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642 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 1252. 1890. 'uuu-summa inclusive, of the records of Tobucksely County, Choctaw Nation, on the seventh day of August, eighteen undred and eighty-nine. Ninth. A lease bearing date the tenth day of June, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, between Fritz Sitte , a citizen of Tobucksey County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, of the one part, and the Choctaw Coal and Railway Company, of the other part. Recorded in book B, on pages numbered one undred and six, one hundred and seven, one hundred and eight, one hundred and nine, one hundred and ten, one hundred andeleven, inclusive, of the records of Tobucksey County, Choctaw Nation, on the twentieth day of October, eiglhteen hundred and eighty-nine. Tent . A lease bearing date the tenth diy of June, eighteen hundred and eightygnine, between W. B. Pitc yn and Fritz Sittel, citizens of To uc sey County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, of the one part, and the Choctaw Coal and Railway Company. Recorded on record-book numbered B, on Gpages ninety-nine, one hundred, one hundred and one, one hundr and two, inclusive, of the records of Tobucksey County, Choctaw Nation, on the nineteenth daylof October, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine. eventh. A lease date the first ay of August, eighteen hundred and eightymine, etween Simon James, Robert ames, James F. Freeney, ohn M. Grady, G. M. Bond, Fritz Sittel, and R. J. Ward, citizens of Tobucksey and Gaines Counties, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, of the one part, and the Choctaw Coal and Railway Company of the other part. Recorded in record-book numbered B, on (ipages one hundred and two, one hundred and three, one hundred an four, one hundred and five, inclusive, of the records of Tobucksey County, Choctaw Nation, on the nineteenth day of October, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine. cannon. The conditions and limitations upon which, and the extent to which, aid consent is given are as follows: mnaosma First. That neither the lessees, nor any one under them, shall exercise any rights of any kind under or by virtue of any of said leases over, in, or upon an area beyond or outside of one square mile. mm. Second. That no one of s id leases shall continue in force for a longpr (period than thirty years from the passage of this act.

  • BBD0W ¤f cap! T ir . That the lessees, or those holding under them, shall, dur-

"°°°°’ '°"m°°’°ing the iirst week of each month, render to the Secretariy of the Interior a statement under the oath of its president, or at east one of any joint owners under said lessee, showing the amount of coal taken from the mines covered by said leases as nerein prescribed, for the month preceding, and the royalties paid t- · the said Choctaw Nation, and the individual citizens holding said rights, and the price per ton the same has been sold by those having the right to mine the same under the said leases. mR§_:¢l;¤S_¢¤¤¤¤f¤d¤¤ Fourth. That no higher rate per ton than the average rate per ton for which such coal has for~the next six months next precedin the first day of September, eighteen hundred and ninety, been solgd by said lessees, or those holding under them, shall, during said thirty years, be exacted of any purchaser, except upon the written permission of the Secretary of the Interior. I Ni °*>Q)8**fh:¤ °' Fifth. That all the obligations of said leases, except as the same · mma; P"` may be herein modified or limited, shall be faithfully preserved and performed bygsaid lessees, or those holding! under them, and that no !¤¢¤*·¤ w right shall claimed or exercised in the lands covered by said ‘ m"' ‘ leases or the surface thereof, except such as shall be {proper and necessary for the profitable development and working o the mines therein, and ingress and egress to and from the same, and for the erection and maintenance of necessary and proper machinery for said purposes. m§%:¤¢gw<>f n€:¤i¤;·; Sec. 2. That the consent hereby given shall in no way impair or paired, " ° affect the rights which any person or persons, or the Chickasaw