Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-06

men, whose entry shall be of record. prior
to date of any leasing, or persons or cor
poratons holding lands by freehold or by
lease of state school lands, within the
vicinity of the tracts offered for lease.
shall be eligible to bid at any offering.
Bidders must furnish the local land office
certified record evidence OF the number OF
acres and description of each kind Of land
owned or controlled by each, and where
II is complained of or when the register
and receiver shall have reason to believe
that any one person or interest is endeaVor-
ing to secure more than fair proportion
of the leasable land they shall reject said
bid, subject 10 appeal, II being the object
OF this enactment to determine as nearly
as may. be the proportion OF leasable gov
eminent lands to that of freehold. state
school lands and homestead filings, and
taking into account accessibility, apportion
the leasable lands accordingly.
Sec 6. That leases shall be made for the
term of twenty years from date of previous
January l ('2). That payment on leasing
shall be made from date Of leasing to the
succeeding December 81. Subsequent pay
ments shall be made annually on or by
December 10 of each year for the succeed
cember 10 Of each year shall render the
lease subject to penalty of five 90 per
cent of amount of same, which shall be
added to amount to be collected upon pay
ment. Default in payment for ninety days
after said December Is shall forfeit the
lease and the register and receiver shall
at once cancel the same.
-. A long-term lease Is proposed herein,
with the view of trying to place the live
stock business in the territory affected on
more permanent basis than heretofore.
justified in building good substantial fences
putting down wells, with windmills and like
| improvements, with the feeling that he
! can have the use OF or in case OF losing
I the same, be reimbursed for said loss.
/ Sec. I. That upon the payment OF any
money into the land Office under the pro
| visions of this act the receiver shall keeT
a separate account of the same and deposit
/ the same under such regulations as the
ltsNr of "a int may 10,
/ special fund with an approved United States
/ depository, TO the credit of the said receiver
/ as such. Immediately after the Slst day
| of December OF each year the said lanC
| office, in addition to the reports which shall
be submitted TO the general land office
I shall make a detailed statement TO tn,
secretary of state and to the county clerl
or like representative of the state anC
] county, in which the land is situated, show
. ing the number and date of each lease, thu
. number of acres contained therein, tn
lease price per acre and amount received
which statement shall be certified to BY
both register and receiver
Sec. s. OF the money received durlnj
each calendar year, which amount shall
be due and payable by the receiver, immedi
ately after the termination of said year
the receiver shall pay from said funds int
the reclamation fund OF the general Ian,
ONCE one-half Of all receipts. OF the re
naming one-half, one-fourth shall be pai
TO the state or territorial treasurer, 10 b
apportioned the same as other state funds
three-fourths shall be paid into the count
I
best by the county commissioners or lik
body C'3). Provided that where any Ian
| leased is shown TO be within the boundar
OF any school district, which district is a
the time receiving the pro rata of stat
school money two-thirds Of the money pai
into the county (or One-fourth of the entir
amounD for the lease of said land shal
be credited to said school district co
e. All propositions which l have see
looking to the disposal OF these lands hav
provided that the entire proceeds be pal
into the United States treasury II Ger
tainly would seem equitable that a par
at least should go 10 the state and count
treasures to help defray the expense @
maintaining those governments. The
would certainly be taxable were the land
sold outright.
- This proposed measure seeks 70 /
only slight degree interfere with IN
| present homestead laws. II Is safe 1
assert that more poor homesteaders hay
been Obliged to abandon their homestead
or having made proof. sell out and get OF
in order to get their children in schools
than for any other one cause. the inabllit
TO collect revenue for schools being du
TO so small proportion Of the lands bein
Z freehold, thereby taxable. IL would there
fore. seem that as an indueement to sma