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Show Priority Ruling RuJing On OnRange OnRange OnRange Range Lands UpheldPilority Upheld Uphe1d UpheldPilority Pilority Pllority rulings on land mcluded included mcludedunder includedunder includedunder under the Tn Tailor Taylor : } lor giving gl'17ing gl17ing giv'Ing ' ' act were wereuoheld wereunheld wereuoheld uoheld unheld Monday Monda in an important de- de decIsIon decislon de decision - - cision cislon handed down dO\\1 dO 1 \ \ ' by S HMo H Moyer Movelevaminei ) e1 , e.amlnel eamlnel etianiiner . for the division dhlsion of grnz- grnz graz- graz grnzmg grazing graz grazing - ing mg ingMover ingMoyer Mover Moyer MO ) er , in a decision mailed fromWashington flom from flom1 fiomWashington , \\1 1 ashlngton Washington \ \ , DC D C , affirmed the theruling thelulmg 1 ulmg ruling of the regional grazier grnzler for fori forColorndo forColorado forColorado i Colorndo Colorado denying denymg Joseph F . Liv- Liv Livingston Liv-ingston Liv ingston - mgston ingston and Glade Cook . of PaGod'l PaGodl PaGoda PaGodiColo ' , , I Colo a giazmg glazmg permitMoyer permit permitMovci I Movci Moyer 1\1:0) 1 1:0) 10 \ : ) el I luled ruled uled tI13 that t Livlngston Livingston andCook and andCook , Cook . \ were ere unqualified unquahfied to obtain obtaini obtaingrazing obtaingrazing obtaingrazing i grazing } : permits ermlts beciuse bec1.use bec1use because . the they : } ' had hadnot hadnot hadnot not grazed their sheep on pubhc public pubhclands publiclands publiclands lands in Colorado grazing dIstrIct dIstrIct'No districtNo districtNo 'No No ' 6 for two t\\O t O \ j-ears j ears years - v ears prior to pass"tge passtge passage pass"tgeoC passageof passageof " oC of the Taylor glazing grazing ' act , June 28 28,1936 281936 28,1936The , , 1936 1936The The Colorado district advisory advisoryboard advisoryboard advisoryboard board I luled uled ruled that pnoiity prlo1ity priority must have havebeen havebeen havebeen been for two yeais yea1s years prior to the theact's theact's theact's theacts act's acts ' passage The secretary of in interior in- in interIor interior - terior concurredLivingston concurred concurredLivmgston Livmgston Llvmgston Livingston contended this rule rulewas rulewas rulewas was contrary to the Taylor grazing grazingact grazingact grazingact act His attorneys claimed the sec- sec secretary secretary sec secretary - - retary of interior had no right to toadopt toadopt toadopt adopt a rule making makmg it necesary for fora fora fora a grazing man to ha have , e prIority prioritystandinf Colorado district officials said the thelocal thelocal thelocal local ruling was necessary to pre- pre prevent prevent pre prevent - - vent 0 overstocking erstocking ' of the grazingdisttict grazing grazingdlstuct grazingdistuct dlstuct disttict to the detriment of the therange therange therange range The secretary of intenoi mteriol interior said saidIt saidit saidit It Itas \ was \\as as \ advisable lor 10r for orderl orderly ) ' admin admin- adminIstration administration administration - - istration istrationWestem IstrationWestell1 istrationWester Wester Westem Westell1 ii grazing grazmg men awaited aw.uted awuted . the thedecfclon thedecision thedecision decfclon decision ; an anxiously " ' < iously , claiming claImmg Moyer's Moyers Moyer'sdEclsion Moyer'sdecision Moyer'sdecision Moyersdecision ' ' dEclsion decision dEclsionould : ' \ would \\ould ould be vital to adminis adminis- administration administration administration - - tration of v vestern estern 1 lange ange range land They TheyconsIdered Theyconsidered Theyconsidered consIdered Livingston's Livingstons ' appeal a atest atest atest test case for all priority rulings un- un under under un under - der the Tayloi Taylol Taylor Ict pct act |
