El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-09

the payment into the state treasury
10 the credit Of the permanent free
school, university, asylum OF other
funds, of certain rents and royalties
upon the gross output of any minerals
or mineral product therein.
Section >. 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 anv
of the surveyed public free school land.
university or asylum or other public
lands OF the state which may be IN
sold at the time such desire is made
known as herein provided, or in any
OF SAID land which has heretofore
been sold with the 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 may hereafter
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 OF other fund
and also in any Of the islands, ba-s.
marshes, reefs and salt water lakes
may do so under the regulations.
terms and conditions of this act to-
gether 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 the
land in which he desires to acquire the
aforesaid rights No individual or COZ
pOratiOn shall be awarded exceeding
1880 acres of the public lands of the
state for oil OF gas development pur-
poses, and no individual or corporation
shall be awarded exceeding 200 acres
for oil and gas development purposes
within 10 miles Of any producing oil
or gas well The said 1890 acres in
undevelOped territory, or the 200 acres
within 10 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
TelOpment purposes. The lines OF all
tracts less than a whole survey shall
conform to the exterior OF the lines
Of the survey Of which II may be
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 If surveyed or IN ms record
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 90 days after the date it was
filed by the county clerk
Section l. One desiring to obtain the
right to prospect for and develop pc
troleUm oil or natural gas in any of
the states islands. salt water lakes,
pays. marshes, reefs and fresh water
lakes owned bv the state, or in any Of
the unsurveyed public school land,
shall first file a separate written ap-
pncatiOn for each tract applied for
with the county surveyor of the county
IN which the area or part Of same
may be situated or the county to which
said county may be attached for sur
Veylng purposes, giving a designation