The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-13
SINGLE HEARING
WAS SUFFICIENT
Senate Committee Didn't Want
to Listen to the Chickering'S
of the StoCkmen.
FOLLOWED THE PRESIDENT
EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO
LEASE GRAZING LANDS.

ashingtOn, Feb. 12-Without con-
! llhulng its hearing upon the Burkett
amendment to the agricultural appro-
prlatlon bill providing for the leasing
| OF the public lands for grazing. the
l senate committee today agreed to adopt
! the amendment. Several amendments
TO the Burkett proposition We're adopt-
ed, however, designed to protect the in
/ terests Of the hOmesteaders. The pol
icy outlined, which is favored by the
president, was agreed upon by a bare
majority of the committee. 1t is not
UNLIKELY that point of order may ne
made against it in the senate. as it is
conceded TO be general legislation one
amendment provides that the secretary
or agriculture shall organize grazing
districts. The department of agricul-
ture is to exercise control of and fix
the fees to be charged for grazing.
Following is the text of the grazing
amendment agreed upon by the COM
mittee:
Text of Grazing Amendment.
Hereafter. for the purpose of restor-
ing. protecting and increasing the graz
ing value of the public domain and pro-
motlng the agricultural use thereof. the
secretary of agriculture may organize
grazing districts and regulate and con-
trol grazing upon the unapprOpriated
unreserVed lands Of the United States
under such rules and regulations as he
may prescribe, and charge and collect
reasonable fees for grazing thereof the
receipts to be deposited IN the treasury
Oh the United States to the credit OF
the special fund obtained from charges
FOR timber. grazing and other resources
of the national forests and provided for
by section of the act Of Feb. /. 1905.
winch is hereby appropriated and mace
available i'm addition TO its present
uses and under the restrictions proVid-
ed by law, for the regulation. restora-
ton, protection and increase of graz
ing upon the public lands. and for the
employment of necessary assistants for
such purposes i'm the city of Washing
ton AMI elsewhere, and il shall be un-
lawful after Jan. 1. 1908, to Craze any
livestock upon any organized grazing
district otherwise than as the said
rules and regulations shall prescribe.
Subject of Homestead Riqht.
Provided. that all leases or permits
to Craze issued under this provision
shall be subject to the right Of home
stead or other settlement. location. en-
try. patent or any other disposal Of
public lands under the public lands
law. and any appropriation so, made
shall operate as cancellation of said
lease or permit as to the land SO appro-
priated; provided. further that bona
fide homestead settlers or residents
shall be permitted to Craze free of
charge their stock used for necessary
domestic purposes, on the public lands
affected hereby.
Provided. that preference shall be
given TO bona fide homesteaders and
settlers i'm the allotment of an equita-
bic proportion of ranges adjacent 10
their homes not later than the begin
ming Of the next annual grazing period.
and. provided further. that all of the
receipts from the grazing fees herein
in excess of the cost of adj
protection and improve
ment of the public range, and neces-
sary working capital for the ensuing
fiscal year shall be paid to the states
and territories in which said fees orig
mate at the close of each fiscal year,
To- be used for schools. roads. irrigation
pr other public purposes as the respec-
i've legislatures may prescribe. the dis
.ribution of such residue 10 be proper
iOnal TO the receipts from said graz
pg fees from the respective states and
territories during the preceding fiscal
year. but nothing herein shall be con-
strued to prevent the payment of 10
per cent Of receipts from national for
asts to the states and territories as
Iow provided by law"