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Show CONFLICT ON 01 111 lUC UNDS Memorial to Congress Introduced Intro-duced to Secure Ruling on Matter. Mr. Sanderson, by request. Introduced the following memorial, designated as houso Joint memorial No. 3, in the house, Monday. Owing to the great importance of the proposed measure. It was referred to the commltteo on public lands and the committee on mines and mining: To tho senate and houso of representatives representa-tives In congress assembled: Whereas, Tho state of Utah Is selling and leasing the lands granted to her by the. enabling act; and Whereas. It Is of tho highest importance import-ance to the state and the purchasers and lessees that tho title of tho state from tho United States be held inviolate, unquestioned, un-questioned, and without cloud thereon: and Whereas, There have been allowed by the United States land office mineral entries en-tries on lands granted to tho stato for the support of common schools, such entries en-tries being made years subsequent to the extension of the United States surveys over said lands, and such mineral entries have, been made on such school sections years after tho state has sold the said lands to citizens, which practice lays a cloud over the title of the state to every school section; and Whereas, The enabling act grants to the state sections 2, lfi. 32 and 3fi In every towrishlp as school sections without anv reservation whatever; and Whereas. Tho state has two hundred thousand (200,000) acres of unsold aur-vcyed aur-vcyed school lands within the various national forests In this atato; and Whereas, Officers of national forests prevent tho state from leasing and receiving re-ceiving use and boneflt of certain unsold surveyed school sections within national forests, by deciding ex parto that the title to certain sections aro invalid, and decline to give to state's Icssccb of said lands tho same grazing privileges as aro given by tho forest service to lessees or owners of other lands; and Whereas, Tho solo reason why persons desiring to loasc such state lands are da-nled da-nled grazing privileges Is that of the alleged al-leged mineral character of said lands; and Whereas. Such attltudo of tho United Cnt,cr fni-ncl mnrx'lna rAhtll'n In efllH fntn lands, on which there are no mineral locations and no mineral entries, is unjust un-just and Intolerable to the people desiring such grazing privileges, and to tho state of Utah; therefore, bo It Resolved. By tho legislature of the stato of Utah, that your honorable body Is hereby petitioned to exact. If nocossary. such legislation, or otherwise cause that no mineral entry shall bo allowed on a section of land granted to the stato of Utah for tho use and support of common schools unless such mineral claimant's rights had Inception prior to the time when the prima facio tltlo of tho state attached; and you are further petitioned to relievo the stato from tho offoct of the unjust and despotic attitude of tho forest service, which holds tho state's tltlo to certain unsold surveyed school lands situate within national forests Invalid In-valid bocauso of alleged mineral character, charac-ter, all in tho absence of any mineral locator or ontryman, |