Tombstone epitaph., 1890-01-25
Leasing School Lands.

In the SenSte or tue OhltCu otatOS December IS, 1889, MT. Teller intro duced the following bill, which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands:
 A BILL
 To authorize the leasing of the school
 and university lands in the Territory
 of Arizona, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House
 of Representatives of the United
 States of America in Congress assem-
 bled:
 That the county supervisors of each ef the counties organized, or hereafter or ganlzed, in the Territory of Arizona, are hereby authorized to lease the lands de void of timber and known mineral de- posits heretofore reserved. or that may hereafter be reserved, for school purposes in their respective counties, in such man ner as may be provided by the laws ot said Territory.
 Sec. ?. That all moneys derived from the leasing of the lands as provided by the first section of this act shall become part of the school funds of the county where such lands are situated, and shall be used for the building of school houses and the support of pubic schools in such county, and for no other purpose
 Sec. }. That the Governor, Superin- tendent of Public Instruction and Treas urer of the Territory of Arizona are hereby constituted board, with author ity to lease the lands heretofore selected, or that may be hereafter selected, for university purposes, under the provisions of the act of Congress entitled "An act to grant lands to Dakota, Montana, Ari- zona, Idaho and Wyoming for university purposes" approved February IS, 1881, in the said Territory of Arizona, in such manner as may be provided by the laws of the Territory of Arizona; provided, that until the legislature of said Terri tory shall provide by law for the leasing of said university and school lands the said Governor, Superintendent of Public Instruction and Treasurer are author ized, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, to make the necessary rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.
 Sec. 4. That all moneys derived from the leasing of the said university lands as provided by the third section of thIs act, shall become part of the university fund of said Territory, and shall be used for the support of the university of Ari- zona, and for no other purpose.
 Sec. 5. That no lease under the pro visions of this act shall be made for a term exceeding five years, and all leases shall expire within SIX months after the Territory is admitted as a State into the Union; provided, that the Secretary oi the Interior may at any time in his dis cretion annul any lease made under the provisions of this act.
 Sec. 6. That where lands in the 10th and goth sections in the Territory oi Arizona are found upon survey to be in occupancy, and covered by the improve ments of an actual pre-emption or home stead settler, or where either of thcm are fractional in quantity, in whole or in part, or wanting because the townships are fractional or have been, or shall here, after be, reserved for public purposes, or found to be mineral in character, other lands may be selected by an agent ap- pointed by the Governor of the Terri tory in lieu thereof from the surveyed public lands within the Territory not otherwise legally claimed or appropriated d at the time of selection, in accordance with the principles of adjustment pre- scrlbed in section 2276 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and upon a determination by the Interior Depart ment that portion of the smallest legal subdivision In a section numbered I6 or 36 in Arizona IS mineral land, such small est legal subdivision shall be exempted from the reservation for schools, and in demnity allowed for it in its entirety, and such subdivisions, or the portions of them remaining after segregation of the mineral lands or claims, shall be treated as other public lands of the United States.