Show senate approves walking 0 bill on western land tide for schools 00 the senate by vot oto a approved the so 0 o colic called school chool lands dill monday mandayo the measure wits sponsored bonore po nore by y sen on aithur at thur V watkins 11 jwj TTY T roainy actress singer sue hue ane an langdon ve f bently ehen chosen sweetheart of f the th military collve battalion lUt Bat tallor tallon seems to prefer black cats utah and LQ th by b nine alno ot other her western senators Ben utora including son sen wallace V r donnett bennett R utah j sen ben watkins told ills hla coi leagues tho purpose of t the e legislation islat lon was to prevent further injustice to western states which have not received title to or selected alternative acreage lor for sections of public lands granted in their respective statehood enabling acts act for the support of public schools the me utahn explained that the injustice results largely from delays in completing the cadastral surveys in the west and from the language in laws pertaining to the transfer of public lands to the t the nil bill clearly provides that states may select land withdrawn for mineral leasing and cl classification assifi cation said son sen watkins mineral reservations ions eligible for selection under this bill include lands withdrawn for coal phosphate nitrate potash oil gas asphalt Le minerals oil shale sodium and sulphur lands may be selected on a known geologic structure of a producing oil or gas field if the selection is being made as 09 indemnity for lands on such a structure which were lost to a state or territory because of appropriation prior to survey 11 the senator insisted his bill does not represent any policy change in this field it merely carries out the intent t c n t of the original enabling a acts c 0 lie he said the measure which has administration backing permits states to select alternative public lands containing minerals in lieu of specific tracts of mineralized land granted tit at the time of statehood for support of the public schools A companion bill sponsored by rep william A dawson R utah is now before thy the house public lands subcommittee and chairman grade D idaho has prom promised iseI a hearing in the near future |