1 workers, except in r •s of r agent employ no
<br />boy under the age o. sixteen ,d no gv, or women,
<br />without regard to age, in any mine below the surface;
<br />unless the laws of the State otherwise provide, in which
<br />case the State laws control.
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<br />(m) Taxes. To pay when due, ell taxes lawfully
<br />assessed end levied under the laws of the State or the
<br />United States upon improvements, output of mines, or
<br />other rights, property, or assets of the lessee.
<br />(n) Overriding royalties. Not to create, by assign-
<br />ment or otherwise, en overriding royalty interest in
<br />excess of 50 percent of the rate of royalty first payable
<br />to the United States under this lease or an overriding
<br />royalty interest which when added to any other out-
<br />standing overriding royalty interest exceeds that per-
<br />centage, excepting, that where an interest in the lease-
<br />hold or in an operating agreement is assigned, the
<br />assignor may retain en overriding royalty interest in
<br />excess of the above limitation if he shows to the
<br />satisfaction of the Bureau of Land Management, that he
<br />has made substantial investments for improvements on
<br />the land covered by the assignment.
<br />(o) Delivery o/ premises in case o/ forfeiture. In
<br />case of (orfeiture of this lease, to deliver up to the
<br />lessor in good order and condition the land leased, in-
<br />cluding all buildings, and underground timbering end
<br />such other supports and structures as are necessary for
<br />the preservation of the mine or deposit.
<br />Sec. 3. The lessor expressly reserves:
<br />(a) Rights reserved. The right to permit for joint
<br />or several use such easements or rights-of-way, in-
<br />cluding easements in tunnels upon, through, or in the
<br />land leased, occupied, or used es may be necessary or
<br />appropriate to the working of the same or other lands
<br />containing the deposits described in the' act, and the
<br />treatment and shipment ;of the products thereof by or
<br />under authority of the Government, its lessees or
<br />permittees, and for other public purposes.
<br />(b) Disposition o/ sur/ace. The right to lease,
<br />sell, or otherwise dispose of the surface of the ]eased
<br />lands under existing law or laws hereafter enacted, in-
<br />sofar as said surface is not necessary for the use of the
<br />lessee in the extraction and removal of the coal therein,
<br />or to dispose of any resource in such ]ands which will
<br />not unreasonably interfere with operations under this
<br />lease. -
<br />(c) Morsopoly and lair prices. Full power and
<br />authority to promulgate and~en(orce all the provisions of
<br />section 30 of the ad to insure the sale of the production
<br />of said leased lands to the United States and to the
<br />public at reasonable prices, to prevent monopoly, and
<br />to safeguard the public welfare.
<br />(d) Readjustment o/ terms. The right reasonably
<br />to readjust end fix royalties payable hereunder and other
<br />terms and ccnditions at the end of 20 years from the
<br />-^~'ldate hereof and thereafter at the end of each succeeding
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<br />20-year period during the continuance of this lease
<br />unless otherwise provided by law at the time of the ex-
<br />j piration a[ any such period. Unless the lessee tiles
<br />objections to the proposed terms or a relinquishment of
<br />the lease within 30 days after receipt of the notice of
<br />proposed terms fore 26-year period, he will be deemed
<br />~, to have egrged to such terms.
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<br />(e) Waiver o/ conditions. The tight to waive any
<br />breach of the conditions contained herein, except the
<br />breach of such conditions as are required by the act,
<br />but any such waiver shall extend only to the particular
<br />breach so waived end shall not limit the rights of the
<br />lessor with re- pct to tre breach; nor shall the
<br />waiver o(e p color ~cnu~e of forfeiture prevent can-
<br />cellation of this lease [or any other cause, or for the
<br />same cause occurring at another time.
<br />Sec. 4. Relinquishment of lease. Upon a satisfactory
<br />showing that the public interest will not be impaired,
<br />the lessee may surrender the entire lease or any legal
<br />subdivision thereof. A relinquishment must be filed in
<br />duplicate in the appropriate land office. Upon its
<br />acceptance it shall be effective as of the date it is
<br />filed, subject to the continued obligation of the lessee
<br />end his surety to make payment of all accrued rentals
<br />and royalties and to provide for the preservation oC any
<br />mines or productive works or permanent improvements
<br />on the leased lands in accordance with the regulations
<br />and terms of the lease.
<br />Sec. 5. Protection o/ the sur/ace, natural resources,
<br />and improvements. The lessee agrees to take such rea-
<br />sonable steps as may be needed to prevent operations,
<br />including operation of operating plants on the leased
<br />premises, from unnecessarily: (1) causing or contrib-
<br />uting to soil erosion or damaging any forage and timber
<br />growth on the leased lands or on Federal or non-Federal
<br />]ands in the vicinity; (2) polluting air end watei; (3)
<br />damaging crops, including forage, timber, or improve-
<br />ments of a surface owner; (4) damaging improvements
<br />whether owned by the United States or by its permittees
<br />or lessees; or (5) desUOying, damaging, or removing fos-
<br />sils, historic or prehistoric ruins, or artifacts; and upon
<br />any partial or total relinquishment or the cancellation
<br />or expiration of this lease, or at any other time prior
<br />thereto when required and to the extent deemed neces-
<br />sary by the lessor to fill any sump holes, ditches, and
<br />other excavations, remove or cover all debris, and, so
<br />far as reasonably possible, restore the surface of the
<br />leased land and access roads to its former condition,
<br />including the removal of structures as and if required.
<br />The lessor may prescribe the steps to be taken and res-
<br />toration to be made with respect to the leased lands
<br />and improvements thereon, whether or not owned by the
<br />United States. .
<br />Sec. 6. Removal of equipment, etc., on termination of
<br />lease. Upon termination of this lease, by surrender or
<br />[orfeiture, the lessee shall have the privilege at any
<br />time within a period of 90 days thereafter of removing
<br />from the premises all machinery, equipment, tools and
<br />materials, except underground timbering placed by the
<br />lessee in or on the leased lands, which are necessary
<br />for the preservation of the mine. Any materials, tools,
<br />appliances, machinery, structures, and equipment,
<br />subject to removal as above provided, which are allowed
<br />to remain on the leased lands shall become the property
<br />of the lessor on expiration of the 90-day period or such
<br />extension thereof as may be granted because of adverse
<br />climatic conditions, but the lessee shall remove any or
<br />all of such property where so duetted 6y the lessor.
<br />Sec, 7. Proceedings in case o/ de/ault, I[ the lessee
<br />shall not comply with any of the provisions of the act
<br />or the regulations thereunder or defaul! in the perform-
<br />ance or observance of any of the provisions of this
<br />lease, and such default shall continue for a period of
<br />30 days after service of written notice thereof by the
<br />lessor, the lessor may institute appropriate proceedings
<br />in a court of competent jurisdiction for the forfeiture
<br />and cancellation of this lease as provided in section 31
<br />of the act. If the lessee fails to take prompt and nec-
<br />essary steps to prevent loss or damage to the mine,
<br />property, or premises, or danger to the employees, the
<br />lessor may enter on the premises end take such meas-
<br />ures as may be deemed necessary to prevent such loss
<br />or damage or to correct the dangerous or unsafe con-
<br />dition of the mine or works thereof, which shall be at
<br />the expense of the lessee. However, the lessee shall
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