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workers, except in r •s o[ ~ •gen( employ no <br />boy under the age o. sixteen ,d no drrr 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 Slate laws control. <br />• {m) Taxes. To pay when due, a!1 taxes ]awfully <br />assessed and levied under the laws~of the State or the <br />United States upon improvements, output o[ mines, or <br />other eights, property, or assets of the lessee. <br />(n) Overriding royalties. Not to create, by assign- <br />ment or otherwise, an overriding royalty interest in <br />excess o[ 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 of premises in case of for/e ilure. 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 />. eluding all buildings, and underground timbering and <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 (or joint <br />or several use such easements or rights-of-way, in- <br />cluding easements in tunnels upon, through, or in the <br />land ]eased, occupied, or used as may be necessary or <br />appropriate to the working of the same or other ]ands <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 of sro/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 [or 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 /air prices. Full power and <br />authority to promulgate and enforce all the provisions of <br />section 30 0( the ac[ to insure the sale of the production <br />of said leased ]ands to the United States and to the <br />public at reasonable prices, to prevent monopoly, and <br />to safeguard the public welfare. <br />(d) Readjustmerst o/ terms. 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 at 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 />(~) Waiver o/ condition. The right to waive any <br />breach of the conditions contained herein, except the <br />breach of such conditions as are requited 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 re- ~cl to rte breach; nor shall the <br />waiver of e p cular ~udu~e of forte it ure prevent can- <br />cellation of this lease (or any other cause, or for the <br />same cause occurring al enoiher time. <br />$ee. A. Relinquishment o/ lease. Upon a satisfactory <br />showing that the public interest will not be impaired, <br />the lessee may surrender the entire ]ease 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 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. Protection o/ the surface, 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 />lands in the vicinity; (2) polluting air and 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 (S) destroying, damaging, or removing fos- <br />sils, historic or prehistoric ruins, or artifacts; and upon <br />any paRial or total relinquishment or the cancellation <br />or expiration o[ 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 ]ands <br />and improvements thereon, whether or not owned by the <br />United States. . <br />Sec. 6. Removal of equipment, etc., on termination o/ <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 ]eased 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 />$ec. 7. Proceedings in case o/ de/cult. If the lessee <br />shall not comply with any of the provisions o[ the act <br />or the regulations thereunder or default in the perform- <br />ance or observance of any of the provisions of this <br />]ease, and such default shall continue for a period of <br />30 days after service o[ 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 and take such meas- <br />ures as may be deemed necessary to prevent such loss <br />or damage oc 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. <br />