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Show REGULATIONS RELATING TO INDIAN TERRITORY PRESCRIBED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. REGULATIOSTOS GOVERNM INERAL LEASESC, OLLECTIONA ND DIS-BURm? h .T OF REVENUESA,N D SUPERVISIOONF SCHOOLSIN THE IXDIANT ERRITORY. ioncysL clungi,~pt o such nationa; thort.fure the foliowing r u l 3~nr~l r egulations 8h:rll apply in all citsns not pn,viclvd tor hy speeitic ogreeluent3 Lerct<.ioru rurifie~l h<. v I'nncrr** and the uariouii intarectod. or thxr mav I." Lertafwr mtificd 1," such ~~~~ ~ ~ . - ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ nations, and regulations heretofore or hereafter prescribed under such ageeinents: MINERAL LEASES. 1. That leases under section 13 of the said aot shall he entered into with the Secmtt~ryof the Interior and on blank fonns prescribed by him, and no lease otherwise made shall he valid or have any effect whatever to vest in the lessee any right or interest either at law or in equity. 2. AI1,such leases shall be in quadruplicate, and shall contain a clear and full descript~on by legal subdivisions of the traot or tracts of land covered thereby, not to exceed six hundred and forty acres, which legal subdivisions must be contiguous to each other. 3. Minimum royalties shall be required of all leasees as fqjloms. the right being reserved, however, by the Secretary of the Interior in special cases to e~ther reduoe or advance the royalty on coal, asphalt, or other minerals, on, the presepta-tion of facts which, in his opinion, lnnke it to the interevt of the nstlonof Ind~ans within which snch coal, asphalt, or other mlnerals may be located, but such advancement or reduction of royGty in a particular case shall pot operate in any way to modify the general provis~onso f these regulatlous fixlng the mlmmum royalty as hereiu provided, viz: (9) pn coal, fifteen cents per ton for each and every ton of coal produced welgh~ngtw o thousand pounds. (b) On asphalt, sixty cents per ton for each and every ton produced weighing two thousand pounds. (c) On gilsouite, elaterite, and other like mineral substances the royalty shall be fixed according to the comparative market value of the same to the value of asphalt. (d) qn oil, ten per centurn of thepalue of all oil produced, the royalty to be ascertamed on the value of the od In its crude state. (e) On a11 other minerals-such as gold, silver, iron, and the like-as follows, sampling charges to he first deducted: On a11 net smelter returns of ore of fifty dollars ($60) per ton and under, a royalty of ten (10) per cent; on all net smelter returns of ore over fifty dollars ($50) per ton and less than one hundred and fifty dollars ($150) per ton, a royalty of fifteen (15) per cent; onall net smelter returns of ore over one hundred and fifty dollars ($150) per ton and less thau three hun-dred dollars ($300) per ton, a royalty of twenty (20) per cent, and onall net smelter returns of ore over three hundred dollam ($300) per ton, a royalty of twenty-five (25) per cent: Provided, That all lessees shall he required to pay advanced royal-ties, as provided in said section 18, on all mines or claims, whether developed or not, subject to all the conditions in said section imposed. 4. That all lessees of sand or gravel deposits shall be required to pay a royalty of not less thau two oents per cubic yard for dl such mnterjsl removed, to be measured as the same may lie in the original deposit, and for this purpose the lessee shall hefore removal cause such levels or bench marks to he established or laid out as may he necessary to provide for the proper measurement of the quan-tity removed after the same has been excsvated. Andall lessees of stone quarries 537 |
