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Show A. : . i The Taylor Grazing District Law e p (Continued from last week) ; SECTION 4 f Permit to Construct Improvements r on Public Lands Within Districts Re- - quired Fences, wells, reservoirs and o ! other improvements necessary to the j care and management of permitted livestock may be constructed on pub- - lie lands within the grazing districts r under a permit issued by the secre-, secre-, tary. Partition Fences The act provides , that the secretary of the interior : shall require permittees to comply with the provisions of the law of the i state within which the gTazing dis- trict is located as regards the cost , and maintenance of partition fences. 5 Use of Improvements in Districts i by Subsequent Occupants Where improvements have been constructed : within a district iby a permittee, no permit shall be issued which will entitle a subsequent permittee to the use of such improvements until he has paid for the reasonable value thereof as determined under the rules and regulations of the secretary of the interior. i SECTION 5 j ! Free Grazing Within Districts for! Livestock Kept for Domestic Pur-j poses .Free grazing for domestic ' livestock within districts is to be allowed. al-lowed. ' j Use of Timber, Stone, Gravel Clay, Coal and other Deposits Noth j ing in the act is to prevent the use of timber, stone, gravel, clay, coal and other deposits by miners, prospectors! for minerals, settlers and residents for fire-wood, fences, buildings, mining, min-ing, prospecting- and other domestic purposes. ; SECTION 6 j Right-iof-.way Within Grazing Districts Dis-tricts The act does not restrict the acquisition, granting or use of rights-of-way within grazing districts dis-tricts under existing law; or ingress or egress over the public lands in. grazing districts for all proper and lawful purposes. I Mining The act does not operate' to restrict prospecting, locating, de-! veloping, -mining, leasing or the pat- enting of mineral resources within, such districts under applicable law. I SECTION 7 j Homesteading of Public Lands Within Grazing Districts The secretary sec-retary is authorized, in his discre-l tion, to classify lands within grazing districts which are more valuable : and suitable for the production of agricultural crops than forage plants, and to open such agricultural ' lands to hometsead entry in tracts : not exceeding 320 acres in area. No ' lands within a grazing district are 1 subject to settlement or occupancy,;1 however, until such classification is ' made and the lands found to be morej-valuable morej-valuable for agricultural crops are opened to entry after notice thereof 1 has been given to the gTazing per- 1 mittees. Lands homesteaded remain 1 a part of the grazing district until ' patents are issued therefor. After en- 1 try is allowed, the homesteader is entitled to the possession and use of the land. ; i When any qualified person files an ' application in the land office of the : proper district to make a homestead entry to any tract not exceeding 320 I acres, the secretary is directed to ' I make a classification of such land. ' If the secretary classifies such land ' as agricultural, the applicant there- ! for has a preference right to enter ' such lands when they are opened to entry. , SECTION 8 The United States May Be Given 1 Title to Lands Within District The : secretary of the interior on the be-'i half of the United States may accept!' title to any lands within the exterior i j boundaries of a grazing district as a 1 gift when he believes such action will , i promote the purposes of the district. I Exchange of Privately Owned Lands Situated Within District for,! Lands of the United States When, i in the opinion of the secretary, the public interest will be benefited thereby, he is authorized to accept 1 title to any privately owned lands 1 within the" exterior boundaries of a grazing district and in exchange 1 therefor to issue a patent for not to exceed an equal value of public land in the same state or within a distance of not more than 50 miles within the adjoining state nearest the base JJands. Public lands given in ex-i ex-i change must be surveyed and may be 'situated either within or without a : grazing district. Notice of exchange Before any exchange ran be effected, notice hereof nuust be published by the secretary sec-retary once each week for four successive suc-cessive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation in the county or counties in which the lands to be accepted ac-cepted are situated, and also in some newspaper published in the county in which the lands to be given in such exchange are situated. Lands conveyed to the United States under this section become a part of the grazing district within whose exterior exteri-or boundaries they are located. Either party to an exchange may make reservation sof minerals, easements, ease-ments, etc. Exchange of State Owned Lands; Upon application of any state, the secretary is directed to exchange federally owned lands for state owned own-ed lands. The base lands to be taken by the United States from the state in any such exchange may be located either within or without a grazing district. Such exchanges are to be miade in the manner that is provided for the exchange of public lands for those in private ownership. SECTION 9 Cooperation with Local Stockmen and State Land and Conservation Officials Of-ficials The secretary is directed to provide by suitable rules and