424 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cns. 211, 212. 1908. HH mx?. 211.-An Act To encourage the development of coal deposits in the Tcrrl- Public, No. 151. [ 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and Hmtsl;§fRe;>resentat&ves of the_UmIted nun. States of Ameriva in Oemgreso ascemb , That all persons, their heirs m”ff,§l °’,';‘,‘§,f" °‘ or assigns, who have in good faith personally or by an attorney in fact ¤<>¤•¤qld¤¢i¤;g£ made locations of coal land in the Territory of laska in their own
°°°" W interest, prior to November twelfth, nineteen hundred and six, or in
“·"“ °‘ ‘°’°"°· accordance with circular of instructions issued by the Secretary of the Interior May sixteenth, nineteen hundred and seven, may consolidate their said claims or locations by including in a single claim, location, or purchase not to exceed two thousand five hundred and_sixty acres of contiguous lands, not exceeding in length twice the w1dth of the tract thus consolidated and for this purpose such persons, their heirs or assigns, may form associations or corporations who may perfect entry of and acquire title to such lands in accordance with the other · rovisions of law under which said locations were originally made: HMM- gtovided, That no corporation shall be permitted to consolidate its Mmmm claims under this Act unless seventy-Eve pier centum of its stock shall be held by rsons ualiiied to enter coal nds in Alaska. - · ,,,,',{§§“°§,,,'{${‘,§ Sec. 2. Cllfat theqUnited States shall, at all limes, have the preferyé mf N"! W ence right to purchase so much of the product of any mine or mines rvopened upon the lands sold under the provisions of this Act as may be necessary for the use of the Army an Nagy, and at such reasonable P,l§§°,,,,Y°° by m and remunerative price as may be Hxed by e President; but the pro- ¤'*8*°*°¤· ducers of any coal so purchased who may be dissatisfied with thpjprice thus iixed shall have the right to prosecute suits against the nited States in the Court of Claims pordthe recoveryhof any additional sum or sums the ma claimas 'ust y ue u n suc urc ase. Jsdhglwm" Sec. 3. That si any of the lands or Ideposits Ipurchased under the provisions of this Act shall be owned, leased, trusteed, possessed, or controlled by any device permanently, temporarily, directly, indirectly, tacitly, or in any manner whatsoever so that they form part of, or in any way effect any combination, or are in anywise controlled by ‘ any combination in the form of an unlawful trust, or form the subject of any contract or conspiracy in restraint of trade in the mining or ` selling of coal, or of any olding of such lands by any individual, partnership, association, corporation, mortgage, stock ownership, or control, in excess of two thousand five hundred and sixty acres in the dis· F°’(°“°"' trict of Alaska, the title thereto shall be forfeited to the United States by plroceedings instituted by the Attorney-General of the United States in the courts for that purpose. P‘°°°“' Sec. 4. That ever patent issued under this Act shall ex ressly Eecitefthe terms andv conditions prescribed in sections two and three ereo . Approved, May 28, 1908. xeygwggj CHAP. 212.-An Act To amend the laws relating to navigation, and for other [Public,N0.15i—_ p°rp°°°S‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and [base ofRi[wexe¢ztate'2,·e8 of the United g::g,s¤gg¤ 1¤w¤- States of America in Congress assembled, That section twenty-seven 'hundred and ninety-two of the Revised Statutes be, and is hereby, almepdid by adding thereto, thirty days after the passage of this Act, t e o owing: V¢¤¤¢¤¤ ¤+¤¤s mj “Any sen r vessel enga ed triweeklv or oftener in trade xilmmtdg. H between plhufts ogethe United Stages and foreign ports shall be exempt ,,,*fg§g§·"”·"·*”r from entrance and clearance fees and tonnage taxes while such service triwcekly or oftener is maintained."
