El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-09

the payment into the state treasury
TO the credit Of the permanent free
school, university, asylum or other
funds, Of certain rents and royalties
upon the gross output of any minerals
or mineral product therein.
Section 2 Any person or associa-
ton OF persons, corporate or other
wise, desiring TO obtain the rights TO
prospect for and develop petroleum
oil or natural gas that may be in any
of the surveyed public free school land.
university or asylum or other public
lands Of the state which may be I'm
sold at the time such desire is made
known as herein provided or in any
been sold with TIE reservation #
minerals therein the public free school
fund or other fund and such of said
land as has heretofore been purchased
with the reimbursement of the min
erals therein by the purchaser, or in
any OF said land that NAV heraaf fer
be sold with the reservation of min
erals therein, also in any of the fresh
water lakes owned by the state or
public free school fund or other fund
and also in any Of the islands, bays,
marshes, reefs and salt water lakes
may do so under the regulations,
terms and conditions OF this act. to-
SeJher with such rules and regulations
as may be adopted relative thereto
and necessary for the execution Of the
purpose Of this act by the commits
sioner Of the general land office.
Section 8 One desiring to obtain the
right to prospect for and develop pc
troleum oil or natural gas that may
be in any of the surveyed lands men
toned herein shall first file with the
clerk of the court Of the county in
which the area desired. or a portion
thereof, IS situated, or with the clerk
OF the county to which said county
may be attached for judicial purposes
a separate application in writing for
each tract applied for. designating She
land in which he desires to acquire the
aforesaid rights No individual or coz
pOraU0 snail be awarded exceeding
1850 acres of the public lands of the
state for oil or gas development pur-
poses and no individual or corporal ton
shall be awarded exceeding 200 acres
for oil and gas DEVELOPMENT purposes
within 10 miles Of any producing oil
or gas we'll The said 1880 acres in
undeVelOped territory. or the 200 acres
within TO miles of any producing oil or
gas well may be in as many different
tracts of land or fresh water lakes as
the applicant may desire. provided the
applicant correctly describes the land
or fresh water lakes desired for de-
velopment purposes. The lines Of all
tracts less than a whole survey shall
conform to the exterior OF the lines
Of the survey of which it may be a
part, as nearly as practicable.
The said clerk shall file and record
the application or applications afOre-
said and note the same on his reg
lister opposite the entry of the proper
survey II surveyed or in his record Z
book If unsUrveyed. giving the time
of filing, and the applicant shall file
such application in the general land /
office together with 81 as filing fees
within 80 days after the date il was
filed by the county clerk
Section T. One desiring to obtain the |
right TO prospect for and develop pc
troleUm oil or natural gas in any of 4
the states islands salt water lakes, /
bays. marshes, reefs and fresh water /
lakes owned by the state, or in any of 4
the unsurveyed public school land.
shall first file a separate written an /
for each tract applied for /
with the county surveyor Of the county /
in which the area or a part Of same I
nay be situated or the county to which 1
said county may be attached for sur
-eying purposes, giving a designation !