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Show CLAY LANDS Below appears a letter from Commissioner Commis-sioner Ukokk of the general laud olliee to the register and receiver in this city, relating to the eutry of clay lands. Hitherto it has been the custom for claimants of this character of lauds throughout I'tah to li to upon lands under tlie placer mining laws, believing believ-ing as they did that this was the onlv method open for securing title to the same. Now it transpires that the procedure pro-cedure was w rong and that this class of claims partake of tho recent building stone decision of the secretary of the interior affecting the rights of many claimants in this territory, and to which Tun Timks has previously referred. The letter of the commissioner is not based upon an actual decision but it amount practically to the same thing, and there can be no doubt but what i the subject when reviewed in an actual case submitted to the department will be adjusted in conformity with the commissioners' views as expressed la the following letter: Dei'aki vknt or tiik In rem n, I l iKNUI.U, LAN H'Kli K. t WAKiirviTON. I. ('.. March I'.'. !S!i. Register Regis-ter au I Hccolver, S.ilt Lake ( ity. t't;ih : Sirs. - I ani'lu receipt ot your lett r of Ihe I'.th ultimo, .tskinj to be ailv d as to wnother land containing a dcpo.lt "f pott-rs' e;ay would be subject to entry und T tlie mlni-r.il land laws. 1 am unable to refer you to any decision by this partmnnt or oitlce, classifying lands containing ueh depo.lts a minara' lands subject to uale under tin mineral land laws. Vpon such consideration as I have been able to Klve to tho tiaUe;) question you propound, I am of the opinloi that laud containing a deposit of urdthar) potters' clay Is not Mibject to entry tinder the mineral land laws. Very respectfully, Lkwps A. Grtorr, Commissioner. |