Public Law 75–828

That oil and gas prospecting permits issued under authority of an Act entitled “An Act to promote the mining of coal, phosphate, oil, oil shale ¹¹ So in original. gas, and sodium on the public domain”, approved February 25, 1920, as amended, outstanding on December 31, 1937, (a) which have been committed in whole or in part to a cooperative or unit plan of development and operation that on December 31, 1937, has been approved or prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, or is in process of revision or reconsideration pursuant to prior review, without rejection, in the Department of the Interior; or (b) which, together with one or more other permits, have been committed in whole or in part to a cooperative or unit plan of development and operation for the whole of any single oil or gas pool or field (or reasonably compact area) that was filed before January 1, 1937, and rejected pursuant to instructions of said Secretary; or (c) under which approved drilling was actively in progress at some time within the calendar year 1937; or (d) under which at least one well shall have been drilled to a depth of not less than two thousand feet subsequent to August 21, 1935; or (e) which have been issued subsequent to August 21, 1935, and for which timely compliance has been made

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with the drilling requirements of section 13 of said Act of February 25, 1920, to the extent required by December 31, 1937, or, in the absence of such timely drilling, for which an acceptable cooperative or unit plan of development and operation has been filed on or before said date are all hereby extended to December 31, 1939, the provisions of any other Act or Acts to the contrary notwithstanding, subject, however, to the applicable conditions of the permits and of

Termination.

unfulfilled conditions of any prior extensions. All oil and gas prospecting permits shall cease and terminate without notice of cancelation on the final date of their current term, including any extension herein granted, and no extension of any permit beyond December 31, 1939, shall be granted under the authority of this Act or any other Act.