The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1912-08-06

lessee, after reasonable notice, as
prescribed in the lease, shall fail to
pay the rental or royalties provided
for in such lease, or where such les
see shall fail to operate such proper
ty in such manner as will supply the
reasonable demand for coal in the
neighborhood of such mine, or shall
refuse. neglect, or fail to comply
with any provision of the lease; and
the lease may provide for the en-
forcement of other appropriate reme-
dies for breach of specified conditions
thereof.
Sec. 4. That the President of the
United States is hereby authorized to
reserve from time to time, subject
to the rights of any settler or other
claimant under the public land laws,
such tract or tracts of coal lands in
Alaska as he may deem proper to
meet the requirements of the Gov
eminent of the United States for the
use of the Army and Navy, and for
other public purposes. and to provide
for the mining of coal in such lands
for such uses and purposes.
Sec. s. That any person, associa-
ton, or corporation qualified to ue-
come a lessee under this Act and
owning or claiming an interest in
any pending claim under the public
land laws to any coal lands in Alas
ka, may within one year from the
passage of this Act. enter into an ar
rangement with the Secretary of the
Interior by which such claim shall be
fully relinquished to the United
States; and If in the judgment of the
Secretar yof the Interior the circum-
stances connected with sucn claim
justify so doing. the moneys paid by
the claimant or claimants TO the
United States on account of such
claim may, by direction of the Sec
rotary of the Interior. be returned
and paid over TO such person. asso-
citation or corporation as a considera-
ton for such REIMBURSEMENT, or in
lieu of such repayment the Secretary
of the Interior may execute and de-
liver to said person, association. or
corporation, in preference TO any
other lessee, lease under this Act
of the land so claimed or any part
thereof within the limitations of
area and location fixed by section two
hereof. and the said moneys may be
credited upon the royalties to be-
come due under such lease: Provided,
| That if the land so claimed be within
| reservation made in pursuance of
section seven of this Act other coal
lands in Alaska of substantially equal
value may be substituted in said
! lease for the lands so relinquished.
See. 9. That seventy-five per CEN
tum of all the moneys derived from
| leases granted under the provisions
| of this Act shall be paid into the
| treasury and constitute a part of the
| Alaska fund provided for and created
by the Act approved January twenty
| seventh, eighteen hundred and nine
| ty-five, entitled AN Act to provide
| for the construction and maintenance
| of roads, the establishment and main
| tenance of schools. and the care and
support of insane persons in the Dis
| trict of Alaska, and for other pur-
| poses
Sec. 10. Any qualified person I'M
| der this Act may, with the consent
of the Secretary of the Interior, To-
| cate and operate for local use upon
any of the public coal lands of Alaska
not otherwise appropriated an area
not exceeding ten acres, the length
OF which shall not exceed two and
one-half times it's width. in such
manner and upon such terms anG
conditions as the Secretary of the In
| terror may prescribe; but no permit
| for such location shall extend beyond
the year nineteen hundred and TWEEN
| ty. II any such location shall be in
cluded in the area covered by any
| subsequent lease granted under this
| Act, it may be taken over by the
| lessee of sucn subsequent lease if, in
the opinion of the Secretary of the
Interior, it is necessary to the eff
Gent and economic operation of such
| lease and on payment of such just
compensation as the Secretary of the
Interior may determine.
Sec. II. That no person, associa-
| ton or corporation owning or hav-
ing any interest as stakeholder or
otherwise in any railroad, steamship
or other common carrier by which
the products mined under any lease
authorized by this Act are transport
ed in Alaska or from Alaska to any
other part of the United States or
foreign country shall own or hold
any interest as stockholder or
otherwise in any such lease. Any
by descent or will may be held for
one year and no longer after it's &C
QUESTION. Amy ownership or interest
in any lease held contrary to the
foregoing provisions of this section
shall be forfeited to the United States
by proceedings instituted by the At
torney General for that purpose in
any court of competent Jurisdiction:
Provided, That the Secretary of the
| Interior may grant any lessee I'M
ger the provisions of this Act a right
of way over the public lands in Alas
ka from the land leased to any navi-
gable waters or railroad for the con-
struction and operation of a railway
or tramway (iaeiuding serial wire
rope tramways) for thetransportation
of coal and such other articles, ma
terials and commodities, and of per-
sons as may be necessary or proper
in connection with the operation of
| coal mines upon the express condi-
tion that such railway or tramway
shall be operated as common car
rier under such regulations as may
be prescribed by the Interstate Com
merce Commission, and that when
ever in the judgment of said COM
mission the public interest may re-
uuiro such action tho cajd com mis-