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Show I MINERAL LANDS SON WILL HAVE FAR EaCHINO EFFECT IN OIL pRObUCINQ TERRITORIES. BV B Tribunal Overrules Court ol Knpeals and Commissioner of Byieral Land Offce Regard-B Regard-B ing RlflhU of .Gtae. Bulilngten Tl, supremo court Kirch "" rendered a far-reaching V,n m 'In- case of the stnto of Bain? rsus tliu United Stntcs. Rich tliv supremo court overruled Knly the circuit court of appeals, he fecrotary of tlio Interior and Bommlslouer of the general land K and held that when a state Krl; I nd completely makes n lieu Bjoa the rights of the state can-Ke can-Ke overturned by n subsequent Hog that the Innd In question la Kal la diameter. The decision Is Burnt particularly In oil proline-rglons. proline-rglons. K date of Wyoming 'in 1012 re-Bhed re-Bhed ' tno government soma of Biuol land which had been Inclutl-B Inclutl-B forest rcscrvo and In lieu so-B so-B ether public land' outside the B reserve, Including the lnnd In-K In-K lo tllC sult Notlco of the B selection was regularly pub-B pub-B anJ the stnto dld'everythlng re- B ,nn' B objection was raised to the B selection and tho list was duly BTetl ml transmitted to tho gen- Hani Dfflco by tho local Innd of- H, 1012. Tho list remained In the K land office for moro than Jm Tears. Meimtlmc, In 1014, two iB after the stnto nm0 It sclcc- fBthe selected land, with 88,000 M of other land, was temporarily flrinn bS possible oil lnnd nnd Mowing year tho commissioner o( I Bad office declined to approve the list, called on tho stiUo cither Ktpt a surfaco right or to show IB1? thnt to lnna wns st!i1 t I R or believed to bo mineral. i' H state declined nnd insisted that Kits should be determined ns of Hee vheivjho selection had been H The commissioner of the land therefore canceled the selection Bh of the oil discoveries made la 'Htdnlty after tho state's solec-Hid solec-Hid been filed. Tho secretary H Interior affirmed tho ruling of JHanlssloncr. -?Mp meantime, tho Mute had til lnnd nnd the Innd wub sub-si!; sub-si!; developed by an oil com- isto osslgnmcnt. There was rfowy of oil, however, until Die Icnso was made, or four ifttr the selection. LBetfect of this decision will lie Vvttirn ninny rulings of the in-department in-department where tho depart-ftu depart-ftu undertaken to defeat lieu V3' wn'ch embrace lands not to contain oil or mineral at Be they wero selected, hut which "i nr u-ere supposed to he V for oil nrtcr the date of si tmt beforo tho selection was . opon by the secretary of In- IB'1 Particular enso the district Wr Wyoming hail ruled In favor !tate of Wyoming nnd had bein , V hy the clreulUcourt of up- The supremo court upholds . tendon of tho stuto nnd the S of tho district court. |