Show WA my al US 64 aw T i n i T dt Vs ilk ira ir J 4 1 T land board Dis discusses cusse 64 leasing 9 Fe es H n ci 0 i pm 0 A t dinosaur supt bupt seeks T as 1 r t t v 8 t utah land board baem member t r sp spent im moat 0 Jhel heh rM recent t ing d discussing 9 possible 1 I leasing I 1 fees which ther will oil and gas leases leaves hi proven fields the board was advised by jess II 11 lombard superintend ent of dinosaur national monument chilt he lie Is to considering a friendly condemnation cult suit against the stale to obtain title to 0 acres of state land within lie the monument at a previous meeting last isa month the board had decided to charge more than SO 50 cents an acre the minimum charge permitted by law and the fee charged in the past for all leases the higher fee would apply only in proven fields lee E young board diorec tor and david 11 crockett Crock geol ogist for the board said that more study would be required to determine what they considered a fair fee in various felds mr young explained that the higher fee would apply only the first year it if and when oil and gas are dischi discovered ered the regular 12 percent royalty would apply mr young reported that the state has acres of land some of it within national parks and monuments from which the stale state receives no return present state law will not I 1 permit the sate aate to transfer the mineral rights to any lands while federal laws will not pelf pe nut mit the federal jovern government ment to transfer mineral rights to lands landi it may give the state in lieu of the lands taken taki by y the federal govern government mr young suggested seeking a state law to permit deeding mineral rights to the federal ed eral government in ox exchange change tor for mineral rights to lieu lands in special cases federal law also would have io to be amended to permit thio this C R henderson board chair man from vernal commented Tx exchanges charges between pie he aate oate and r d federal government are at a stalemate until the two pro posed amendments can con bo be obtained |