Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-21
BOARD MAKES RULES
UNDER CAREY ACT
spirit and Letter Of the law Must be
Lived u 10 by Those
seeking Land.

AZ the meeting OF the state board Of
land commissioners held yesterday, a
number OF new rules with reference 20
carey act land nines were adopted boy
the board For number OF years var
ions entries under the Carey act have
been in progress in Utah. aud many of
the entries have not been carried out
according to the letter or the spirit OF
the law and the filings on some OF
them SIN remain incomplete II was
for the purpose OF making uniform
rules Tor all concerned with reference 10
these nnngs that the new regulations
were adopted. many OF them being the
result Oh the lnburs Of the secretary
of tine board, w II Farnsworth.
Tho new rules provide that in future
au applications for reinstatement under
thc carey lnnd act must b. made 90
tho state board Of land commissioners
within q year after the date % can
collation.. iu case the application for
reinstatement o. held Tor more than
year after cancellation the lands VIII
b, raaYpraiecd before rcinstatcments
are granted or 1.-The lands viii be Of
fercd for sale hv the state. after AN In
vcsugation by the commissioners.
Instances In point have boon found
whore applications Tor segregation un-
der the carey act were made upwards
nf 90 years ago. when the LANDS could
have been purchased for $3.50 per acre.
The segregation was made in some in
stances without any payment by the
applicants. Then the land WAS allowed
90 he idle and the state could DO moth
ing with H. Boz the course OF a Few
years the applicants applied for cane =
lation Of their contract but even then
the state could DO nothing with tho
land The land was tied up az effect
ually az II AN required work had been
done Then in recent years requests
came fot reinstatement with an as
signment of the rights OF the original
purchaser 20 some other Ana IN these
instances the land which Was originally
purchased for 81 80 an acre has increased
On value 10 more than s. an acre M
some Instances. but tho purchase price
remained az the original figure
Under the new ruling. however.
where more than "a year lapse of time
is shown. the lands viii be rcappraised
before reinstatements OF transfers are
allowed
In this connection the board decided
to hv "a Zee OF 30 cents for each as
slEnment Of certificate for recoiJ,
and 25 cents each for tle lilinn ~ an
assignment on application but upon
which no certihcate has been issued
no fees have been charged IN the past
for this tedious work
iN ifAdFN 10 lNfuH. tlP nodfu VIII
charge s per cent instead % per cent
on loans past due aud will reduce the
coupon interest from ~ per cent 20 10
per cent
Letters viii be sent to an parties
holding land under the Carey act TO
report To the boacd az once regarding
progress made during the year. and loo
years past This win he done for tho
purpose of eliminating some Of the COM
panies which have held the lands un-
der the Carey act for years without
doing any work upon the land as COM
templatod in the law. In these cases
the contracts win be cancelled SO that
others may reclaim the band
The board confirmed the appointment
Of Myrtle Olson and William Pardoe
ne clerks 10 an the vacancies caused
BY the designations Of Laura and Eu
dora Miller