Decisions of the United States Department of the Interior, Volume 75U.S. Government Printing Office, 1969 |
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Page 28 - ... due to unforeseeable causes beyond the control and without the fault or negligence of the Contractor, including, but not restricted to, acts of God, or of the public enemy, acts of the Government, in either its sovereign or contractual capacity, a,cts of another contractor in the performance of a contract with the Government, fires, floods, epidemics, quarantine restrictions, strikes, freight embargoes, and unusually severe weather...
Page 41 - Except with respect to defaults of subcontractors, the Contractor shall not be liable for any excess costs If the failure to perform the contract arises out of causes beyond the control and without the fault or negligence of the Contractor.
Page 263 - ... such termination or refusal shall be limited to the particular political entity, or part thereof, or other recipient as to whom such a finding has been made...
Page 376 - Where minerals have been found and the evidence is of such a character that a person of ordinary prudence would be justified in the further expenditure of his labor and means, with a reasonable prospect of success, in developing a valuable mine, the requirements of the statute have been met.
Page 11 - coast line" means the line of ordinary low water along that portion of the coast which is in direct contact with the open sea and the line marking the seaward limit of inland waters...
Page 332 - That after the lapse of two years from the date of the issuance of the receiver's receipt upon the final entry of any tract of land under the homestead, timber-culture, desertland, or pre-emption laws, or under this act, and when there shall be no pending contest or protest against the validity of such entry, the entryman shall be entitled to a patent conveying the...
Page 298 - Any lease issued under this section for land on -which, or for which under an approved cooperative or unit plan of development or operation, actual drilling operations were commenced prior to the end of its primary term and are being diligently prosecuted at that time shall be extended for two years and so long thereafter as oil or gas is produced in paying quantities.
Page 11 - ... for any costs incurred more than 20 days before the Contractor shall have notified the Contracting Officer in writing of the act or failure to act Involved (but this requirement shall not apply...
Page 96 - ... United States so as to give effective validity to any mining claim hereafter located under such mining laws: Provided, however, That nothing herein shall affect the validity of any mining location based upon discovery of some other mineral occurring In or In association with such a deposit. "Common varieties" as used in this act does not Include deposits of such materials which are valuable because the deposit has some property giving It distinct and special value and does not Include so-called...
Page 374 - Interior, who shall transmit and dispose of such power and energy in such manner as to encourage the most widespread use thereof at the lowest possible rates to consumers consistent with sound business principle¿, the rate schedules -to become effective upon confirmation and approval by the Federal Power Commission.