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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 198, 199-MAY 11, 12, 1938 48 Stat. 987, 988. 25U.S.C.§§476, 477. Corporate surety bonds to be furnished by lessees. Proviso. Acceptance of per- sonal surety bonds. Operations; rules and regulations. Cooperative unit, atc., plans. Delegation of au- thority to approve leases. Specified sections not to apply to lands designated. Inconsistent pro- visions repealed. 17 of the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984), to lease lands for mining purposes as therein provided and in accordance with the pro- visions of any constitution and charter adopted by any Indian tribe pursuant to the Act of June 18, 1934. SEC. 3. That hereafter lessees of restricted Indian lands, tribal or allotted, for mining purposes, including oil and gas, shall furnish corporate surety bonds, in amounts satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior, guaranteeing compliance with the terms of their leases: Provided, That personal surety bonds may be accepted where the sureties deposit as collateral with the said Secretary of the Interior any public-debt obligations of the United States guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States equal to the full amount of such bonds, or other collateral satisfactory to the Secre- tary of the Interior, or show ownership to unencumbered real estate of a value equal to twice the amount of the bonds. SEC. 4. That all operations under any oil, gas, or other mineral lease issued pursuant to the terms of this or any other Act affecting restricted Indian lands shall be subject to the rules and regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the Interior. In the discretion of the said Secretary, any lease for oil or gas issued under the pro- visions of this Act shall be made subject to the terms of any reason- able cooperative unit or other plan approved or prescribed by said Secretary prior or subsequent to the issuance of any such lease which involves the development or production of oil or gas from land covered by such lease. SEC. 5. That the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, authorize superintendents or other officials in the Indian Service to approve leases for oil, gas, or other mining purposes covering any restricted Indian lands, tribal or allotted. SEC. 6. Sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this Act shall not apply to the Papago Indian Reservation in Arizona, the Crow Reservation in Montana, the ceded lands of the Shoshone Reservation in Wyoming, the Osage Reservation in Oklahoma, nor to the coal and asphalt lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Tribes in Oklahoma. SEC. 7. All Act or parts of Acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. Approved, May 11, 1938. [CHAPTER 199] AN ACT May 12,1938 To amend the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the collection and publication [ublic N. 5078 of statistics of peanuts by the Department of Agriculture", approved June 24, 1936. Peanuts. Collection and pub- lication of statistics. 49 Stat. 1898. 7 U. S. O., Supp. III, § 951. Proiso. Salters or manufac- turers using less than 30,000 pounds. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first sen- tence of the first section of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the collection and publication of statistics of peanuts by the Depart- ment of Agriculture", approved June 24, 1936, is amended to read as follows: "That the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized and directed to collect and publish statistics of raw peanuts, shelled, unshelled, and crushed, and peanut oil, in the United States, received, processed, shipped, and owned by or in the possession of warehouse- men, brokers, cleaners, shellers, dealers, growers' cooperative associa- tions, crushers, salters, manufacturers of peanut products, and owners other than the original producers of peanuts: Provided, That the Secretary may, in his discretion, omit for any period of time to collect such statistics from any or all salters of peanuts or manufacturers 'So in original. 348 [52 STAT.

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