The Delta independent., 1906-05-04
THE new GRAZING BILL.
Introduced With a View to Estab.
Iish Grazing Districts Outside Of
Reserves.

Reserves.
Senator Burkett has introduced q bill
that will provide all cattlemen an equa
show with those now benefited by the
reserve arrangements. As soon as cat.
tlemen discovered what help the re.
serve laws were going to be there was
clamor from districts distant from re-
serves for some sort of protection on
ordinary grazing districts. The matter
was discussed through correspondence
and Senator Burkett introduced his bill
accordingly. 1t follows:
59th Congress. 1st. Session. Senate
Bill 5511. In the Senate of the United
States. April 8. 1906. Mr.. Burkett in
troduced the following bill; which was
read twice and referred to the Commit
tee on Public Lands.
A BILL
Providing for the control of grazing
upon the public lands in the arid States
ard Territories Of the United Stated.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE SENATE AND
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF TIE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA M Con.
eREss ASSEMBLED, That the President
OF the United States, with the consent
of the governor of the State or Terri
tory affected, is hereby authorized to
establish, by proclamation, grazing
districts upon the public lands of the
United States. Thereupon the secre-
tary of Agriculture shall have charge
of such grazing districts, appoint all
officers necessary for their administra-
ton and protection, and all local officers
shall be appointed from the qualified
electors of the States or Territories in
which such districts are respectively
situated, regulate their use for grazing
purposes, restore and improve their
grazing value and issue permits to Craze
live stock thereon under rules and reg
ulations prescribed by him, classify all
public lands in said grazing districts as
agricultural or grazing and publish lists
thereof, appraise the grazing value Of
the land in each locality and charge and
collect reasonable fees for grazing per
mits, and prescribe regulations for the
administration and improvement of each
grazing district.
Sec. 2. That lanes SO classified as
agricultural shall be occupied for graz
ing purposes under annual or season
permits only and shall be continually
subject to disposition under the public.
land laws. Lands so classified as graz
ing shall be occupied under permits for
periods of not more than ten years, and
upon application agricultural settlement
shall be allowed whenever an inspec-
ton by the Secretary of Agriculture of
the lands applied for shall show such
land to be agricultural in character, but
no other settlement or entry therein
shall be allowed except under the min
ing or town site laws: PROVIDED,
That all land shall be subject to reclass-
ification at the termination of any per-
nit period: AND PROVIDED, That
public grazing land adjacent to land re-
claimed or to be reclaimed by Govern
ment irrigation projects shall be pro-
claimed as separate grazing districts,
and settlers upon such reclaimed land
shall have a preference right to the use
thereof for grazing purposes under the
terms of this Act: AND PROVIDED
FURTHER, That all mineral lands
which have been or which may be shown
to be such and subject to entry under
existing mining laws of the United
States and the rules and regulations
applying thereto shall continue to be
subject to such location and entry.
SEC. 8. That'th jurisdiction. both
civil and criminal. over persons within
such grazing districts shall not be af
fected or changed by reason of the ex
istence thereof. except so far as the