regulations regula-tions for cooperation with local organizations or-ganizations of stockmen, state land officials and official state agencies engaged in the conservation of wild life. Appeals from Decisions of Officer in Charge of Grazing District The secretary is directed to provide for local hearings on appeals from the decisions of administrative officers in charge of grazing districts, in a manner similar to the procedure in the general land office. Contributions Th secretary is authorized au-thorized to accept contributions toward to-ward the administration and improvement im-provement of the district. SECTION 10 Disposition of Grazing Fees One-fourth One-fourth of all the money received from each grazing district each fiscal fis-cal year is to be used by the secretary secre-tary of the interior, when appropriated appropri-ated by congress, for the construction construc-tion and maintenance of range improvements im-provements in district where collect-id; collect-id; and one-half of the moneys revived re-vived from each grazing district during dur-ing any fiscal year is to be paid at the end thereof by the secretary of i ;he treasury to the state wheere col-: ected, to be expended as the state legislature may prescribe for the: benefit of the county or counties in .vhich the grazing district is situated. SECTION 11 Ceded Indian Lands Disposition jf Grazing Fees One-fourth of all ; moneys received during any fiscal year from a grazing district composed com-posed of lands ceded by Indians to ;he United States for disposition antier the public land laws, is to be .ised' for the construction and main-tenanace main-tenanace of range improvements in ' such district; and one-fourth of all j such moneys is to be paid at the end :f each fiscal year by the secretary jf the treasury to the state in which ! said lands are situated to be used as the state legislature may prescribe for the benefit of the public schools md public roads of the county or counties in which such grazing lands ire situated; and the remaining one-lalf one-lalf of all such money received from ; such grazing lands is to be deposited! :o the credit of the proper Indians pending final dispsition of such j ' ands under applicable laws, treaties: 3i' agreements. I Disposition of Ceded Indian Lands Applicable public land laws con-! ;inue in operation as to ceded Indian: lands placed within a grazing dis-j (Continued on page 5) I o Taylor Grazing Law (Continued from first page) I trict. If the secretary of the interior ; decides that an application for non-I non-I mineral title to any ceded Indian lands situated within a district will adversely affect the best public in-iterest, in-iterest, or that the land is of a char-jacter char-jacter not suited to disposal through the act under which the application is made, he may refuse to allow it. In no event, however, is settlement or occupation of such lands to be permitted until 90 days after the allowance al-lowance of an application. SECTION 12 Cooperation with Other Depart-, Depart-, ments of the Government The sec-. sec-. retary is authorized to cooperate with other departments of the government gov-ernment in carrying out the purpose of the act, and in coordinating range ' administration. SECTION 13 Transfers of National Forest and i Grazing Lands The president of the United States is given authority to place under national forest administration, admin-istration, in any state where national forests may be created or enlarged by executive order, any unappropriated unappropri-ated public lands lying within water-' water-' i sheds forming a part of the national lj forests, which, in his opinion, can ' best be administered in connection with existing national forest administration admin-istration units. The president is also authorized to place under the interior department administration any lands within na-tinal na-tinal forests principally valuable for j grazing, which, in his opinion, can best be administrated under the provisions pro-visions of this act. SECTION 14 . Sale of Isolated Tracts of the Pub-j Pub-j lie Domain This section is an amendment of the present isolated tract law and authorizes the secretary secre-tary of the interior, in his discretion, to order the sale of isolated tracts of the public domain which do not exceed ex-ceed 760 acres in area. Such land may not be sold for less than the appraised ap-praised value nor until after 30 days' notice of the proposed sale has been given by the land office of the district dis-trict in which the land is situated. After the highest bid has been determined, de-termined, any owner of contiguous land has a preference right to buy the offered lands at such highest bid price for a period of 30 days. In no case is an adjacent land owner to be required to pay more than three times the appraised value. SECTION 15 Leasing of Isolated Tracts of the Public Domain The secretary is authorized, au-thorized, in his discretion, to lease isolated tracts of 640 acres or more of ! vacant and unappropriated public i domain, to contiguous land owners j for grazing purposes, upon such term and conditions as he may pre-1 scribe. ! SECTION 16 j Construction of Act This section ' is declaratory of the states' power to enact and enforce statutes for police regulation as regards public health j or public welfare. The states, on the other hand, are declared to have in power to restrict or impair the powe: and authority of the United State: to regulate grazing on the public domain. |