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7 4TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 599, 600. AUGUST 21, 1935 .

679 the reof to the in terested part ies and a pro per finding of facts, deter - mine to be reasonable : Provided, T hat the Government shall in express terms reserve and shall provide in every lease of oil lands hereunder that the lessee, assignee, or beneficiary, if owner, or op erator o r owner of a con trolling interes t in any pipe li ne or of any company operating the same which may be operated accessible to the oil derived from lands under such lease, shall at reasonable rates and without discrimination accept and convey the oil of the Government or of any citizen or company not the owner of any pipe line, operating a lease or purchasing gas or oil under the provisions of this Act : Provided further, That no right-of-way shall hereafter A pplic abil ity to tu- be granted over said lands for the transportation of oil or natural tore g rants . gas except under and subject to the provisions, limitations, and con- ditions of this section . Failure to comply with the provisions of Forfeitur e for viola- this section or the regulations and conditions prescribed by the Sec- t`•n. reta ry of th e Interi or shall be grou nd for f orfeitur e of the grant by the United States district court for the district in which the property, or some part thereof, is located in an appropriate proceeding." SEC . 2. (a) That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to Issue of new leases in issue new leases to lessees holding oil or gas leases under any of the lieuoipresentholdings. provisions of this Act at the time this amendatory Act becomes effective, such new leases to be in lieu of the leases then held by such lessees and to be at a royalty rate of not less than 121/2 per centum in amount or value of the production and upon such other terms and conditions as the Secretary of the Interior shall by gen- eral rule prescribe : Provided, That no limitation of acreage not pro- Proviso. limitation of vided for under the law or regulations under which any such old acreage restricted . lease was issued shall be applicable to any such new lease . (b) Noth ing cont ained in this am endatory Act sha ll be co nstrued Saving clause . to affect the validity of oil and gas prospecting permits or leases 46, pp. 1007, 1523 ;' LT S. previously issued under the authority of the said Act of February C.,p.1342 . 25, 1920, as amended , and in existen ce at th e time t his amen datory Act becomes effective, or impair any rights or privileges which have accrued under such permits or leases . SEC . 3. That nothing in this amendatory Act shall be construed etc anal a Oil r eserves, as affecting any lands within the borders of the naval petroleum reserves and naval oil-shale reserves or agreements concerning opera- tions thereunder or in relation to the same, but the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized, with the consent of the President, to _ Agreements aut ho r- enter into agreements such as those provided for under the Act of 'ZVol.46,p.1523;U.S. March 4, 1931 (46 Stat . 1 523), wh ich agre ement sh all not, unless C .,p .1348 . expressed therein, operate to extend the terms of any lease affected thereby . Approved, August 21, 1935 . [ CHAPT ER 600 .1

JOI NT R ESO LUTI ON Re latin g to the con tinu ance on the pay rolls of certain employees in c ases of d eath or resignation of Members of the House of Repr esen tati ves, Dele gate s, and Resident Commissioners . Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives o f the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That notwithstanding the pr ovisi ons of the third paragraph under the heading "Clerical assistance to Senators " of section 1 of the Legislative Appropriation Act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928 (U . S . C ., Supp . V, title 2 . sec. 92a), in case of the death or resignation of a Member of the H ouse dur ing his term of offi ce, the cler ical ass ista nts desi gnat ed b y Prerisos . Reservation as to conveying oil of Gov- ernment or of other producers. Royalty rate. August 21, 1935. [H. J. Res . 189 .] [Pub . Res.,No.52.] Clerks of deceased Member of the House . Continuance on roll, not exceeding six months . Vc1 . 44, p. 1148. U.S.C.,p.13.