Bisbee daily review., 1912-10-12
BULLARD GIVES
SOLUTION IDEA
Attorney General Declares
Legislature Should Pass
Laws to Make School
Lands Permanent
SUGGESTS A REMEDY

PHOENIX, Oct, 1.-THE problem
Of handling the school lands of the
state has been before the land com
mission for some time. This morn
ing a reporter CALLED on the attorney
general and asked what the commits
sion was doing on a plan. The at
torney general explained that owing
to pressing business and other mat
tiers that had demanded his attention
he had given the matter little thought
He said, however. that some plan
would be prepared before the next
session Of the. legislature. Mr.. Bull
lard stated further that he had a
tentative plan to lay before the land
commission which, in his opinion, of
fered a good solution Of all contro-
versies that had arisen TO the dispo-
sition of such lands. The attorney
general. in speaking Of the PLEA,
said:
school ends Explained.
Il believe that the legislature
could pass a kw declaring that al
school lands of the state shall for
ever be designated as school lands.
but that in those cases where schoo.
lands have been settled upon by
bona fide settlers and the said
lands improved and are susceptible
to agriculture that said lands and
| improvements should be sold at pup
! lie auction in a manner prescribed
by and under the restrictions con
tanned in the Enabling Act, and The
/ constitution, but that after said sale
( that all taxes collected from said
/ lands or from said Improvements lex
| cepting road tax and tax for Interest
upon bonds) should be paid into the
school fund OF the state and county
| in the following proportions.
That the tax collected upon the
/ state rate should be paid into the
/ school fund OF the state and the taS
! collected upon the county rate should
be paid into the school fund of the
/ county.
Plan Exploited.
This plan would result as fol
| lows First. that the settler. wheth
1 er bidding in he property himself OF
[ whether it was sold to some other
/ person. would receive compensation
for his improvements without the
! necessity of taxing the people TO pay
! for said improvements. Second, TIL;
/ school fund. gpon said sale woull
/ have paid into 1t the amount received
Mt said sale as the purchase prizes
Of the land. Third, in addition tt
/ the amount received from the pur
/ chase price OF, said LANDS, the schoo
fund of The state and county would
receive a constant income from the
taxes on said lands which would flow
| on in a steady stream forever and
| would constantly increase as the val
ne of the said lands increased.
Solution Suggested.
Il am only expressing my Owl
/ views in the suggestion of this plan
] do not know whether or not it viii
meet with the approval OF the LAND
Z Commissioner, or what il is more i'm
I portant, whether it will meet witt
the approval of, the legislature, bu
/ il does seem to me to provide a so
/ hutton which will as nearly as pos
/ sible meet the conflicting views that
have been expressed on this extreme
I ly vexed question. ! do not desire
TO be understood as EXPIRE ssing an
opinion that any school land, except
] that now bona foe settled and useC
for agricultural purposes should b.
sold OF this plan carried out to any
! further extent than is applicable &c
those particular lands. The detail:
I of this plan and the drafting OF Law
to cover il yet remain to be worked
out if said plan should be approved
by the land commission and the leg
.fslature -a