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Show 100 C O ~ 8 8 1 0 N E R OF INDIAN AXFAIFS. Cherokee Nation. Section 72 of the Cherokee agreement, approved by the act of July 1, 1902 (32 Stats., 761), and ratified by majority vote of the citizens of the Cherokee Nation August 7, 1902, provides that- Cherokee citizens may rent their allotments, when selected, for a term of years not to exceed one year for grazing purposes only, and for a period not to exceed five years for agricultural purposes, but without any stipulation or obligation to renew the same; but leases for a period longer than one year for grazing purposesand for a period longer than f i ~yee ars for agricultural purposes and for mineral purposes may also be made with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior and not otherwise. The regulations mentioned were fully discussed in my last annual report, and are similar to the regulations covering the leasing of lands in the Creek Nation. Since their promulgation oil and gas leases, covering lands selected by citizens of the Cherokee Nation as their allotments, have been approved as folloms: Clarence A. Welch ............................................. 2 CudahyOilCompany '................. .......................... 14 The Indian Territory Development Company .................... 19 Callvin 8. Matson. .............................................. 1 Myron Matson .................................................. 2 Grant Rornaday ............................................... 1 Meridian Oil and Gas Company. ................................. 2 Johnstone, Watson, Pemberton, $ Huckleberry.. ................ 1 Superior Oil and Gas Company. ..... : ........................... 3 Renfrow Oil and Gas Company.. ................................ -6 Total .................................................... 51 There have also been approved four marble and stone leases in favor of the Beaumont Marble and Supply Company. In the Creek and Cherokee nations lessees are required to pay lessors, on oil 10 per cent of the value of the product on the leased premises; on coal 8 cents per ton, mine run, on every ton produced weighing 2,000 pounds, including what is commonly called "slack;" and on asphalt 10 cents per ton for every ton of crude asphalt weighing 2,000 pounds, or 60 cents per ton on refined asphalt. In addition to this royalty they are required to pay lessors annually in advance 15 cents per acre for the first and second year, 30 cents for the third and fourth years, and 75 cents for the fifth year and each succeeding year thereafter for the term which the lease is to run, the money thus paid "to be a credit on the stipulated royalty should the same exceed in any one year the amount of the advanced payment.'7 Applicants for mineral leases, in addition to complying with the regulations in every particular, are required to show that they have on hand for bona fide mining operations $5,000 for each lease of 160 acres or less. Supervision of leases of Choctaw and Ohiokasaw allotments.-Septem-ber 3, 1903, the Department invited the attention of the Assistant . |