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DIVISION OF I~ND6 OF OSAGE INDIANS OF OKlaHOMA

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~DIYIBION~OF -LANDS OF 05AGE INDIANS OF OKI~HOMA

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v~nsm~ or LAm~ O~ OSAOZ~ rswAi~S 0~ OXLAH0~A
They this time asked th~t-cerfaln c ha~ges.be'niade~ in the :0rla, inal

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bill. , Hea~ge Were held/by the. subeommitgeb-and .ttie full. co" mmitteo. The IndianSi their superintendent, and revresmitafives of the¯ Office of Indian AffairsiWero:heard,. as .wore-ropfi~songatives of busines~s opetating~'upon the r_eserviiti~nand Who would be ~ected by. the operation of;the provi~ions of ~iie prOPosed ie~islafi6ii~, SUbsequent to this second tiearing, in iwhic]~ the, In~iians~ti~k part,
extended ~sOussion was had by .the subcommittee and again by the full conim~ttee. The imore demrable:provisionS Of each¯ proposal submitted a~ conf, ained In the ahoy0 amendment. The full slCUation was no g covered by the Sena~ bill as it passed that :body and it has been believed best in the light of facts presented to make the

. .: The necessity for leglslktion of this ~kind is well set forth in the following letl~r from the Secretary of the.Interior with regard "to H, R. 9294. ,The p~.~nt bill is the same m its purposes, but is.in the form worked Out m numerous conferences and follows qmte closely the form submitted by the Indians themselves:
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OIL AND GAS LEASES ON OSAGE INDIAN .LANDS

FEBRUARY 8, 1928.--Ordered to be printed

Mr. THo~As, from the Committee on Indian AffKirs, subnfitted the following

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¯ The ¯COmmittee on Indian ~Affairs,- to whom was referred the bill (S._ 2360) to amend secti0nl 0f the a-st of Congress of=March 3, 1921 (41 Stat. L. 1249), entitled "An act for the division of the lands and funds of. tho Osage Indians-in Oklahoma,-and for other¯ :purposes," .having considered the same, report favorably ~hereon with the recommendation that the bill do pass.without amendment. This'bill is recommended by the-Secretary of ~ho Interior-as is .shown in letter from .him under date of January 6, 192.8; which is " attached hereto and made a part. of.this report.
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. D~-I~ART.~IENT OF: 'I'nE INTERIOR,, ~lrashington,. January 6, .t9°8. i United Stales-Stnate. ]~lX DEAR SENATOR FrtAzlEn" ] our attcntmn is invited to seehon: 1 of- the

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act Of March 3,1921 (41 Stat.~1249),.which authorizes and directs the Secretary

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of. the Interior.and the tribal council .of the Osage Tribe of-Indmns of .Oklahoma ~-. to offer for lease for oil andgas miliing purposes all of .the remaining unleaded ~:~ ~~!:~ i " p0i-tionofthe Osage Indian lands prior to April" 8, 193~, offering the same anriually ~.~:i~i~: " . at the rate Of not less than one-tenth of theunieased area.. " : " Practically the. entire. OSage Reservation ia under. lease, for gas mining uur~:~,.:- ¯ for lease for oil mining purposes each year slncc " poses, and tlsere has been offered ~i~f ~he passa~qY of. the act of March 3, 1921, approximately: I00,000 acres-, as them .~,-~.!~: were at that¯time about 1=,000,000 acres not Under leasef0r oil miningpurposes. |~ii'~(' . ~"~.~, ' Under:the law about 100,000 acres of land must be Offered for oil leases each: year. regardle~ of the state of the market. -There has been an overproduction ~i:i-;~'. ~- of oil in the country, and it is believed that the best interests 0f¯the Osage ]~ndians, ~:i~:?." ::~:~-:-- i " the oil.industry, and the public generally, would be served by amending: the - law" ~o as. to" permit the Secretary of the Intcrlor to exercise some degree of dts~,tlon tn the offering of. leases. .Under the act Of March 3~ 1921, the¯title of

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