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SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sues. IV. C11. 249. 1923. 1449 ses or unavoidabl low. Of the proceeds of the oil and that P'°°°°‘” °' 1‘“d“ *“ Egve been producedy or that may hereafter be produced bygihe re- cvtirsvtiotiy of Summa ceiver of said property, appointed by the Supreme Court of the Dimbmmd United States, 12% per centum as royalt shall be paid to the United States, and the residue after deigicting and paying the expenses of the litigation incurred by the United States and the expenses of the receivership shall be paid to the person or corporation to whom may be granted a lease of the land on which said P I I oil and gas were produced: Provided, That the Secretary of the oanieeuémumnpu- Interior is authorized and directed to take such legal steps as may ${,§,?{,:§L"°°° P"` be necessary and prpper to collect from any person or persons who shall not be `award a permit or lease under this Act an amount equal to the value of al oil and gas produced by him or them from any of said lands prior to the inc usion of said pro rty in the receivership, except oil or gas used on the property fdr production purposes or unavoidably lost and except other reasonable and proper allowances for the expenses of production: Provided m,,,.n,,,,,,,,,_ further, That of the amount so collected, 124} (per centum shall be reserved to the United States as royalty an the balance after deducting the expense of collection shall be paid over to the person or persons awar ed permits or leases under this Act, as their interests marhlappear. Src. 5. at except as otherwise provided herein the applicable ,,‘§§,?}"i‘,§¢*,‘]”°"°“°”' provisions of the Act of Congress approved February 25, 1920, m}’<§é,f¤· PP- **1-**% entitled “An Act to permit the of coal, hosphate, oil, oil ’ shale, gas, and sodium on the public omain,” shall apply to the leases and permits granted hereunder, including the provisions of sections 35 and 36 of said Act relating to the disposition of royal- Pmlm ties: Provided, That after the adjudication and disposition of all Dlapauqlculgnpsdswn applications under this Act any lands and deposits remaining un- P"' '° " ‘ appropriated and nndisposed of shall, after date Hxed by order of the Secretary of the Interior, be disposed of in accordance with um 0, the provisions of said Act of February 25, 1920: Provided grther, ¤i That upon the approval of this Act the Secretary of the terior °°° °p °° ‘ is authorized to take over and operate existingl wells on any of such lands pending the final disposition of app `cations for leases and permits, and to utilize and expend in connection with such administration and 0 ration so muc as may be necessary of moneys heretofore impoundtd from past production or hereafter produced, and upon final disposition of applications for and the issuance of leases and permits, after deducting the expenses of administration and operation and payment to the United States of the royalty herein provided to pay the balance remaining to the person or Pmm mmipmc company entitled thereto: Ami provided further, That out of the 10 psy mmmenum, per centum of money hereafter received from royalties and rentals °°°··°‘*’°'“°’· under the provisions of this Act and paid into the Treasury of the United States and credited to miscel aneous receipts, as provided by section 35 of the said Act of February 25, 1920, the Secretary of V°*·“#*’·“’°· the Interior is authorized to use and expend such portion as may be required to pay the expense of administration and supervision over leases and permits an the products thereof. _ Pmwim 0, mas Src. 6. That nothing in this Act shall be construed to interfere by s¤pr;¤:;s iclwemmé with the possession by the Supreme Court of the United States, ‘§{‘f_“" ‘°"° through its receiver or receivers, of any part of the lands described in section 1 of this Act, nor to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to dispose of any of said lands or oil or gas deposits involyed in litigation now pending in the Supreme ourt of the United States, until the final disposition of said proceeding. The author-