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Ily By Utah11an Utah ManInitiation \ Man 1\1an 1 1an ManInitiation Initiation of legislation legllation . , which whichwIll whichivill wIll n return turn unallocated public publiclands publiclands lands in Utah which are ort arc . . now nowiwned [ : ) ( by hy the thl fed fedl federal ( ral rat govern governITant governnent : ( balk back to the tht . state tatt . was wa'l wal ' ask askd I d last IdSt WI wa w t k by Gordon Taylor TaylorHyde TaylorElyde Hyde ' state 1tak finance cOlnmlSlson commisison commisisonhciirman commisisonhciirmanMr : Mr Hyde Hydl Hydc . requested rlque"ted rlqueted " the lhe ac aclion acLion lion of Utah s congressional congres.lonal congreslonal . dele dole deleatiun , allOn dndof andof and dnd of Gov Herbert B1dW B BVIdW \ , ' I I ' Pointing Poilltl1\g Poilltl1 g \ out that the thl . federal federalovcrnmtnt federalovernment oVlrnmlnt ovcrnmtnt hold holds ht bttween btwcen ( tween 40 40and 40itnd 40and and itnd ,0 0 50 , ' )0 0 ) milli nl1111 r i x l u ( rt ma r < s ' of Utah 5 s sland 5land sland ! land tin thl the 11 IT n . ij .j j nty my o of ( it ullallocat unallocat unallocatd ullallocatl l ( d ( i i f ( nlithl neitlur ntitht r ( fort fora or < . st .t t land Idlld nornational nor nornationdl natIondl national parks park . ) ) Mr Hyde Hydt Hydce . urged urgedthdt urgedthat urgedthat thdt that it be hl r n ( tunu turlll turns d to tll the tht . state stateInd stateand statemd Ind and procu procte procetds d ds . from its If'a Ifa leasing leasingsale leasingsdle ' lng sale . , dk or ! minercil l1lnl'rdl l1lnlrdl mineral ' rights right ! . , be used used'by usedby 'by by by Utah in : . support .upport upport of state stateschools stateschools .chools chools schools . and public publl < - institutions lIIstltuUons institutionsAt At present pre'nt prent . ( ' the thl ' state "tate tate " ha has < ; title titleto titleto to only 4 000 000 acres Hcres lie ht he . slid S'1id S1id s'uid suid s'uidAnnual S'1idAnnunl slidAnnual ' Annual Annunl rt n nntil nt 11 al return on the theless theless theless less than 2 000 00 acres aues leased leasedby leasedby leasedby by the state stdlt slate . ciinounts dmount amounts to nearly nearly$100 nearly100 $100000 100000 $ 000 per yedr yt.dr ytdr year . and mll1eral mineral mll1eralroyalttes mineralroyalties mineralroyalties royalttes royalties rfdtl cldd add another anothlr $100000 100000 $100000to 100000to $ to the state statt . s rt n VI v < ( nue nut . he saidIncrease said saidIncrease ald aldIncrease , Increase Revenue RevenueAlthough RevenueAlthough RevenueAlthough Although dtdining dteltrung dl dllllng to predIct predictIhow predictllow ; Ihow how InUI inuih much h the tht . slates stiite tdtl . s " f ( ravenue ravenuecould r < venue venueauld venuecould could ( auld be bl . increased increasedshould inert mcn ised I"l.d Il.d Ild " . . , should hould it ae ac aeqUire acquire acquire qUire federally fcderdlly owned ownul Icind Idl\d Idl d lanai \ Mr MrHyde MrHyde MrHyde Hyde said it W wo ( ) ild lid aid be bt . a vt VI sit rysubstantial ry rysubstantial ubstanttal substantial ubstanttaldlllt substantialarm . , tinu dlllt arm lint out outIncluded lintIndudul lintIncluded Included Indudul in 111 nn On Ihl hit 11I1d 1 I ind and thr lh ( fill fin fillIncl fin1nct finince Incl 1nct . offict officI r \ sc \ \ , Iht ishes ashes . , . 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( . thl tht th ( lIOn lions s . . , sh ,11 11 11 u n I a . < ( t f tIhl flit ; tht Ihl lit r y v ilitu Il1tu alrtta s " hi h ( saidState . , said saidState ald aldState State Can Do Better Beller BetterA BellerAs BelterAs A As < ; for administration udll\1I1btration udll 1I1btration \ of land landnow landnow landnow now federally owned Mr Hyde Hyde'I'lld Hydesaid Hydeslid 'I'lld Illd said ' ' he was wae ; ' sure 'IUft IUft the thp state tat ( ' could coulddo coulddo coulddo do a better jobHe jobHe job jobHe He ' said 'laid laid thdt that dur1l1Jthe during dur1l1J- dur1l1J - . the past pastyear'l pastyears pastyears year'l yearl years ' Utah ha has . , mdd mddl mada ( ! money I101lt.Y I101ltY . on onIt onits onits It its ! . grazing grlZ1I1g , landwhile land while the thl fed fedt'ral federal fedoral t'ral tral eral ' g ( vernment vprnml'nt vprnmlnt ' ha has " It bst If b ( . , st on It its itsgrazing itsgrazing ' ! grazIng propertyHe propertyHe property propertyHe He 'laIdacquI"ltJon saidacquisition ' said 'laId laId acquisition acquI"ltJon acquIltJon " by thl tht thlstate thtstate thtstate state : of the federal government s < , sland sland land ] would in no way affect affectthe affectthe affectthe 1 the governments government s aid to sl stites states tle'l tlel ' 111 in 111hIghway inhighway inhighway 1 hIghway construction constructionA I A study of federal fedt.rell fedtrell . highway highwayaid highwayaid ' 11 11aid aid : legislation shows that lhat the thepercentage thepercentage 1 1percentage I percentage of cost of construc construe construction construetion construetion I tion paid by the national govern government governmerit government I ment merit is not dependent upon the theralw theratio theratio 1 ralw ratio of'Itate ofstate of ' state 'Itate Itate to federally-owned federally owned federally-ownedland federally ownedland federallyownedland - - . land he saidAt saidAt said saidAt At pre present ' lnt th tin thl ( federal ft.deral ftderal . government governmeat govern government I ment meat own owns < ; aproximatcly aproxlmately aproximately 72 per perlUlt percent percent lUlt cent of the tht . land o of ( the 'Ita Ita ' state te I |