...the Navy is directed to take possession of all properties within the naval petroleum reserves * * * to conserve, develop, use, and operate the same in...naval reserves, for the benefit of the United States : * * * And provided further, That such sums as have been or may be turned into the Treasury of the...

...Secretary of the Navy "to take possession of all properties within the naval petroleum reserves — to conserve, develop, use, and operate the same in...naval reserves, for the benefit of the United States." On May 31, 1921, President Harding ordered the administration of the naval oil and gas reserves to...

...duty of the Secretary of the Navy to take possession of all properties so vested in the United States, to conserve, develop, use, and operate the same in...lease, or otherwise, and to use, store, exchange, refine, sell, or otherwise dispose of the oil and gas products thereof for the benefit of the United...

...and sodium on the public domain," or pending applications for United States patent under any law ; to conserve, develop, use, and operate the same in...naval reserves, for the benefit of the United States : And provided further, That the rights of any claimant under said Act of February 25, 1920, are not...

...possession of lands therein not embraced in the claims of others, and— " to conserve, develop, use find operate the same, in his discretion, directly or by...sell the oil and gas products thereof, and those from oil royalty oil from land* in the naval reserves for the benefit of the United State*." The latter...

...for permits or leases under the provisions of the act of Congress approved February 25, 1920, etc., to conserve, develop, use, and operate the same, in...lease, or otherwise, and to use, store, exchange, or eell the oil and gas products thereof and those from all royalty oil from lands in naval reserves,...

...Congress approved February 25. 1920 * * * or pending applications for United States patent under any law ; to conserve, develop, use, and operate the same in...discretion, directly, or by contract, lease, or otherwise. * * *." There had been, and was, at the time of the passage of ill's act. ami up to the present time,...

...gas. and sodium on the public domain," or pending applications for United States patent under any law; to conserve, develop, use, and operate the same, in his discretion, directly or by contract, leases, or otherwise, and to use, store, exchange, or sell the oil and gas products thereof, and those...

...gas, and sodium on the public domain,' or pending applications for United States patent under any law, to conserve, develop, use, and operate the same in his discretion, directly or br contract, lease, or otherwise, and to use, store, exchange, or sell the oil and gas products thereof,...

...June, 1920, Congress authorized the Secretary of the Navy, as regards these "naval petroleum reserves," to "conserve, develop, use, and operate the same in...naval reserves, for the benefit of the United States." This language is found in an amendment to the annual naval appropriation bill, and seems to have attracted...