Show lAND PROBLEM UP TO SOLONS I Governor W Wants Status of JI J I I School i lands Determined RESULT OF FRAUD GASES CASES LEGiSLATURE IS ASKED TO AP APPOINT APPOINT POINT A COMMITTEE As a result of the recent ruling of the federal c court urt that the state had no right o select mIneraI lands ands as a part of the thes s sChool hand apportionment of the tho federal government Governor John C Cutler asked the legIslature yesterday to ap appoint pol point t a joint committee to consider the position of the state and the government In the pending action In order to deter mine th tire exact status of the mineral bear lag school lands of the state Tire particular case which brought the matter to the governors attention is the tho action or of the e federal authorIties In filing suit against Arthur A Sweet to recover a t section of coal lands in Emery county count for which he had bad paid the state lW This land was originally secured from the state in 1901 b by George T Badger who sold his rIghts to Sweet Dec 29 1006 and the latter Jan 4 1901 1007 paid the thu amount d thereon and demanded a ti tie from tire the governor Because of the thc suit filed by the United States Governor Cutler vas as CO compelled to refuse to sign the deed and Sweet must now await the determination of his case by the courts The governors suggestion covers a broad field and the work of tire the Investigating gating committee will proba probably take e con consIderable considerable time Tire rhe government it Is un nfl Intends to bring scores or of these BUUS and It is likely that the state It If It Is deemed best will wIIl lie he required to defend Its rIght to the lands In controversy so as to protect patents issued by it for lands purchased and paid for forThe forThe The question or of whether the board of land commIssioners has always acted within the scope or of the state and federal laws in disposing or of the land to be under Its control will be ono one or of the prIncipal matters before the commission In tire the suits filed although the govern government mont ment does not specifically allege that fraud Into the Issuing or man manor many or of these patents yet It Is strongly Inti Intimated mated l If any facts of Importance along this line lino ar are developed the committee might be e called upon ripen to probe the conduct of the board from the time or of its tion to the present The rhe communication was referred In both houses to the committee on public lands and next week a concurrent reso resolution resolution lution will no doubt be passed authorizing ing the appointment or of a specIal commIt commIttee tee to take up the problem presented b by bythe the governor |