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Show I REGULATIONS TO GOVERN MINERAL LEASES AND OTHER MATTERS IN THE CHOCTAW AND CHICKASAW NATIONS. 1. The ameement with the Choctaw and ~hickaa'awn ations set out in section 29 of the act of Congress entitled n act for the protpction of the people of the Indian Tcrritory.and forother.purpuscu,"approvad JnneZU, 1898 ~ROStat.,.19S-5lO), which was dulv rnti6e.l on Anrn,t ' ! l .l R98.1~ruvirlc.irhatitl e leasi~raa nd o~nern.rine~ ~ - ~~~ - ' . of coal, asphalt, and other mineral l&ds idsaid nations shall he u&er the control 1 of two trustees appointed by the President of the United States upon the recom-mendation of the executives of said nations, each of whom shall he an Indian by blood of the respective nation for which he may be appointed. 2. Each trustee to be appointed under the provisions of said agreement shall be required to file a bond, with two good and su5cient sureties or an approved trust or surety company, with the Secretary of the Interior in the penal sum of $10.000, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties under said agreement as prescribed therein, and in accordance with these regulations. Said bonds shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior before said trustees shall be permitted to enter unon their duties. 3. It shill be the duty of the trustees to receive applications from parties desir-ing to make leases of lands within the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations for the purpose of engaging in the mining of coal, asphalt, or other minerals, to examine said applications and transmit the same, with report of facts, to the United States Indian inspector stationed in the Indian Teriitory, and, on receipt of anthority from him for that purpose, toenter jointly into leases with all parties to whom the rivilege of leasing lands in said nations for mining purposes shall be approved by {irn in such form as shail be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. Said trnstees shall also make an examination from time to time, as often as it shall be deemed expedient. and at least once in every month, into the operations of all persons, corporations, or companies operating mines within said nations. with a view toascertaining the quantity of mineralsproduced by each. theamount of royalty, if any, due and unpaid by each, and all other information necessary for the proteotion of the interests of the Chootaw and Chickasaw nations in the premises; and for this purpose all persons, corporations, or companies operating mmes within the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations shallglvesaid trustees access to any and all of their books and records necessary or required by them to be exam-ined, and at the end of earh quarter said trustees shall make 8 report to the Secre-tary of the Interior, through said Indian inspector, of all their acts nnder said agreement and these regulations, 4. All indentures of lease made h the trustees, as above provided, shall be in quadruplicate and shall contain a ccar and full description, by legal subdivisions, of the tract or tracts of land covered thereby, not to exceed 900 acres, whichlegal subdivisions must he contiguous to each other. Said indentures of lease so exe-puted shall he transmitted through the United States Indian inspector stationed m the Indlan Territory to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, for sobmi~sionto the Secretary of the Interior, for his approval, and no leaae shall be valid until the same shall have been approved by the Secretary of the Interior. 5. Royalties shail be required of ali lessees as follows. viz: On coal, 15 cents per tun for each and every ton of coal produced weighing 8,000 pounds. On asphalt, 80 cents per tan for each and every ton produced weighing 2,000 pounds. The right is reserved, however, by the Secretary of the Interior in special caaes to either reduce or advance the royalty on coal and asphalt on the presentation of facts which, in his opinion, make it to the interest of the Choctaw and Chick-asaw nations, but the advancement or reduction of royalty on coal and a ~ p h ditn 8 particular case shall not operate in any way to modify the general provisions of this regulation fixing the minimum royalty as above set out. On gilsonite, elaterite, and other' like mineral substances the royalty shall he fixed according to the oomparative market valne of the same to the valne of asphalt. On oil 10 per cent of the valne of all oil produced, the royalty to he ascertained on the value of the oil prodnced in its crnde state; and on all other minerals, such 5876-35 545 |