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Show Bennett Sponsors Bill For Public Land Exchange Senator Wallace. F. Bennett Ben-nett has joined Senator Clinton Anderson as co-sponsor of a bill to authorize "public land" states, such as Utah, to select certain public lands in exchange ex-change for land taken by the United States Government for military and other uses. The bill is sponsored by the Western States Land Comis-sioners Comis-sioners Association. It will be considered by the Senate Interior In-terior Committee. Under provisions of the bill, if the Federal Government condemns state-owned land, the state may elect to take other unreserved Federal lands of equal value in lieu of cash payment. In case of dispute as to whether the lands are of equal value, the Federal courts are given the power to determine the value. |
