tracts number of tracts ac- constituting such block : And provided further, That no limitation quired by any person, shall be placed upon th e number of t racts any per son, company, or et Resale of forfeited corp oratio n may acqui re her eunder : And pr ovided furth er, That tracts Vol:40,p.433. in the event any sale of any tract or tracts of coal and asphalt Vol. 41, p.1107. deposits made hereunder or under the Act of February 8, 1918 (40 Stat . L. 433), or under the Act of February 22, 1921 (41 Stat . L. 1107), be canceled by the Secretary of the Interior and all rights of the purchaser at such sale be declared forfeited as to said tracts, such trac ts may again b e offered and sold by the Secretary of t he Interior as provided herein until all such tracts finally shall have passed into private ownership. Final sale of undis- SEC. 3 . That where any tract of said coal and asphalt deposits posed tracts , has been heretofore or may be offered hereafter for sale at two or more public auctions after due advertisement and no sale thereof was made, the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion and under suc h rules and re gulations and on such term s and conditio ns as he may prescribe, sell such tract at either public auction or by Reappraisements, if private sale at not less than the appraised value : Provided, however, facts justify. That the Secretary of the Interior may, in cases where the tracts remain unsold and the facts are found to justify, cause -reappraise- ments to be made of such tracts and reoffer and sell such tracts either at public auction or private sale at not less than the reap- praised value. issue upn pym to of full SEC. 4. That when the full purchase price for any property sold purchase price. hereunder is paid, the principal chief of the Choctaw Nation and the Governor of the Chickasaw Nation shall join in executing to the purchaser an appropriate patent conveying to the purchaser the property so sold, said patent to be subject to approval of the Secre- tary of the Interior. hereo,II confirmed, et cr SEC. 5. That in cases where tracts of the coal and asphalt deposits if purchase price paid, belonging to the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations have been sold sub. et Vol. 40, p. 433; Vol. sequent to June 30, 1925, and prior hereto, under and in accordance 41, p. 1107. with, or purporting to be under and in accordance with, the Act of February 8, 1918 (40 Stat . L

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