Arizona republican., 1912-08-31
REPORT
 OF LAND COMM.
Exhaustive Document Tell ing What Has Been Ac- complished to Date and Outlining Its Plans for Future Activities

governor The law creating the com i mission provides that reports shall be filed monthly showing the pro gross the board is making in carrying out the purposes of it's creation, and also that a final report shall be laid before the governor at least thirty days before the meeting of the next | legislature, which report shall be placed before that body by the gov ernor The life of the commission | expires with it's final report It is | expected that the matter furnished by l it will be the basis of new legisla- tion for the administering of the pub l lie lands The commission has had so much preliminary work to do and | has been so busy with urgent mat | ters that no report has been possi- ble at an earlier time. This one is comprehensive and includes every thing down to date and it is expected i that reports will be filed monthly from this time forward. | The report covers tWenty-three | typewriter pages. some of which is formal matter, but much of which is of a very interesting character. The report begins with a recital of the | law under which it was created and l the appointment of its members was carried out, followed by its Organiza- tion with Mulford Winsor as chair man, Cyril Byrne secretary and Will liam A. Moody, member. E. J. Trip pei was appointed clerk. The gov ernor, attorney general and state en- gineer are ex-officio members.
 The report includes the law defin- | inc h.a of ho CCinD and it's own interpretation of them, in the order of their importance Its first ] duty is conceived to be: 1 ITO obtain such data and infOrma- tion, from first hand sources, and make comprehensive presentation of ! the same; as will guide the legisla- | tive branch of the state government in the enactment of wise and judi cious laws for the permanent hand | ling and administration of the states lands, both those designed for the use and benefit of the public schools and those granted by congress in behalf of certain institutions" Concerning this duty the report ! speaks of the necessity of haste, as i follows:
 Tt is essential, if compliance is to i be had with the spirit of the law | creating the land commission, that this data should be secured and the necessary information obtained, at the earliest possible moment. With par 1 ticuIar attention to the states school | lands, which cannot otherwise serve the highly important purpose for which they were granted, it is essen tial that a minimum of time be lost | in the determination of a permanent policy of disposition and administra
 ton. On the other hand the merest 1 business prudence dictates that such permanent policy should be based 1 upon nothing less than definite in 1 formation concerning these lands-nOt | only as to their chare cter condition, value and pOssibilities-bu which 1 will, as we'll. illumine the questions and problems involved in establishing l and determining the reciprocal rights 1 of the state and of the leSSees on | certain of the school lands, and such 1 other detailed information as will as | sist in the formulation of a wise and | farseeing policy-a policy containing all the essentials of true conservation while aiding, by a means fair to all l concerned, in the great work of state | building"
 l Then follows a recital of the duties
 under this head such as granting per
 mits to occupy school lands and the i appraisement of improvements on all
 school lands. In respect of the latter
 section 9 of the constitution is quoted
 giving protection to the owners of 1 school lands.
 The second duty of the commission
 is conceived to be the selection of state
 lands which must be made after an 1 examination of tn unappropriated, un- | reserved and nOn-mineral public lands i throughout the state These selections include all congressional land grants and lands to be selected in lieu of
 such school sections as shall prove to
 be mineral bearing, or to have been
 otherwise appropriated. Following is
 list of the
 CONGRESSIONAL LAND GRANTS
 The grants of lands specified in the | Enabling Act are:
 | For University purposes. 100000 acres i For legislative, executive
 and judicial public
 buildings .. 100000 | For penitentiaries ...... lOO,O0O
 For insane asylums ..... 1OO,OOO
 For school and asylums
 for the deaf, dumb and
 blind .............. loO'ooo
 For miners hospital for
 disabled miners 50'0oo 1 For normal schools ZOo'ooo
 For state charitable, pen
 al and refOrmatOry in 1 stitutionS ......... IOV'oOo
 For agricultural and me-
 | chanical colleges ..... l5O,0oo
 For school of mines. l5Oooo
 For military institutes. lOO,0oo , For payment of the bonds
 and accrued interest
 thereon issued by Mari
 copa, Pima, Yavapa1
 and Coconino counties. l, 1,OO0,OO0
 Next follows the commissions com
 ments on the necessity of devising a system for it's work and the difficult 1 ties of it with all it's intricate de- AF~f