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

of the same sufficient to identify il
me surveyor shall Immediately file
and record same, giving time Of sucn
ming, and within 80 DAYS thereafter
ne shall survey and deliver TO the ap-
plLcauI the Held notes and original
Application said papers together
with 81 as filing fee, shall be filed
In the general land office within 100
days after the application was filed
with the county surveyor and not
thereafter. Locations and surveys IN
der this section shall not exceed 1889
acres In undeVelOped territory and not
exceeding zoe acres within 10 miles cf
a producing gas or oil well All lOca-
tlous and surveys under this section
shall, If practicable be Of regular form.
but In every case the line or lines ad-
Jacent TO other surveys shall conform
to the lines Of such adjacent surveys.
II there are no adjacent surveys, the
surveyor shall connect such survey
with some established survey on the
main land
Section 5. When the commissioner
receives an application. or application
and field notes. as provided for in the
two preceding sections. within the time
required, together with the filing fee
of 81, he shall file same, and if upon
examination, said papers are found to
be correct and In compliance with this
act, and II The status OF the area an
piled for is within the provisions here
IN, the applicant shall be entitled to
the right to prospect for and develop
the petroleum oil or natural gas that
may De under the surface embraced in
the Application and field notes. and
as evidence of such right the commits
slOner shall issue to such applicant a
permit after the applicant shall have
complied with the conditions herein
after imposed
Section 6. Before the issuance OF the
permit provided for in the preceding
section the applicant shall pay TO tine
commissioner Of the general land Of
flee 10 cents per acre for each acre en-
braced in the application and field
notes Ihereupon a permit shall be
issued to the applicant cOnferring up
on him an exclusive right TO prospect
Tor and develop petroleum oil or nat
uraI Sas within the designated area
LOT term not TO exceed two years.
Within 30 days after the expiration Of
the trst year the owner of the permit
shall pay another 10 cents per acre IS
IN the first instance. Upon the termi-
nation Of the period for which the
original permit was granted and the
receipt OF satisfactory evidence of the
compliance with the conditions pre-
ScTlbed IN section OF this. act and
such compliance shall not have led to
the discovery of petroleum oil or
natural gas in commercial quantities,
then the commissioner may grant an
extension of the permit for a term not
TO exceed one year upon the payment
NY L4At applicant OF MS successors
interest Of an additional fee OF %
cents per acre. No extension. how
ever. shall be granted unless satisfac-
tory proof Of an effort towards the
development of the area included IN
the permit has been made in good
faith and the expenditure OF the sum
required and duly submitted as set
forth in section Of this act
Section Z Before the expiration If
six months after the date OF the permit
the owner of said permit shall in good
faith commence actual work necessary
to the physical development of said
area and if petroleum oil or natural
gas is not developed the owner or
shall. on or before the 80 DAYS
after expiration of u months from the
late of the permit. file in the general !
and office a sworn statement SUP
ported by two disinterested. credible |
witnesses that such actual work was
begun within the six months aforesaid
and that petroleum oil OF natural gas (