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BHIB, and 00ntinU4 in force t&at pert of the btd Of the Clear Fork embrooed in the lease, or at 14BSt a reeoonable an~unt of acreage io.the vioinity of the produof~ gas well aonditloniad, however, upon the pay-&ant of all rentala QIIt&a MTee64 PetaiR4d iA tha 14~38 Of $2.00 per acre from the inosption of the original leare downto the present tirae.” Thelease In queetion reaultsd from 

### dLcoovery or oil under-an oil and gas proopeoting pernit lommd by virtue of the authority of Chapter 83, Aota of 

### E917. f3eution 15 of aold Aot provibes~

*#hen one desirem 43lease or patent anf one **or** ame whole tr.sota in the wrmlt may be abendoned by relinquishment **filed** in the @e-&al. k&d OrSioe amherein prorided and theraupm ObOain a lease or potent upon the romtiing area$ pmvided auoh remiaing area8 in in a solid bow, ,&ii owner may relinquiuh n permit or leeee at any tbm by **having** the **deed**Of WA.nqulSbX%e& 

## l okmwleOgeA, reowded by the pro r aounty 

### oI.erk and illed In the &UXeTal Land Off 04 booaopaniad r by one dollar tiling fee.* There fe no erg~resr authorle8tlon in rkapter 83 fsr the relinquialuasnt of a paxt only of the t4L severed by amineral lease. Ae ahown by the above quoted portion or the statute, thiro&y rrliquirhmente authorleed by Chapter

### 63 ares

(1) "One OF rporewhole traota in the ym’d.t’, v&i& relinquishmmt ie authorized to bemade at the t&m r~leaae $0 iscpu&, and

(2) the relinquishment of "a permit or leeae* at

Blnce the Legiel,atum BBW fit by expre8a ~rgrovieio0 to authorize an abandonment OP relinquishment of a portifomOf the .6reaoovered by the permit at the tias a lease wea **ieaued**but failed tu provide for a partial ~elinquishaeat aubbs@gaWt k, the icsuanoe of lease, it appears evident that itwt88the Leti* lature'a intention to rsfuss to authorize the 3!e;UBQtLiamntBan. BarcarPGiles, Page 3

of a QCIX%iOAonly of the mea crovered by a lease after the permit hadbeen merged into 8J.saee.

Thio view haa **been** hssetoiore axpreersd br this Depart&exit in Opinion Ho. 29k7, dated Lkaroh3, 1934, eddreesed to Hon. J. H. Walker, Connaieaioner of the General Land Otfioe, f’ 295 ol the RepOrta and 0 inions of the Attosnep Oenaral, 932-1934. Although the op!AIon above rererred to dealt with the ennit Aet of 1913 e oonipariaon of that Aot with Chaptar 83 Afsolo aemthat the i913 Act oontained eubstentiallg thr mm provlislons with respeot to **rellnqui&ment of**  **ponuitr** and leaaee as ie oontainedfn the 1917A&i. WIquote a8 ioUowr iron the 1934 o#nionr

%eving 414otsd to reoeive one has* for tke entire eoreage, they **could** not thereafter **nU.nquWk** a portion or the leased area **under thr**  tena# **Of** Beotion 25 of the aot. Ii they thereatber desired to relinquish the lease they were mpuired to r+ linqulah the entir4 erea, or ~0 part oi it." Weare ia nocord with the oonoluelon annotmesd in the above quoted opinion, **and we** aooordixigly advise **rou** that, S,nouropinion, you 84~4 not autkori8edto eooepterdlnqulmheent **of a**  portion ow of the area **covered**by &am PO. 2825. ToUTavery truly moRxxY GMERALOFl%xAs J v L/UU’V J PIRSTASSIS

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