Chapter 333. Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to lease any or all of the remaining tribal lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations for oil and gas purposes, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 333.— An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to lease any or all of the remaining tribal lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations for oil and gas purposes, and for other purposes. May 26, 1930.[[H. R. 9939](/us/bill/71/hr/9939).][[Public, No. 264](/us/pl/71/264).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the SecretaryChickasaw and Choctaw Nations.Oil and gas leases authorized of remaining tribal lands. of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized in his discretion to lease for oil and gas purposes any or all of the remaining tribal lands of the Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations, including the lands lyingVol. 45, p. 737. south of the medial line of Red River to the south bank thereof, east of the ninety-eighth meridian, and down Red River to three miles below the mouth of Little River which empties itself into Red River on the north side, upon such terms and conditions, after public competitive bidding and under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe: *Provided*, That nothing herein contained shall prevent*Proviso*.Other sales not pre vented. the sale of any or all of said tribal lands in accordance with provisions of existing law.
Approved, May 26, 1930.