Arizona republican., 1910-02-07

All lands, leaseholds. timber, and
 other products of land. before being , offered, shall be appraised at their 1 true value and no sale or other dis posal thereof shall be made for a con- sideration less than the value so
 ascertained, nor in any case less than the minimum price hereinafter fixed, nor upon credit unless accompanied
 by ample security, and the legal title
 shall not be deemed to have passed | until the consideration shall have
 been paid.
 1 No lands shall be sold for less than three dollars per acre, and no lands which are or shall be susceptible of | irrigation under any projects now or hereafter completed or adopted by the l United States under legislation for the reclamation of lands, or under any other project for the reclamation of
 lands, shall be sold at less than twen- ty-five dollars per acre: Provided. that said state, at the request of the
 secretary of the interior, shall from
 time to time relinquish such of it's lands to the United States as at any time are needed for irrigation works in connection with any such govern I1bnt DTOJtCl- -tllu Olilcit btu thereof are hereby granted to said
 state. to be selected from lands of
 the character named and in the man.
 ner prescribed in section eleven of
 this act.
 There is hereby reserved to the
 United States and excepted from the
 operation of any and all grants made
 or confirmed by this act to said pro-
 posed state all lands which are now
 or may hereafter become valuable for
 the development of water powers or
 power for hydro-electric use or trans
 mission; and no lands so reserved and
 excepted shall be subject to any dis
 position whatsoever by said state, and
 any conveyance or transfer of such
 lands by said state or any officer
 thereof shall be absolutely null and
 void; and in lieu of the lands so re-
 served to the United States and ex-
 cepted from the operation of any or
 said grants there be. and is hereby,
 granted to the proposed state an equal
 quantity of lands to be selected from
 lands of the character named and in
 the manner prescribed. in section
 eleven of this act.
 A separate fund shall be established
 for each of the several objects for
 which the said grants are hereby made or confirmed. and whenever any
 moneys shall be in any manner deriv- ed from any of said lands the same shall be deposited by the state treas urer in the fund corresponding to the grant under which the particular lands producing such moneys were by this
 act conveyed or confirmed. No mon- eys shall ever be taken from one fund for deposit in any other. or for any object other than that for which the lands producing the same were grant ed or confirmed. The state treasurer shall keep all such moneys safely. and. so far as practicable. invested in safe. interest-bearing securities. and shall at all times be under a good and sufficient bond, or bonds conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties in regard thereto. as defined by this act and the laws of the state not ! in conflict herewith.
 Every sale, lease, conveyance. or contract of or concerning any of the lands hereby granted or confirmed or the use thereof or the natural pro- ducts. not made in substantial con formity with the provisions of this | act shall be utterly null and void. any | provision of the constitution or laws | of the said state to the contrary not | 
 It shall be the duty of the attorney general of the United States to pros ecute, in the name of the United States and in its courts. such proceed ings at law or in equity as may from | time to time be necessary and appro- priate to enforce the provisions hereof relative to the application and disposi- tion of the said lands and the pro- ducts thereof and the funds derived therefrom. fl
 Nothing herein contained shall be II taken as in limitation of the power of the sttae or of any citizen thereof to enforce the provisions of this act
 Sec. 2S. That all lands granted in quantity, or as indemnity. by this act. shall be selected, under the direction and subject to the approval of the secretary of the interior, from the sur veyed unreserved. unappropriated, and non-mineral public lands of the United States within the limits of said state, by a commission composed of the governor, surveyor general, and attorney general of the said state; and after it's admission into the union said state may procure public lands of the United States within it's boundaries .o be surveyed with a view to satis- wing any public land grants made to said state in the same manner pre- | ,cribed for the procurement of such ;urveys by Washington, Idaho, and ,ther states by the act of congress ap- l proved August IS, 1894 tTwenty- eighth Statutes at Large, page 39G, JI md the provisions of said act. in So ar as they relate to such surveys and he preference right of selection, are hereby extended to the said state of Arizona. The fees to be paid to the egister and receiver for each final ocation or selection of 166 acres made hereunder shall be one dollar.
 Sec. go. That all grants of lands heretofore made by any act of con- ,ress to said territory. except to the xtent modified or repealed by ti.is lct, are hereby ratified and confirmed N O said state. subject to the pro- 'isions of this act: Provided, how yer. that nothing in this act con aimed shall directly or indirectly. af- ect any litigation now pending and V n,lx; ;nI, Ivrf ;s.a iH