The Chitina leader., 1911-01-21

necessary for operations under the
license or lease. The lessee may at
any time, with the consent of the
Secretary Of the Interior, terminate
the lease upon furnishing the Sec
rotary with satisfactory evidence
that the supply of workable coal in
the leased premises has been ex-
hausted. In case the licensee fails
to comply with the terms of his H.
cense, Or the lessee fails to comply
with the terms and conditions of his
lease, the Secretary of the Interior
may institute a proceeding, or suit,
in the Court of Appeals of the Dis
trict of Columbia for the purpose of
securing decree, or Judgment, for
feiting the license or lease, as the
case may be, and the said court is
hereby given jurisdiction of such
suit. or proceeding, and its judg-
ment, or decree, shall be final. Pro-
vided, however, that it shall be com
petent for the Supreme Court of the
United States by certiorari to review
modify, reverse, or affirm the same,
as in case of an appeal, or writ of
error.
Bond to be Required.
sec. S. That no license or lease
shall be granted or issued until the
licensee, or lessee, shall give bond
to the United States in such sum and
with such surety as the Secretary of
the Interior may prescribe for the
I, payment of all royalties and rents,
and for the due and faithful COM
pliance with all the terms and con-
ditions of the lease or license. And
the existence of such bond shall be
no bar to the institution of a suit
to forfeit the license or lease, as
provided in the preceding section of
this Act; and a judgment of for
fixture of the license shall be no bar
to the enforcement, by legal pro-
ceedings, of the bond given in behalf
of the license or lease.
"Sec. {. That in case a license
is terminated by expiration of time,
| or in case a lease is terminated by
expiration of time, or in the manner
prescribed by section of this Act
and all the claims and demands of
the United States, in respect to the
same, have been liquidated, the Ii
cense or lessee may remove such
structures, machinery and fixtures,
as he may have placed upon the land
covered by the lease or license. The
United States shall in all cases have
a first lien upon all such structures,
machinery and fixtures, for all roy
alties, rents, or other claims that
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may be due, or accrue, in respect to
any lease or license. In case of a
decree of forfeiture of a license. or
lease, the court shall, in it's decree,
determine and prescribe the dispo-
sition that shall be made of the
structures machinery and fixtures on
the premises affected by the decree
"Sec. 8. That the Interstate Com
merce Commission is hereby empow-
cred, upon its own initiative or up
on the complaint of an aggrieved
party, after due hearing, to pass up
on, and determine, and prescribe
the present and future rates at which
coal, mined on leased premises, shall
be sold by any lessee under this Act
in the same manner and to the same
extent as in the case of the transpor-
tation rates of common carriers I'M
der the provisions of the act EMIT
led AN Act to Regulate Commerce,
approved February 4, 1887, and all
acts amendatory thereof or supple
mental thereto. And the determi-
nation and decision of the commits
sion may be reviewed, reconsidered
and revised in the same court in the
same manner and to the same ex-
| tent as in the case of common car
riers under the provisions of said
acts.
| Creates Alaska Fund.
t'Sec. 8. That one-half OF all the
monies derived from licenses and
leases granted under the preceding
provisions of this Act shall be paid
into and constitute a part of the
Alaska Fund in the Treasury of the
United States, provided for and Gre
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