The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-04-25
New Form Issued by the Sec
retary Of lnterler.
MORE STRINGENT.
Radical Changes in its Provisions
With Reference to Payment of
Royalty and other Conditions.

The Secretary of Interior ha 9
submitted new form for Cherokee
Oil and mineral leases, a copy
which was received by Col. Zevely
There are some radical Oh ang es
from the other leases submitted
by the department. The new one
is specific and goes into detail.
A letter from the secretary states
that the new forms are being
printed and viii be forwarded
as soon as possible.
All leases must follow the form
approved by the interior depart
ment and must provide that only
SO much Of the surface OF land de-
scribed as may be necessary to
carry on the work contemplated
shall be occupied by the lessees.
All lessees must give bond guaran-
teeing payment of royalties and
rents. The bond schedule follows:
Forty to eight acres, $1,000;
eighty to one hundred and twenty
acres 81 500; one hundrend and
twenty to one hundred and sixty,
$1,000. Each forty acres above
one hundred and sixty, $500 ad.
ditional. The secretary can raise
the amount If he deems II neces-
sary. No lease shall be subletl
transferred or assigned without
the consent and approval OF the
secretary of the interior. All leas-
es shall provide for the payment
of advanced annual royalties in
sums not less than fifteen per cent
per acre per annum, for one or two
years thirty cents for three and
four year, seventy-fve cents for
fifth and each succeeding year for
the term the lease is to run. All
leases should provide for the pay
ment of royalty Of one per cent
of the value of all crude oil ex-
tracted from said land and to be
paid month succeeding that 10
which it is produced and the av-
erage value Of the oil during the
m onth in which 1t is produced
shall constitute the criterion Tor
computing the royalty.
The royalty on natural gas shall
be fixed by the secretary at the
end Of each year, or oftener, in
his discretion, All lessees will
be required TO keep full and cor
rect account OF their operations
and make report thereof promptly
at the end Of each month to the
lessor and secretary. The right is
given to prospect tor extract, pipe,
store. refine and remove all such
oil and natural gas to use as much
as is necessary, also right land
and use natural gas or oil as much
as it is ne ecessary, also right OF fuel
10 carry on operations. The les
sor is given free use of gas to light
his residence. II the lessee fails
to pay the per acre royalty sixty
after il is due, the lease becomes
void. The lessee must agree to
exercise diligence in sinking wells
for oil and gas and operate same
in a workmanlike manner. He
must commit no waste and must
surrender property at the termi-
nation of his lease; be shall not
remove any buildings or improve
ments except tools, boilers, pipe
lines. pumps, drills. engines, tanks
and machipery The lessee shall
not allow any nuisance commit'ad
on the property nor any insoxi-
+ eating liquor sold or given away.
He must plug abandoned wells so
as 70 effec,ually shut of all water
acove the oil bearing horizon.
Amounts due for royalties shall