The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-25

duties and providing for the selection,
location, appraisement, protection,
sale, rental and general man
| agement of the public lands of the
state. The board is to consist of five
members whose terms of office shall be
four years except the first term which
shall be five years. The salary of each
is to be $1,000 year. The bill accepts
the land set aside to the state by con-
gress and directs the selection of the
land, assigns that portion which shall
be apportioned to the various funds,
and in the sale the land proposed to
be sold must be advertised at least
four weeks in succession and then
sold at price not lower than that set
by the board in appraising. Present
occupants have the preference as pur-
chasers at the appraised price. No per
SON can purchase to exceed
1850 acres of tillable land, and
grazing lands may be leased
but not sold, for period of ten years.
Ttllable lands may be also leased for
term not to exceed five years and at
| a rental not less than per cent. of it's
| appraised value. The terms of sale
provide that one-tenth must be paid
down and the balance may be paid in
ten yearly payments. In the sale of
timber land one-half cash is required
upon purchase. The interest on the
| notes to be taken for the yearly pay
ments is 6 per cent. All payments Of
principal or interest must be made to
the treasurer of the county in which
the land purchased is situated. Any
person purchasing land upon which
there are improvements must pay to
the county treasurer in addition to
principal and interest the full apprais-
ed value Of the improvements. Said
county treasurer must then convert
the amount thus received to the owner
of improvements. This is a provision
for the benefit of land holders who
! may have improvements and be unable
to purchase at the appraised price. He
is also given ninety days to remove
his improvements if he prefers to do
so rather than sell. In leasing grazing
lands the board shall as far as posi-
BILE give the settler the preference to
lease lands adjoining him. All water
rights which skall have become ap-
purtenant to the lands leased during
! the period for which they are leased
shall at the expiration of the lease, re-
vert to the state and any successor to
the said lessee shall not be required to
pay for such Improvement The mini
mum price at which land is sold shall
not be less than $1.25 per acre.
H. B. Nc. "a by Observation-Disclosures
all previously incurred indebtedness of
counties and providing for the pay
ment of all outstanding warrants is
sued prior to January 4, 1896, in the
order of their issuance.
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
H. B. No SIS, by. Condon-Amending
section 104 of article Is, chapter SO, of
the session laws of 1894, to provide that
the members of the board of educa-
ton shall serve without compensation
REDEMPTION OF PROPERTY.
H. 3. No Sc, by Nye-Amending sec
ton 2032, chapter 10, compiled laws of
1888. The bill extends the time of re-
demption of property sold for taxes
from two to four years.
AGAINST DISCRIMINATION.
H. B. No. 10, by Sutherland-Prohib-
sting discrimination against females
employed as teachers in public Schools
Providing that females shall receive
the same compensation in similar
cases
S. B. No. 80, Bolitho's house bill, pro-
hibiting blacklisting.
MEDICAL EXAMINERS.
Condor introduced H. j. R. No. 2
Providing that the board of medical
examiners created by virtue of an act
passed at the thirty-first session of the
legislative assembly of the territory of
Utah, entitled, AN act regulating the
practice of medicine in the territory of
Utah." be and the same are hereby re-
quired to render to the governor of the
state of Utah detailed statement IN
der oath of all moneys received and
disbursed by the said board of medical
examiners in the discharge of their
official duties as the board of medical
examiners between the dates of April,
1894, and December 81, 1895. =,
The house adjourned.