The Delta independent., 1906-05-04

PRICE FIVE CENTS
of their rights and property, and pros
pecting. locating and developing the
mineral resources of such districts, and
such wagon roads or improvements may
be constructed there on in accordance
with the laws Of the respective states
and territories or under regulations Of
the Secretary of Agriculture as may
be necessary for such purposes.
Section 4. That settlers residing
within the exterior boundaries of such
grazing districts or in the vicinity there
of may occupy, under permit of the
Secretary of Agriculture, any part Of
said grazing districts necessary for
school houses, churches, and state and
county buildings, and after such per.
nit has been granted the land shall be
enlisted in the local Land Office and
shall not be subject to appropriation
under the public land laws during such
use. All waters on such grazing dis
tricts may be used for domestic, min
ing, milling or irrigation purposes under
the laws of the State or territory
wherein such grazing districts are Sit
uated or under the laws Of the United
States and the rules and regulations
established Hereunder.
Section s. That the Secretary Of
Agriculture shall hx date, which shall
be not LEES than oos year from the =.
tablishmsnt Of each grasiag district.
and after such date Il shall b unlawful
to pasture any class Of livestock there
on without 4 grazing permit; any vio-
lation Of the provision of this section
shall be deemed q misdemeanor, pun
ishable by fine Of not less than ten
dollars nor more than one thousand
dollars, or by Imprisonment for not less
than ten days nor more than one year,
or both such fine and imprisonment, in
the discretion of the court.
Section 6.-That 80 much Of the spec.
ial forest reserve fund provided for in
section of the act of February l. 1906
(s3d Statutes at Large. page e2O -
the Secretary Of agriculture may from
time to time allot, is hereby appropri-
ated, to be available until expended for
the payment of classification and all
other expenses necessary to execute the
provisions Of this act, and al money COZ
lected for grazing fees under this aetshall
be deposited in the Treasury asa spec
ialgrazing fund. which is hereby appro-
priated to be expended As follows: per
centum of the gross receipts from each
grazing district shall be paid at the end
of each fiscal year to the respective
States and Territories for the use Of
the county or counties in which the
district is situated, and each county's
share shall be proportional to its area
therein. The residue of such receipts
shall first be used to reimburse the
special forest reserve fund heretofore
mentioned for money allotted thersfrom
as provided in this section; and 90 much
of the remainder IS may be required is
hereby appropriated and shall be avail
able, as the Secretary Of Agriculture
may direct, for the classification, pro-
lection, improvement, and administra-
ton of all the grazing districts At the
end of each calendar year seventy-five
per centum of all money remaining in
said special grazing fund shall be paid
into and become part Of the reclama-
ton fund appropriated by the Act Of
June seventeenth, nineteen hundred and
two CThirty-second Statutes at Large.
page three hundred and eighty-eight).
and the remaining twenty-five per CEN
tum shall continue in said special graz
ing fund and shall be available to be
expended for the purposes Of this Act.
SEC. Z. That the President is here
by authorized at any time to modify any
proclamation establishing any grazing
district and by such modification may
r<.l,,ro tho .rea or change the h0undarv