Public Law 75–775

That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to issue oil and gas prospecting permits pursuant to applications filed therefor under section 13 of the Act of February 25, 1920 (41 Stat. 437), ninety days or more prior to the date of the amendatory Act of August 21, 1935 (49 Stat. 674), by Blanche S. Trigg, attorney in fact for the respective applicants, said applications bearing serial numbers Las Cruces 050186, 050589, 050590, 050591, 050592, 050595, 050607, 050903, 050911, 050912, 050913, 050914, 050916, 050917, 050918, 050922, 051017, 051018, 051052, 051053, 051054, 051055, 051056, 051125, 051127, 051128, 051129, 051160, 051161, 051162, 051163, 051173, 051201, 051202, 051203, 051204, 051205, 051206, 051207, 051208, 051209, 051210, 051211, 051239 051241, 051242, 051243, 051244, 051245, 051246, 051247, 051248, 051249, 051250, 051251, 051252, 051255, 051256, 051257, 051258, 051259, 051260, 051262, 051264, 051266, Santa Fe 069715, 069716, 069799, 069800, 069801, 069803, 069805, 069806, 069807, 070093, 070094, and to issue oil and gas leases under the ninth and tenth provisos of section 13 of the Act of February 25, 1920, as amended by the Act of August 21, 1935, pursuant to applications for prospecting permits filed after ninety days prior to the effective date of the amendatory Act by said attorney in fact, said applications bearing serial numbers Las Cruces 051275, 051301, 051302, 051303, 051304, 051305, 051321, 051322, 051323, 051324, 051325, 052231, 052232, 052233, 052234, 052235, 052236, 052237, notwithstanding that the proof of qualifications submitted by each applicant in connection with his application was not under oath although acknowledged before a notary public, and notwithstanding that a curative qualifying affidavit was not filed until after the passage of the amendatory Act of August 21, 1935, the delay in furnishing said curative qualifying affidavit being attributable to the suspension in the General Land Office of action on all applications for prospecting permits pending the enactment of the aforesaid amendatory Act and the promulgation of regulations thereunder: Provided, That the lands applied

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for and described in said applications are unreserved and unappropriated public lands not subject to prior claims and that the applications are otherwise regular and allowable.