25 U.S.C. § 401 : US Code - Section 401: Leases for mining purposes of unallotted lands in Kaw Reservation

Search 25 U.S.C. § 401 : US Code - Section 401: Leases for mining purposes of unallotted lands in Kaw Reservation

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to lease for mining
purposes lands reserved from allotment to be used as a cemetery and
not needed for that purpose, and lands reserved for school and
agency purposes in the Kaw Reservation in the State of Oklahoma,
and for the use and benefit of the members of the Kansas or Kaw
Tribe of Indians, at public auction, upon such terms and conditions
and under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe: Provided,
That the production of oil and gas and other minerals on such lands
may be taxed by the State in which said lands are located in all
respects the same as production on unrestricted lands, and the
Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to
cause to be paid the tax so assessed against the royalty interests
on said lands: Provided, however, That such tax shall not become a
lien or charge of any kind or character against the land or the
property of the Indian owner.