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SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 22. 1909. 587 at any time introduce game animals on said island. It shall be further mN°fs“’° of *mP*°*’° stipulated in said lease that the said expenditure of twenty-five thousand an ` do lars in improving said island shall be expended in developing water, constructing dams and reservoirs for the stora e of water, erecting windmills, water tanks, building fences, houses,€>uildings, and wa on roads, reseeding the island to trees and grasses, and planting spineless cactus for the purpose of stopping the drifting of the sands and of creatingbeadditional pasturage, and such other general improvements as may necessa for the conduct of the business of sheep and general farming, and that all ranches and buildings shall be kept in good sanitary condition. Said lease shall confer upon the said company the HS,g;;“_;',j}*°¤ 0* **3* authority to construct on said island such reservoirs, dams, windmills,' water tanks, fences houses, barns, buildings, ditches, iiumes, canals, roads, telegraph and telephone lines, trails, wharves, piers, and landings as may be necessary or proper for the uses and purposes h81'BlIl set forth. Sec. 2. That nothing herein contained shall grant or convey or be et§°’I’j*;],‘{;{,;}f,(§fmb°'· held to grant or convey to said compariy, its successors or assigns, " during such time as it or they may hol said lands under the lease hereby authorized, any right, license, or privilege to take or remove from said island, or an part thereof, any growing timber, stone, clay, ore, metals, or minerals of any kind or nature whatsoever, save and E"°°P“°“· except such timber and stone as may be necessary for the immediate use of said company, its successors and assigns, in the building, erection, or maintenance of such reservoirs, dams, windmills, water tanks, fences, houses, barns, building;, ditches, ilumes, canals, roads, telegra h and telephone lines, tra.1 , wharves, piers, and landings. _ Spun. 3. That the Secretary of Commerce and Labor may at any F°"‘**“‘“°· time during the said period of twenty-five years, at his discretion, terminate and cancel said lease, in case said com ny shall fail to pay the said rental of one thousand five hundred dollars per annum in advance or shall fail and neglect to expend the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars in the improvement of said island, as herein specified, and well and truly perform any of the stipulations herein imposed upon it; and, in order that the Secretary may be advised regarding p€§_';}f:§§;" °* °" the ex nditures made by said com an , it shall be further stipulate ` in saidm lease that said company sihally annually, on the first day of January, file with the Secretary of Commerce and Labor a statement, under oath of its president, showing in detail the expenditures made by said company during the previous year and the character and extent of the improvements made on said island by said company, which statement shall be accompanied by good and sufficient vouchers. \'<>¤<=¤¤r¤· It shall be further stipulated in said lease that Government cflicials 1¤¤r>—·=¤¢i¤¤· shall have the right to go upon said island at any time, and shall have the righttojnspect the improvements made by said com(pany under the terms of said lease. It shall also be stipulated in said lease that xg3E0g gc if; all improvements made upon said island by said company, and all governmui. " buildings and other structures erected thereon by said company under the terms of said lease shall upon the termination of said lease, in natural term or by cancellation of the same, be and become the property of the Government of the United States. It shall also be stipu- m§(yb*°¤¤*¤¤ P’°h"’ lated that no part of the said island of San Clemente shall be sublet to ` other parties. _ Sec. 4. That the money so received as rental by the Secretary of T,1§°,§,,’§_f°v°"d mw Commerce and Labor from said company shall be covered into the Treasury. Approved, January 15, 1909.