To Protect Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 1: Hearings Before the Committee on the Public Lands, House of Representatives, Seventy-eighth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 2596, to Protect Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 1. May 11, 18, 28, June 17, 22, 25, 26, 29, 30, July 2, 3, 6, 1943, January 18, 21, 24, 27, 28, 29, 31, February 2, 3, 7, 11, and March 29, 1944 |
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Page 458 - An act to provide for the mining of coal, phosphate, oil, oil shale, gas, and sodium on the public domain,' or pending applications for United States patent under any law; to conserve, develop, use, and operate the same in his discretion, directly or by contract, lease, or otherwise, and to use, store, exchange, or sell the oil and gas products thereof, and those from all royalty oil from lands in the naval reserves, for the benefit of the United States...
Page 459 - That any lease issued under the provisions of this Act 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...
Page 459 - Act 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 with any of the provisions of this Act, of the lease, or of the general regulations promulgated under this Act and in force at the date of the lease ; and the lease may provide for resort to appropriate methods for the settlement of disputes or for remedies for breach of specified conditions...
Page 303 - States, or specifically reserved for waterpower purposes, or included in any pending suit or proceedings in the courts of the United States, or subject to or included in any valid application, claim, or right initiated or held under any of the existing laws of the United States, unless or until such application, claim, or right Is relinquished or canceled, and all lands in the Territory of Alaska are excluded from the provisions of this act.
Page 620 - President, to alter or modify from time to time in his discretion the rate of prospecting and development on, and the quantity and rate of production from, such lands of the United States under said plan or lease, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 578 - Sec. 2. The Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, or any other officer, board, commission, or governmental corporation authorized by the President, may acquire by purchase, donation, or other means of transfer or may cause proceedings to be instituted in any court having jurisdiction of such proceedings, to acquire by condemnation, any real property, temporary use thereof, or other interest therein, together with any personal property located thereon or used therewith...
Page 91 - Act ; and to use, store, exchange, or sell the oil and gas products thereof, and those from all royalty oil and gas from lands in the naval reserves, for the benefit of the United States...
Page 458 - ... condemnation. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Such sums shall be expended under the direction of the President, who shall submit to the Congress estimates therefor in the manner prescribed by law : Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy shall report annually to the Congress all purchase and condemnation proceedings entered into under the authority herein granted.
Page 113 - President, may acquire by purchase, donation, or other means of transfer, or may cause proceedings to be instituted in any court having Jurisdiction of such proceedings, to acquire by condemnation, any real property, temporary use thereof, or other interest therein, together with any personal property located thereon or used therewith, that shall be deemed necessary, for military, naval, or other war purposes, such proceedings to be in accordance with the Act of August 1, 1888 (25 Stat.
Page 459 - Provided, That all moneys which may accrue to the United States under the provisions of this Act from lands within the naval petroleum reserves shall be deposited in the Treasury as "Miscellaneous receipts.