The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-16
Patents Will Be Issued to co.
600 Entrymen Whose AppIi-
cations Have Accumulated.
ORDER MADE BY GARFIELD
COAL LAND AREAS WILL BE
TAKEN UP SOON.

NuSADi lhC pfOt6SS VI pTDNllS up uLucf
the law. 1t directs the commissioner of
the land office Ito take up for action all
locations, selections and entries upon
which final certificate has been issued,
and If the proof is found complete, and
there is no pending protest or objection,
the same will be passed to patent in the
regular order" W.
THE local officers" continues the or
der, will proceed in accordance with the
circular of December I, 1905, governing
the manner of giving notice of final proofs
and the action taken thereon. You will
furnish them maps defining the mineral
areas within their respective districts as
soon as they are provided by the geolog-
ical survey.
Action in Regular Order,
"All locations. selections and entries of
lands is non-mineral areas will be con-
sidered by the local officers under the
above circular with view to final action
by them and the issuance of final certi-
ficate In the regular order"
Locations, selections and entries for
lands in the mineral areas may be made
under existing rules but shall not pass
to final certificate or approval except
upon the report of a field officer.
You will instruct local officers that
it is equally their duty TO facilitate the
issuance of final certificates to bona fide
settlers, as to guard the interests OF the
public and government in preventing IL
of their duties they will be held to strict
account for the exercise Of sound discre-
ton and good judgment Il is expected
that registers and receivers in their re-
spective districts will obtain knowledge of
the general character and quality of the
public land over which their jurisdiction
extends and in the disposition of cases
before these officers they should make
use of such knowledge, either in aiding
the entrymen or in preventing an illegal
he
Tn accordance with the conference
which we have had, you will at once take
such action as is necessary so as TO or
ganize your field and office force, either
by way of redistribution or concentration,
as will make it possible to most effectual-
~ carry out the order of the president
"AH regulations or instructions in con-
fiiCt herewith are revoked
Importance of the Order.
In discussing the order Secretary Gar
field said:
ssThis order is one of unusual import
ance to the citizens of the public land
states involving as il does about 5000
entries and a large number of locations
and selections which have accumulated in
the general land office pending eXamina-
ton before the issuance of patents. In
cluded in these are about 4.d9 home
steads, 1900 timber and stone and other
cash entries made under specific laws, 3
900 desert land and $50 mineral entries
ITO bring the work up to date the cler-
ical force of the general land office are
working overtime and will be employed
fully ten weeks.
''T'he order does not affect coal land
areas but these will be covered immedi-
ately by subsequent orders and directions
Because of the failure of congress to
provide an additional appropriation for
the necessary field inspections the work
cannot proceed as rapidly as desired. but
the force and means now available will
be used to the utmost limit 20 expedite
the patehting of lands where the entry
men have complied with the law in good