The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-05-08
IMPORTANT TO US
Full Text of Governor Hagerman's
Letter P~roposin Solution of Tan
gle Over Institution Lands.
Special Washington Correspondence

Special Washington Correspondence
Albuquerque Morning Journal.
AS a result of the recommendations
of Governor Hagerman of New Mexi-
co, to the secretary of the interior, a
bill amending the act of June FL, 1895
granting certain lands to b institu-
lions OF New Mexico, has been favor
ably reported by the house committee
on public lands and will probably be
passed. BY this action h vexed ques
ton of leasing of the lands owned
by the New Mexico institutions which
has been before the department of
the interior for some months past
will be settled, probably to the sat
isfaction of all concerned.
Some time ago a number of leases,
or pasturage permits were granted by
the New Mexico board of public lands
under authority of the territorial leg
i%slature, by which large tracts of the
institutional lands were leased to
stock growers. Within the past six
months the department of the inter
~ mas OCCh otASotA inns -
cedure and has found that the pastur-
age permits SO granted amounted in
effect to leasers, hat they violated
the provision of the granting act,
which forbids the leasing of more
than GAO acres to n person, cor
poration or association, and also the
provision which requires that all
leases be submitted to and approved
by the secretary of the interior, n
also the placing of the funds deriv-
ed from such leases.
AS a result of this investigation the
leases which mad been granted by
the New Mexico board of public lands
were cancelled by the secretary OF
the interior, Is illegal.
Governor Hagerman appeared be-
fore the committee on public lands
In connection with the bill which will
amend the act of 1898 so as to ALLOW
the leasing of the institutional lands
communication to the interior depart
ment on the subject. forms a clear
statement of the case.
This communication is part of a
document printed at the order OF the
house committee on public lands
which has just been made public. 1t
contains in addition to the
dation of the secretary of the inter
ior and 1.-THE communication OF Gov
ernor Hagerman, a copy Of the pro-
posed amendment, and likewise o
luminous correspondence between the
general land office and the New Mex
leo board of public lands, in which
the violation of the act OF 1898 Is
shown by the socalled "pasturage
permits' authorized by an act of ne
New Mexico legislature, and also the
twenty OF more ~pasturage permits.
covering 361,423 acres of the institu-
tional lands which were cancelled by
the interior department.
Governor Hagerman's Letter.
The letter of recommendation by
the secretary of the interior, the com
munication by Governor Hagerman
and the bill which has been favorably
reported by the house committee fol-
low:
Department of the Interior.
Washington, April 20, 1906
Sir: / nave the honor to hand yon
herewith a copy of a letter from the
governor of New Mexico. dated Feb
a 20, 1906. with it's Enclosures. re,
latiye to the condition that exists in
said territory concerning certain
lands that have been accrued to it
under grants made by the act of June
al. 1898 $50 Stat. L.. 484l. and in Or
der to meet and remedy the difficult
ties pointed out by the governor I
inclose herewith a proposed amend
ment to section 10 of the act of June
a1. 1898, supra, which / have the non
or to recommend be enacted into iaw.
The proposed amendment is indicat-
ed by that part Of said section in
italics
Very respectfully.
q A. HITCHCOCK. Secretary
The speaker Of the House Of Rep
r~esentafyes.
F.rritory of New Mexico.
once n the Executive.
santa Fe, Feb. 40. ,o6
sir.-I have the honor to acknow
ledge ID receipt o. your inquiry 81