The Cordova daily times., 1919-05-26

ullueTdlS pTOuuCou INoTelIOll pdydUle at the time and in the manner pro- vided in Section of this act, and any quartz or other claims other than placer, discovered and located by any prospector or person, or persons, or association of persons, receiving bene- fits under the provisions of this act, shall likewise be charged with lien in favor of the government of the United States, to the extent of one per cent of the value of the gross output of mineral or metal produced therefrom, payable at the time and in the manner provided in section 4, hereof;
 | Provided, however, that the pro- visions of this section shall not apply to any person or persons, or associa- tion of persons, who shall have, or may have made valid location on quartz or placer or both mining claims within the prescribed radius, as above set forth, prior to the date of execu- tion of the undertaking made by the person or persons, or association or persons, receiving benefits under the provisions of this act prescribed in section hereof.
 Sec. 6. That in the event of a de- fault in the payment of the sum to the government of the United States, as hereinbefore provided, the said bureau of mines shall be authorized to immediately make application to court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a receiver who shall be authorized to collect sufficient of the minerals or metals produced from said mining claims, from time to time, or the moneys due and payable there for, as may be necessary to cover the amount due to the government, as therein provided, together with all ex- penses of said court proceedings and ireceivership.
 Sec. T. That the amounts due rom the locator, or locators, of said mining claim or claims, as provided in sec tions four and five of this act shall likewise be due from the successors III interest of the original locator or To- cators of said claim and payment, as :, herein provided, shall be made from all minerals or metals extracted rom said ground, or moneys due and pay able therefor, until the same snail have been fully worked out, and the liens hereinbefore provided for snail be superior to, and take precedence over. all transfers or contracts or sta tutory liens upon said property.
 Sec. 8. That before any disburse ment shall be made under the provi sions of this act for the benefit of any , person, or persons, or association of persons, the said person or persons or association of persons, shall be re. quired to execute an undertaking, in the form to be prescribed by the sec. retary of the interior, with one or more sureties having the qualifica- tions of bail in the territory of Alaska, and to be approved by the engineer in charge for the faithful compliance by the said person, or persons, or asso. citation of persons receiving the bene- fit of this act with the provisions here of and with such rules and regulations as may be promulgated by the secre- tary of the interior relative to the administration of said fund.-
 2 Sec 9. That all payments received by the bureau of mines from the To- cator, or locators of mining claims in Alaska, as provided under this act, shall be covered into the Alaska Prospecting and Development Fund for the particular judicial division of the territory of Alaska from which said payments may have been receiv- ed except that fifty per cent of the amount of all payments so received from the locator or locators of said claim or claims, or their successors in interest, shall be repaid to the treas urer of the United States, at such time as may be designated by the sec retary of the interior, until the amount appropriated by congress for said found and set aside for the use of the judicial division of said territory from which said payments are re- i ceived. The said Alaska Prospecting and Development Fund shall be avail able until expended by said bureau of mines under the direction of the secretary of the interior within the judicial division from which said pay ments were received for the encour- agement of prospectors and miners and for the development of the min eral resources of said judicial division and otherwise for carrying out the