The Alaska citizen., 1911-01-30

the seal of his office. eX. cute in ripliCate a written lease Of the leased premises t1 the ICsscr. which shall contain all the terms and con diuous hereinbtfoTe prescribed ana such other fair aui T,a>-nauic con ditions and provisions as the secre- tary may in his discretion pre- scribe. One c-py of the lease shall remain on file in the in eri.r depart mtnt. one copy of the same shall be filed in the office of the register of the land office in the district in which the leased premises are situ- ate, and ont copy shall be delivered 10 the lessee. No lease shall be eN- ecuted until the leased premises hay,
 been duly surveyed b. inc United
 States or under is auth rity. and the leased premises shall be de scribed in the lease iii conformity with the subdivisions of such sur yey. The leased premises shall
 be ill a compact body and shall not
 be less than onJ mile wide nor more than four miles long. I he Secretary of the lnteri- r may. in his discretion and upon good grounds, extend and ren W lease for all additional period of tn years. but in such case the roy alty shall not Le less than six cents nor more than fifteen cents per ton run Cf mine of the coal extracted. The lessee shall not.
 without the consent of the Secretary of the Interior, assign his interest
 in the leased premises 10 anyone else. nor snail he assign the same to
 Hn h 4T . tf..I from obtaining the lease from the
 United States in the irst instance Q. And no person, firm. aosrcia ion. CT corporation shall. directly or indir- ectly. acquire or hold by assignment. or otherwise. more than me lease. And if any member Of a firm or as sOCiation, or any stookhul4er of a corporation, is disqualified fr III OJ- taining a lease 10 a mine or lease 10 explore, the firm or association of which he is a m mbcr and the corporation Of which he is a stock holder is also disqualified.
 Sec ;. That the liCeusee or les. see shall have the right to the Us
 of the surface of the land so far as necessary for operations under the license or leaSe. I he lessee may at any time, with the Il sent to the Socre ary of the Iuier-
 for, terminate the ] asC upon furH ishing the secretary Wi'h SaJislac- tory evid nee that the supply Cf workable coal in the leased pr mises has been exhausted In case the licensee fails to comply with the { rms and conditions Of hIS lease. z l.r If ll int, ,Yi in,
 stitute a proceeding, or suit, in the court of appeals If the District of Columbia for the purpose of securing q dC CCree. or judgment, forfcitinE the license or lease. as the case may be. and the said c-urr is hereby given jurisdiction of such suit, or proceeding, and is judgm nj. or de cree, shall be final; Provided how ever. That it shall ie competent for the supreme court of tha UnifCd States by oertiorari 10 review mo it. fy, reverse, CT affirm the same, as
 in case of an appeal or writ of er- TOT
 Sec 6. That no license or lease shall be granted or issued until he liceusee or lessee shall give bond 10 the United States in such sum and with such surety as the Sec retary of the Interior may prescribe for the payment of all royalties and rents, and for the due and faithful compliance with all the terms and conditions of he lease or license. And the existence of such bond shah be no bar to the institution of a suit to forfeit the license CT lease. | n- Ial in, l, .'f ton of this act; and a judgment of forfeiture of the license or lease shall be no bar 10 the enforce ment. by legal proceedings, of the bond
 given in behalf of the license CT lease
 Sec :. That in case q license is terminated by expiration of time, or i in case a lease iS termina cd by eN- piration of time. CT in the manner prescribed by section five of this act, and all the claims and demands of the United States iii respect 10 the same have been liquidated, the Hcen- see or less may remove such struc- lures, machinery, and fixtures as he
 may have placed upon the land c0Y- ered 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, CT other claims that 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 its decree
 determine and pr scribe the dispo-
 sition that shall be made of the structures, machinery, and fixtures
 on the premises affected by the de cree.
 Sec. g. That the Secretary of the Interior may, under such rules and
 regulations as he may prescribe in advance, issue to any applicant Qual- flied under section two of this act
 a limited license granting the right
 to prospect and mine fer domestic
 and to dispose Cf for local consump- ton, coal belonging to the United
 States, in specified areas, not to CX- ceed forty acres to any enc person.
 or association of pers ns, in any one
 coal field, for period of not eX- ceeding ten years, on such conditions
 not inconsistent with this act. as in his opinion will safeguard the public interest, Cn the payment of a roy
 alty per ton of coal as herein pre- scribed: Provided, That the acquisi- tion or holding of a lease under the preceding sections of this act shall