Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-11-20
|sTATE LAND BOARD
| ADOPTS NEWT RULES
,,oses Of Privileges Heretofore
Granted Reason for Change
IN Regulations.
CERTIFICATE NOT RElNSTATED
.., Under Conditions specified ana
a. ni,crction Of Land Cont
mie~ioncrs.

snort to. stop speculation I'm
.,ss whereby the state has lost
...,a. or dollars. the state board
commissioners revised its rules
n, Afternoon I'm regard to the re-
,t,ment of certificates Of purchase.
number ol years a practise has
mad. by spectators OF buying up
5..,,.nf certificates for "A few dol
and hav0e thcm rcinstatcd under
i, name of the assignee In the lapse
s,., between the date of the issu-
of the certificate for lands ana
..t. b I- rcnstated. the Rand has
M, advanced from fl.25 an acre TO
.,e.rH.re The assignee pays up the
r,.n1ut payments on che drst APP
.-.nout with the penalty Of ; per
nd euiovs the benefit Of the in
re zoo valuation.
iaser the revised rules the land
.r8 ,.u not rcinstate certificates for
nj where no payments have been
...i. unarl any consideration. Where
,b,sa nmeuts have been made the
.,s~s hid ras ft will rcinstatc a ccr-
fe,sfr within one year after IL is cam
.mst n not more than six payments
.rs r..aa the land board win reinstate
tbs certificate in two years Where
moi. than siX payments have been
made the board viii reinstatc "A cam
.nes certificate within three years.
r, reinstatement of the certificates
s,oeter is u the discretion of the
ha1rd ana these rules viii only be fol-
avei where the transaction is shown
90 be- ln good faitn.
Tho land board Tor a number Of years
fF. been granting the reinstatement Of
,.Hiflatos that have been cancelled to
II e,s'croes without making an iuvestiga -
zion into Che far and as a result the
sisfe has lost considerable amount of
II money
after this 40 applications for leases
ulf be- made 1n the minimum appraised
,alustion of $3.50 an acre instead Of
$50 The board will charge per cent
Of the appraised value which raises the
AMOUNT from u cents to 20 cents an
acre
AS no ASSIGNMENTS.
The rules were also changed in regard
Il d hc manner of assignments. Here
ftar the heirs 0f an estate viii have
1 90 secure a patent 10 land i'm the name
| % The testat0r before ID can be pro-
| aied Under this ruling the board will
roi BE- called upon TO determine the
names o. the legal heirs to an estate.
| some trouble has been experienced In
us natter Do q number Of cases.
Il an assignment rs made by a cor
Ioutal the resolution adopted TO this
e1at 6y the board of directors signed
ig the president and secretary must
accompany the application for assign
meu
When an application for land is made
O. applicant win have TO show that he
q citizen Of the United States. Ia
cs ln alien makes an application he
nH have 90 submit copy OF his nat
nmton papers or his declaration
b become q citizen The state has no
ghi 10 dispose Of land TO alines al
though Il has been dome in years pa 1t
because me applicants were not ro-
a.fd 20 show that they were citizens
attended to become citizens
EXTENSION or PAYMENTS.
rhs board also extended the time foi
payment NJ delinquent nstallments
rdr tdc ueH ules the applicant has
fW the nr,t day Of the year when
msisnmtnt tails due until the nrsl
he ucW geir 90 nav n. IL he make,
proper request The application
me extension, however. must b.
before thc nstallment is due suo
'tplei log me board Heretofore thu
NasIon was from the first day ol
year io N0r 800 of the same year
in he revised rules were also a mum
@' " changes for filing assignment,
l other papers in tho office whcrl
sAge are made n the records.
tm board purchased $4,000 worth o
Ht bonds from kaysville city az
cont Interest Tho bonds arc DO
formations of $1,000 and run q
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