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Show Moss Will Introduce Mineral Lands Bill Senator Frank E. Moss announced an-nounced Tuesday that he will introduce a Senate bill to facilitate facili-tate Utah's acquisition of mineral rich land sections to which the state is entitled. The legislation will enlarge the rights of the state and clarify the law with respect to areas under mineral lease. Senator Moss, who is in Salt Lake City to conduct a public hearing, informed in-formed his Washington office of the decision. If the school land sections to which Utah is entitled fall in national na-tional parks or monuments, or other federally withdrawn lands the state makes selections elsewhere, else-where, Senator Moss explained. And if areas thus relinquished by the state contain minerals, the state may select other mineral lands. Under present law, these selections may not bisect areas being worked under mineral leases. The law is not clear, however how-ever on bisecting leased areas where work is not proceeding. The Moss bill allows the state to make selections which cut across leased areas except those in a "producing or producible states," he said. His bill is a companion to one introduced in the House of Representatives by Congressman David S. King of Utah. |