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F rid a y, December 30, 1955
amendment for thirty days, or any lesser period, after publication in the F ederal register see section 4 of the Adminis trative Procedure Act; 5 U. S. C. 1001
et seq. in that: 1 Shipments into trade channels of sliced dried figs and fig paste currently are being made, to which the provisions of the amendment should apply; 2 until the amendment becomes effective, reliance must be placed on voluntary use of head count tests for insects in the case of dried figs of the Calimyma variety being prepared as sliced dried figs or fig paste; 3
dried fig handlers, who are represented on the committee, and the Dried Fruit Association of California, the inspection agency for the program, know that the amendment has been unanimously ap proved by the committee and may be issued; and 4 the circumstances are such that handlers do not need any fur ther advance notice to prepare for com pliance with the provisions of the amend ment. It is imperative that this action be made effective on the date on which this order is published in the F ederal R egister.
Sec. 5, 49 Stat. 753, as amended; 7 U. S. C.
608c
Dated: December 27, 1955.
seal R oy W. L ennartson , Deputy Administrator, Marketing Services.
F. R. Doc. 55-10466; Filed, Dec. 29, 1955;
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TITLE 25 INDIANS
Chapter I Bureau of Indian Affairs Department of the Interior Subchapter R Leases and Sale of Minerals, Restricted Indian Lands
Part 180L easing op O sage R eservation L ands for O il and G as M ining miscellaneous amendments
The regulations in this part are amended as follows:
180.5 Use of surface lands; settle ment of damages to lands and crops, a Lessee shall have the right to use so much of the surface of the land as may be necessary for operations, including the right to lay and maintain pipe lines, telephone and telegraph lines, pull rods and other appliances necessary for the operation of the wells; also the right of ingress and egress and the right of way to any point of operations under condi tion of least injury and inconvenience to the owner and occupant of the surface.
Lessee may use water from streams and natural water courses for lease opera tions as set out in 180.57. Before com mencing operations for the drilling of any well the lessee shall pay to the sur face owner the sum of $200 for each well located on cultivated land tilled or cultivated within the immediately pre ceding three years, and including haymeadow land, $150 for open pasture land, and $100 for such location on brush or wooded lands, and other lands not suitable for cultivation. Upon payment of such location site money, lessee shall be entitled to possession. Location sites
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shall be held to the minimum area essential for operations, and in no event shall exceed one and one-half acres in area. Lessee shall also pay tank site fees at the rate of $20 per tank of not exceeding 1,000 barrels capacity: Pro vided, however, That no tank site fee shall be paid for a tank temporarily set on a well location site for testing purposes during the completion of the well. Tank sites shall be held to the minimum area essential to efficient operations, and in no event shall exceed an area of 50 feet square per tank. The sum to be paid for an oil tank site of larger capacity and occupying a greater area shall be as agreed upon between the surface owner and the lessee, and on failure to agree, the same shall be fixed by arbitration.

180.30 Measurement of gas. Gas of all kinds except gas used for pur poses of production on the leasehold or unavoidably lost is subject to royalty, and all gas shall be measured by meter preferably of the orifice-meter type unless otherwise agreed to by the Super intendent. All gas meters must be ap proved by the Superintendent and in stalled at the expense of the lessee at such places as may be agreed to by the Superintendent. For computing the volume of all gas produced, sold, or sub ject to royalty, the standard of pressure shall be 10 ounces above an atmospheric pressure of 14.4 pounds to the square inch, regardless of the atmospheric pressure at the point of measurement, and the standard of temperature shall be 60 F. All measurements of gas shall be adjusted by computation to these standards, regardless of the pressure and temperature at which the gas was actually measured, unless otherwise au thorized in writing by the Superintend ent.
180.46 Approval of lease instru ments.
b Unitization of oil leases. As consideration for their further devel opment by the water flood process, two or more oil leases may be unitized and merged in a single blanket lease with the approval of the Superintendent. The instrument of unitization b l a n k e t lease shall include all the requirements and provisions of sections numbered 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 of Osage oil lease Form B:
Provided, That the preamble of Form B and the provisions of section numbered 2 in respect to royalty rates; section numbered 3 in respect to payment of rental; section numbered 4 in respect to payment of well site and tank location fees; and section numbered 14 in respect to the surrender of the lease, may be modified and/or supplemented by the parties, with the approval of the Super intendent, to the extent deemed appro priate for the equitable and efficient conduct of unitized operations, and not otherwise in conflict with the regulations in this part. Lessee s shall, before com mencing water flood operations, and on or before December 31st of each year thereafter, submit to the Superinten dent an acceptable plan of development and operation for the unit, area for the ensuing year. Upon a finding by him
that such action would be in the best interest of the Osage Tribe, the Super intendent may also approve an agree ment between the lessor and the lessees rescinding a unit blanket lease and restoring to their original status the Form B leases theretofore merged in the unit lease: Provided, That if oil is being produced in paying quantities on a particular quarter section tract on the date of approval of such agreement, the lessee shall be entitled to hold such tract under the terms of the original Form B lease so long as oil is produced on said tract in paying quantities.
180.51 Well location fees.
b Where the surface owner is a re stricted Indian, adult or minor, well location fee shall be paid to the Superin tendent of the Osage Agency for such Indian. All other surface owners, whether Indians or whites, shall be paid or tendered such fees direct, and where such surface owners are not residents of Osage County nor have a representa tive located, therein, such payments shall be made or tendered by check, postage prepaid, to last known address of said surface owner at least 5 days before com mencing drilling operations on any well:
Provided, That should the lessee be un able to reach the owner of the surface of the land for the purpose of tendering the location fee, or if owner of the sur face of the land upon being tendered the location fee by the lessee, shall refuse to accept the same, the lessee may tender the location fee to the Superintendent of the Osage Agency, and if the lessee and the Superintendent shall agree upon the amount of the location fee, the lessee shall deposit such amount with the Su perintendent for payment to the owner of the surface of the land upon demand, and the Superintendent shall thereupon advise the owner of the surface of the land by mail at his last known address, that the location fee is being held for apayment to him upon his request.
Sec. 8, 34 Stat. 543
C larence A. D avis,
Acting Secretary of the Interior.
D ecember 22,1955.
F. R. Doc. 55-10434; Filed, Dec. 29, 1965;
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TITLE 26 INTERNAL REVENUE, 1954
Chapter I Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury Subchapter C Employment Taxes
T. D. 6155
P art 31E m ploym ent T axes ; A pplicable on and A fter J anuary 1,1955

On October 12, 1955, a notice of pro posed rule making regarding the regu lations under sections 3401 a, 6001, and 6051 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 was published in the F ederal R egister 20 F. R. 7610 in order to pro vide rules with respect to payments made after December 31,1955, of amounts sub ject to section 105 d of the 1954 Code.
After consideration of the relevant sug gestions presented by interested parties