Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-19
EDITED BY
JAMES WYNKOOP
BILLS ARE NOT
SATISFACTORY TO OPERATORS
Mining and Oil Men Object Certain Articles Contained in the
Several Measures Now Pending at Washington and Min
ing Congress Urges Free Discussion of Remedy

guard the public interest"
Section provides for the execution Of
| leases in blocks not exceeding two thousand
five hundred and sixty acres It provides also
for covenants relative to mining methods and
waste to period of preliminary development
and quantity of production as may be pre-
scribed by the secretary Of the interior. The
first period Of lease shall not exceed thirty
! years The lease may be extended In periods
of ten years under such conditions as the
secretary may prescribe Maximum royalty Is
fixed at fifteen cents per ton Of run-of-mine
| coal and there shall also be paid yearly in
advance a rental Of ten cents an acre for the
| first year. twenty five cents for the second
year, fifty cents for the third seyenty-hve
cents per acre for the fourth year and one
dollar for the fifth year and each succeeding
year thereafter; but the rental for any one
year shall be credit on the royalty for that
/ year.
IN sECRETARY's HANDS"
Section g. All applications for permits, IL
censes and leases shall be presented to such
official as the secretary Of the interior may
designate.
Section 7. No permit, license or lease shall
be issued until the applicant has entered into
bond In such amount as the secretary Of
the interior may prescribe for the payment Of
all moneys or damages and for the faithful
performance of all acts, duties and obliga-
| tions.
! Section 3. NO license OF lease snail W as
signed, mortgaged or subet except with the
permission or approval Of the secretary Of
the interior and under such conditions as he
may prescribe.
"section o. That a license or lease may,
in the discretion of the secretary Of the in
| terror, be terminated upon the written re-
quest of the licensee or lessee to the secre-
tary, and after opportunity has been afforded
to said secretary to examine into the condi-
1 ton of the property"
| Section 10 In case license or lease Is
terminated, the right is reserved to the retir-
| ing lcensee or lessee to dispose in the open
market of such of the buildings, machinery or
other improvements as in the opinion of the
| secretary can be removed without injury to
the leasehold But all rights are forfeited 10
so much of these improvements as the secre-
tary may deem necessary to retain as part
of the premises It is provided also that IL
the secretary shall recense or relet the re-
mainder of the coal covered by the former
licensee. he shall provide that reasonable COM
pensation shall be paid by the new licensee
or lessee to the former lessee or his represen-
tatves for remaining structures fixtures or
improvements.
| Section IL Licensees have the right TO use
so much of the surface as shall be determined
from time to time by the secretary OF the
interior. Licensees. however, shall compen-
safe all settlers, entrymen and owners OF any
lands embracing their permits.
| Section II. the secretary OF tne ulerloT
may withdraw from entry, occupation or set
| tlement any unappropriated public lands the
surface of VIII ich he may deem necessary for
| use in connection with the production, hand
ling or transporting Of coal under this act.
Section 10 provides for forfeiture Of license
on failure to comply with the terms
| Section H. Maximum prices OF rates snail
be fixed beyond which the lessee or licensee
shall not charge the public for coal extracted
the lease license.
UNDER LEASING SYSTEM
Section Is. Tha: the laws of the state or
territory in which the land is situated for
control or inspections and the operations OF
mining and producing coal shall apply to op-
erations under the licenses and leases herein
authorized except where such laws are IN
conflict with this act
| Section ie Lessees or licensees shall furnish
the secretary of the interior with written
statements OF any and all acts performed or
of any and all moneys received by them under
such lease or license in such manner and at
such times as the secretary may require.
Section II. To mine, produce or remove coal
belonging to the United States without au-
thority derived from the secretary of the in
terror shall constitute a trespass, punishable
upon conviction by a fine not exceeding one
thousand dollars or imprisonment for not ex-
ceeding one year, or both.
Section Is gives the secretary OF the interior
authority to make such rules and regulations
as he may deem necessary or proper for car
rylng out the provisions Of this act
Section Is provides that all unappropriated
and unreserved public lands may be settled
upon under any of the non-mineral pubic
land laws Notwithstanding the existence of
coal and patents may be issued for such land.
But patents for all such lands shall contain
a reservation to the United States and It's
lessees for all coal therein and the right to
use so much of the surface as may be neces"'
sary to the mining, removal and sale OF such
coal.
Section 90 Jurisdiction to determine the is
sues and matters which committed to the
courts is conferred upon the United states
circuit and district courts.
Section 21 All existing laws relative to the
sale or disposal of coal deposits and all other
laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Senate bill 54SS-Introduced by Senator Nell
son, January is. 1870 and referred to the COM
mittee public lands.
Authorizes the disposal Of phosphate. oil.
asphaltum or natural gas.
There are In this bill twenty-one sections
and these are, for all practical purposes. iden-
tical with the terms Of senate bill b4Sl.
Senate bill 54s9-Introduced by Senator Mel
son, January IS, 1910, and referred to the
committee on public lands
TIMBER RESERVE ,t
',Be 1t enacted by the senate and house of
representatives of the United States of
America, in congress assembled, That all le-
gal subdivisions of surveyed. vacant and un-
reserved public lands of the United states
west of the summit Of the Cascade range and
Sierra Coast range of mountains, bearing
milling timber which averages eight thousand
feet per acre, and all such lands east Of the
summit of said mountains bearing such tim
ber which averages five thousand feet per
acre, and the timber thereon. shall be dis
posed of only in the manner prescribed by
this act"
section q That the timber on all lands
mentioned in the foregoing sections shall be
sold by the secretary Of the interior to citi-
gems of the United States or to associations
composed of such citizens, at public sale at
not less than its appraised value, in such
manner and amounts and under and subject
to such regulations, terms and conditions as
the secretary Of the interior may prescribe,
but purchase Of timber under this act shall
not be construed or operate to give the pur-
chaser thereof any right, title or interest In
or to the land upon which such timber is
standing, except the right to such use and
occupancy thereof as may be necessary to
the cutting and removal, or to the sale or
manufacture of the timber into lumber and
all timber so sold shall revert to the United
States II it Is not cut and removed within
twenty years from the date of its sale. except
in cases where the timber Is purchased by
entrymen or locators to whom patents issue
under this act for the lands on which such
timber is located"
Section g. The acquisition OF land under
mineral or coal land laws or homestead laws
gives no right, title or interest to the lumber