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Show State Refuses to Lease LeaseIts LeaseIts Its Land to Grazcn Grazers GrazcnSalt GrazersSalt Salt Lake Lak.e . City . , Sept 1-U 1 U 1 - ( UP P ) - The state land board turned down downa a proposal prooosal prooosaI of eight state glazingdistricts glazmg glazing glazmgdistrIcts glazingdistricts distrIcts that approximat approximately ly 2,600- 2,600 2600 2,600000 2,600000 2,600-000 2,600 2600 000 , , , - 000 acres of state owned land be beJeased beleased beleased Jeased leased for three jear sear 5 ear terms at one onecent onecent onecent cent per acre for the first year , . and andone andone andone one and one-half one half - cents for the suc- suc succeecling succeeding suc succeeding - ceeding ceecling years yearsDecision ) earsDecision ears earsDecision Decision of the board was an- an announced announced an announced - nounced by H Warren Taylor , sec- sec secretary secretary sec secretary - retary . . Most important grounds of ofI ofthe ofthe ofthe the refusal was that state revenue revenuefrom revenuefrom revenuefrom from . the land would suffer a sharp sharpdrop sharpdrop sharpdrop I drop if the grazing district distnct proposal proposalwere proposalwere proposalwere were followed'The followedThe followed followedThe The 'The ' eight districts dIStncts , , set up under underthe underthe underthe the Taylor Grazing Act , made the theproposal theproposal theproposal proposal on June 16 Land involvedis involved | is 15 all aU state onedIthm owned o\\ned o ned \ \ within \\Ithm Ithm the districts dIS- dIS dIStncts dis districts - tricts tncts trictsIncome tnctsIncome Income from the lands during during1937 1937 will w1l1 be $75 75 $7536798 7536798 $ 367 98 from but but2Q2 26.2 262 . per cent of the land If all land landwere landwere landwere were leased under the distrIct distrIctterms districtterms districtterms terms , total income would be $69-68565 $69 69 68565 $69- $69 69 $69685 $69685 $ , - 685 65 , E H Burdick , land board boardengineer boardengineer boardengineer engineer saIdTaylor saidTaylor said saidTaylor Taylor listed five points pomts support support- supporting supporting supporting - ing refusal to acceed to the leasing leasingproposal leasingproposal leasingproposal- leasingproposal leasingproposal1 proposal - ' 1 . If the lands are leased in situ situthe , the state ' will 'MIl MIl lose late its contmgent contingent contmgentI contmgentinterest contingentinterest contingentinterest I interest of one-ninth one ninth - in approxi approxI- approxII approximately approximately - - I mately 12,000,000 12000000 12,060,000 12060000 12,0 120 , < TO,000 TO000 , acres now unsurI unsurveyed unsur- unsur unsurveed unsur-veyed unsur veyed - I ' veed veyed veedI 2 } If the lands are leased in SItu situthe , I the state will lose jurisdiction for forall forall forall all practical purposes , 0\ 0 over 0er \ er the land landat landat landat at the end of the leasing leasmg period penod 3 A grazing grazmg district clistrict has no nocorporate nocorporate nocorporate corporate or legal authority to en-rter en rter en , . ? - ter into a lease contract whose whoseterms whoseterms whoseterms terms are enforceable 4 Rentals are too low 5 Lack of confidence in the dis- dis district dis district - - trict trlct d151trlct grazing grazmg boards as now d15-1 d15 1 adl ad- ad adIDlnIstered adnumstered ad administered - l ministered IDlnIstered numstered is 15 unfa unfavorable unia'worable uniaworable ' ' orable to per- per permanency permanency per-imanency per - manency of the proposal , I |