The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-21
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REMODEL CAREY
LAND ACT RULES
State Commissioners viii Re-
guire Reports and Make
New ADVERTISEMENTS

In the future all applications for re-
instatement under the Carey land act
must be made to the state board Of
land commissioners within a year after
the date of cancellation. In case the
application for reinstatement is held for
more than a year after cancellation the
lands. will be reappraised before rein
statements are granted, or the lands
will be offered for sale by the state,
after an investigation by the commits
sioner.
This ruling was made by the state
land board at a meeting yesterday.
when many changes were made in the
rules. The changes in the rules were
acted upon by Chairman w. H. Cand-
land, w. H. Thayne and A. @, Giauque
many Of them being made at the in
stance of Secretary viii H. Farms
worth.
Instances have been found where ap-
plicatiOns for segregation under the
Carey act were made ten years ago, or
a year or two less. At that time plenty
of public lands could have been pur-
chased for $l.50 an acre. The segrega-
ton was made without the payment or
a cent by the applicants Then the
land was allowed to lie idle and the
state could do nothing with it. In the
course of a few years the applicants
applied for cancellation of their con-
tract, but even then the state could do
nothing with the land The land was
tied up as effectuallv as If all required
work had been done. Then III recent
years requests came for reinstatement,
with an assignment of the rights of the
original purchased to some other. Ana
i'm these instances the land which was
originally bought at $3.50 an acre has
increased in value to more than IS an
acre in some instances, but the pur-
chase price remained at the original
figure.
Entrymen Must Report.
Under the new ruling. however,
where more than a year lapse of time
is shown. the lands will be reappraised
before reinstatements or transfers are
allowed.
In this connection the board decided
to fix a fee of 50 cents for each assign
ment of a certificate for record, and %
cents each for the filing of an assign
ment on application. but upon which
no certificate has been issued. No fees
have been charged in the past for this
tedious work.
In regard to loans, the board will
charge 8 per cent, instead of s per cent.
on loans past due, and will reduce the
coupon interest from y per cent to 10
per cent.
Letters Will be sent out to all holding
lands under the Carey act TO report to
the board at once regarding the prog
ress made during the year, and in back
years. This viii be for the purpose of
eliminating some of the companies
which have held land for years under
the Carey act, but have done no work
upon the land. In these cases contracts
will be cancelled so that others can re-
claim the land.
Promoters of three different enter
prises are figuring with the land board
Tor the purchase outright of the Hatch
town lands and reservoir, near Pan
guitch, Garfield county. All three COM
panies are making bids to take the
project on the hands of the state and
to do the settling themselves. Another
company has made a good bid for the
reservoir for the purpose of using the
water for lands down the Sewer river.
Hereafter the land board will charge
. per cent interest on the principal and
interest on all payments for lands not
paid on Jan. 1 of each year. The irri-
cation companies have been in the
habit of making payments to the board
any time from thirty to ninety DAYS
after the first of the year with no pen
atty. The next meeting of the board
VIII De held on Nov T.