Show REMODEL CAREY LAND ACT RULES RUnS State Commissioners Will Re Require Require Require quire Reports and Make New Appraisements In the future all aU applications for tor Ire re reInstatement reinstatement Instatement under the Carey land act must be made to the state board of land commissioners within a year after the date of cancellation In case the application for reinstatement is held for more than a year after cancellation the lands will be reappraised before rein reinstatements reinstatements reinstatements statements statements are granted or the lands will be offered for tor sale by the state statu after atter an investigation by the commis commissioner commissioner This ruling was made bythe state land board at a meeting yesterday esterday when many changes were made in the rules The changes hanges in the rules rul s were acted upon by Chairman W H Cand Candland Candland Candland land W Yo H Thayne and A G Giauque many of them being made at the in instance Instance instance stance of ot Secretary Will H Farns Fame Farnsworth Farnsworth worth Instances have ha vo been found where ap applications applications applications for segregation under the Carey act were made ten years ago or ora ora ora a year or two less At that time plenty planty of ot public lands could have been pur purchased purchased purchased chased for an acre The segregation segregation tion tim was made without the th payment ot or ota ora ata a cent by the applicants Then the theland theland theland land was allowed to He Its idle antI and the state could do nothing with it In the course of ot a few years ears the applicants applied for cancellation of their con contract contract contract tract but even then the state could do nothing with wih the land The land was waste tied te up as effectually as if all al required work had been ben done Then In recent years requests came for reinstatement with an assignment of the rights right of or the original purchased cd to some other Ana AnO In these instances the land which was originally bought at an acre ha has increased ht value to more than s 5 an acre in some Instances but the tho pur put purchase chase chaBe price remained at the original figure Must Report Under the new ruling however where more than a year lapse of time is I shown the lands will wi be reappraised reappraise before reinstatements or transfers trans ers are allowed In this connection the board bord decided to fix fx a fee fM of 50 6 0 cents cent for each assign assignment assignment assignment ment of a certificate for tor record and ard 25 2 cents cent each ech for the filing of f an assign assignment assignment ment on application but upon which no certificate has been issued 1 No feC fees fee have been charged in the past for this tedious work In regard to loans Jons the board will wi charge S 8 per pr cent Instead of 6 per pr cent centon cent centon on loans past due and will wi reduce the th coupon interest from 12 per cent to 10 16 per er cent cent Letters will wi be sent out to all al holding lands ands under the Carey act to report to the board bord at once regarding the progress progress ress TeSS made during the year ear and in hi back ha k years ars This will wi be for Cor the purpose of eliminating some of the companies companie which have held land for years under the Carey act but have done no work upon the land In these cases casos cas contracts will wH be so that others can re reclaim reclaim claim caim the land lana Promoters Promoter of three different enter enterprises enterprises enterprises are figuring with wIh the land board for tor the purchase outright of the Hatch town lands and reservoir near ner Pan Panguitch Panguitch gultch Garfield Garfeld county All three com companies companies panics are ar making bids to take the project off or the hands of the state and to do the settling nettling themselves Another company cOlpany has made a good bid for the tue reservoir for the purpose of using the water for lands down the Sevier river Hereafter the land board will wi charge i per cent interest on the principal and interest on all payments for lands not paid on Jan 1 of ot each ench year The Te irrigation irrigation gation gaton companies have been in the habit of making payments to the board any time from thirty to ninety days after the first frt of the year ear with wih no pen penalty penalty alty aly The next meeting of the board will wi lv be held h l on Nov 4 |