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SIXTY—FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Crr. 62. 1917. 299 with and necessary to the proper development and use of the deposits covered by the permit or lease. _ C lm I Sec. 4. That the Secretary of the Interior shall reserve the au- m,§§“§’§, wg‘{§‘, 2, $$1 thority and shall insert in any preliminary permit issued under- see- ¤°¤°°·°°°· tion one herepf appropriate provisions for its cancellation by him upon failure by the permittee or licensee to exercise due diligence in the prosecution of the protsgecting work in accordance with the terms and conditions stated in e plermit. _ _ mmm im t in Sec. 5. That no person sha take or hold any rnterest or mterests tum rage esiiiicwu. as a member of an association or associations or as a stockholder of a co ration or corporations holding a lease under the_prov1sions hereoriwwhich, together with the area embraced m any direct holding of a lease under this Act, or which, together with any_other rnterest or interests as a member of an assocration or associations or as a stockholder of a corporation or corporations holding a lease_1mder the provisions hereof, or otherwise, exceeds in the aggregate rn any area fifty miles square an amount equivalent to the maximum num- Im t_ sd ber of acres allowed to any one lessee under this Act; that no person, des, J5, Emiu§°§?g°"' association, or co oration holding a lease under the provisions of this Act tplhall hold) more than a teplth interest, dgrglect qirilrndulgect, in any o er agency, co rate or otherwrse, engag m e sa or resale of the products olbglslirred from such lease; and any violation a¤I`.iY”'°i°‘"° '°' "°l°' of the provisions of this section shall be ground for the forfeiture of mm · the lease or interest so held; and the interests held in violation of “'°‘ this provision shall be forfeited to the United States by appropriate proceedin instituted by the Attorney General for that purpose m the Uni§ States district court for the district in whrch the prop- 0 erty or some part thereof is located except that any such ownership m{”Q"§?*§m,?,§_ °"' or interest hereby forbidden may be acquired by descent, will, judgment, or decree may be held for two years and not longer after its acqripsiition. ‘ R, ts { Sec. 6. t any permit lease, occupation, or use permitted under rnaiggri lleasvayllrilrliis this Act reserve to the Secretary of the Interior the right to ‘°*’°“*‘“"°d· permit for ]o1nt or several use such easements or rights of way upon, through, or rn the lands leased, occupied, or- used as may be necessar·y or_appropr1ate to the workingnef the same, or of other lands contaming the deposits described in this Act,`and the treatment and shipment of the products thereof by or rmder authorit of the Government its lessees, or permittees, and for other pulilic purposes: §i£i°°ib dispose or Prmnliai That said Secretary, in his discretion, in making an lease °“"°°°· under this Act meg reserve to the United States the right to of the surface of e lands embraced within such lease under existing law or laws hereafter enacted, in so far as said surface is not necessary for use of the —lessee in extractincg and removing the deposits therein: Promlled further, That if su reservation ismade it shall be so determined before the offering of such lease; that the said ` Secretary, during the life of the lease, is authorized to issue such permits for easements herein lprovided to be reserved. Sec. 7. That each lease sha contain provisions deemed necessary ,,,,I,;’,,‘§§?‘,,§'§" °' ““* for the protection of the interests of the United States, and for the prelpentron of monopoly, and for the safeguarding of the public we are. Sec. 8. That any lease issued under the provisions of this Act i,,;,‘l"°"“'° "°°°°d' may be forfeited and canceled by an appropriate proceeding in the United States district court for the district in which the property or some part thereof is located whenever the lessee fails to comply Gt°`m°m°" with any of the provisions of this Act, of the lease, or of the eneral 1'6€¤1&i·10¤S promulgated under this Act and in force at the date of t of db the lease, and the lease may provide for resort to appropriate methods mm for the settlement of disputw or for remedies for lilreach of specified conditions thereof.