The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-27
UTAH LAND LAWS.
SOME SUGGESTIONS WHICH MAY
SAVE TIME AND TROUBLE.
If You Are About to Make an APP
ance and the Patience of the
Clerk by Reading the Appended
Digest of the Statutes.

Chief Clerk Henderson, has compiled
concise abstract of the laws under
which public lands may be procured and
kindly furnishes the following points:
University land business, both as to
past and future purchases, is in the hands
OF the new commission and unsold lands
will be appraised
School lands viz: sections 2, 81, 49, IS,
of each township Will have attention in
| preference to other lands, especially those
occupied before January l, 1891, such oc-
cupants having preference rights.
Plats VIII be furnished county treasur-
erS as soon as they can be prepared, then
all applications Should be filed in that
office.
Lands, except those very valuable, will
be disposed OF in regular government sub
divisions not Less than 40 acres each. The
original pIatS Will be computed from une
plats III The U. s. land office.
a record viii be prepared showing all
lands suitable for agriculture and which
may be irrigated.
The following classification will be
made: Agricultural, grazing, timber, res
ervoir, natural gas, mineral, coal, stone,
saline and ard, and improved or unim-
proved All lands will be priced for sale
or lease. Nc preference VIII be obtained
by filing Applications However, .appli-
cations should be placed on file at once,
thereby calling the attention of the board
to those lands desired for improvement,
also because those who do Apply may pro-
cure the lands While others wishing them
were Negligent. All school lands except
those OF old settlers prior 10 January
/, 1S94,) as well as. all other lands will be
advertised for sale in the newspapers of
the county where the land lies before the
lands are offered at public sale, after
wards private sales will be made.
No land will be sold for less than the
appraised value except old settlers lands.
81
ton shall purchase more than 100 acres
nor less than 40 acres, except as stated.
NO foreigner shall purchase lands. The
preference right does not extend to a
person who owned, January l. 1894, $50
acres or more besides the school land
occupied; no preferences will be allowed
after the plats have, been on file six
months in the county treasurer's office,
and no school lands will be sold before
that time.
Timber sales extend for ten years, and
the lands must be leased with same
No timber shall be cut of less size than
eight inches in diameter at the butt.
Settlers may take for domestic use
cedar, quaking asp, maple, oak, mahogany
and pinlon pine from unsold and Unbiased
land.
All sales must be advertised At least
one-tenth of the price must be paid in
cash, balance in ten annual payments.
Timber must be paid for or other security
given.
unpaid price shall daW per cent. in
terest, payable annually January l.
Full or partial payment may be made
at option of purchaser. All payments
will be made to the county treasurer. In
addition to price paid the state the pur-
chaser must pay at time of purchase the
full appraised value of all improvements
of the occupant if not the purchaser. The
occupant may take the money or remove
| the Improvements within 80 days after
such sale. After lands are offered and
remain unsold they may be sold at private
sale.
Leases shall be made at not less than
per cent. on the appraised value Other
than grazing lands cannot be leased in
tracts exceeding 160 acres to one corpora
ton, etc. Citizens of towns and villages
have preference to lease adjacent grazing
lands. All actual settlers have preference
TO lease lands adjoining for grazing pur-
poses, and same preference to citizens of
Utah
When more than one application as
| filed for lease of same land the county
lease to highest bidder.
All contracts and leases will be trans
ferable. Fees are as follows viz:
Lease of agricultural lands, 81; all other
leases, IS; certificate of purchase 81
Money shall be invested as follows: Mu-
nicipal bonds; mortgages on improved
farms mot to exceed half assessed valued.
at per cent. interest.
Lands adjoining town sites may be sub
divided into lots and sold in less than
government subdivisions.
No sale shall interfere with any canal
| ditch. etc already conStr11o+a5