Chapter 156. To authorize the leasing for mining purposes of land reserved for Indian agency and school purposes
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CHAP. 156.— An Act To authorize the leasing for mining purposes of land reserved for Indian agency and school purposes.April 17, 1926.[[H. R. 7752](/us/bill/69/hr/7752).][[Public, No. 133](/us/pl/69/133).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Indian reservations.Mining leases of agency, etc., on, authorized. That the Secretary of the Interior he, and he is hereby, authorized under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, to lease at public auction upon not less than thirty days’ public notice for mining purposes land on any Indian reservation reserved for Indian agency or school purposes, in accordance with existing law applicable to other lands in Proceeds to credit of Indians.such reservation, and the proceeds arising therefrom shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Indians for whose benefit the lands are reserved subject to appropriation by Congress for educational work among the Indians or in *Proviso*.Royalty reserved.paying expenses of administration of agencies: *Provided*, That a royalty of at least one-eighth shall be reserved in all leases.
Approved, April 17, 1926.