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Show I HOLD STATE'S TITLE ! TO UBB INVALID Important Decision by Secretary ol' the Interior. C5vc.f-In'A 'SeTcctloitVrai'tV.-." Spoclal to- The Tribune. " BOISE, Tdaho. April An important import-ant decision by the secretary of the interior in-terior has been received by "Ihe state hold it as final it will not recognize that any right is acquired by the state land board, and should the department upon selection; that, no right is acquired until the lands have been actually approved ap-proved or virtually patented. Assistant Assist-ant Attorney General Snow had tho fol-'Oing fol-'Oing to say regarding the matter: Tho decision virtually- holds that the state acquires no, rights whatever by riling its selection lists. The position of the stale is that cougress has provided pro-vided that the stato mnr select suitable lands. from whatever part, of the public domain open to general entry, and it is certainly new doctrine if a department depart-ment of the government can nullify a ! state selection made under the positive modioli of an act of congress. "If this can be done, evorv acre of i the state 'n unapproved selections can ho i thrown, into forest reserves. If this can bo done it would even seem tliat homestead entries could be. canceled if the forestry Hervico or the reclamation service dcpired the land. The decision is practicnlly confiscation of tho. state s lands by a department ruling. The state will a&k for a review and wc feel quite confident that the department depart-ment will, upon invcstigalion, recede from it? position." |