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<br /> <br />r <br />_~ <br /> <br />workers; except in cr of en 'ncy;,,~ employ no <br />boy under the age of eixteen i no gr.. or woman, <br />without regard to age, in any mine below the sur[ace; <br />unless the laws of the State otherwise provide, in which <br />case the State laws control, <br />(m) Taxes. To pay when due, all taxes lawfully <br />assessed and levied under the laws of the State of 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 an 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 of /ar/eiture. In <br />case of forfeiture 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 />$ec. 3. The lessor expressly reserves: <br />(a) Rigbrs 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 as may be necessary or <br />appropriate to'the working of the same or other lands <br />containing the deposits described in the act, end the <br />treatmenl~ and shipment of the products thereof 6y 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 leased <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 lands which will <br />not unreasonably interfere with operations under this <br />lease. <br />(c) Monopoly and Jair prices. Full power and <br />authority to promulgate and enforce all the provisions of <br />section 30 of the act 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/ germs. The right reasonably <br />to readjust and fix royalties payable hereunder and other <br />terms and conditions at the end of 20 years from the <br />date hereof and thereafter at the end of each succeeding <br />20-year period during the continuance of this lease <br />unless otherwise provided by law et the time of the ex- <br />piration of any such period. Unless the lessee files <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 fora 20-year period, he will be deemed <br />to have agreed to such terms. <br />(e) Waiver o/ conditions. The right to waive any <br />breach of the conditions contained herein, except fhe <br />breach of such conditions es are required by the act, <br />but any such waiver shall extend only to the particular <br />breach so waived and shall not limit the rights of the <br />lessor with rest ~ to an' a breach; nor shall the <br />waiver of a par .tar ca~.,e of todeiture prevent can- <br />cellation of this lease for any other cause, or for the <br />same cause occurring at another time. <br />$ec. 4. Relinquishment o/ 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 e[fective es of the date it is <br />filed, subject to the continued obligation of the lessee <br />and his surety to make payment of all accrued rentals <br />and royalties and to provide for the preservation of 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. Prorccrlon o/ the svr/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 Jeased <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 />lands in the vicinity; (2) polluting air and water; (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) destroying, 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 Sease, or at any other time prior <br />thereto when required and to the extent deemed neces- <br />sary by the lessor to Eill any sump holes, ditches, and <br />other excavations, remove or cover ell debris, end, 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 Slates. <br />$ec. 6. Removal of equipment, etc., on termination of <br />lease. Upon termination of this lease, by surrender or <br />forfeiture, the lessee shall have the privilege at any <br />time within a period of 90 days thereafter of removing <br />from the premises all machinery, equipment, tools and <br />materials, except underground timbering placed by the <br />lessee in or on the leased lands, which are necessary <br />for the preservation of the mine. Any materials, tools, <br />appliances, machinery, structures, and equipment, <br />subject to removal as above provided, which are allowed <br />to remain on the leased lands shall become the property <br />of the lessor on expiration of the 90-day period or such <br />extension thereof es may be granted because oEadverse <br />climatic conditions, but the lessee shall remove any or <br />all of such property where so duected by the lessor. <br />$ec. 7. Proceedings in case of default. If the lessee <br />shall not comply with any of the provisions of the act <br />or the regulations thereunder or default in the perform- <br />ance_or_ observance of any of the _provisions of this __ <br />lease, and such default shall continue (or 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 o[ 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 and 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 o[ the mine or works thereof, which shall be et <br />the expense of the lessee. However, the lessee shall <br />