The Coconino sun., 1912-07-12
MAKING STATE AND
 UNIVERSITY LAND LEASES
State Land Commission Commencing to Make Leases And to Send old
 Lease Holders Blanks


 just commenced to receive ap- plications for lease of Arizona school and university lands, and is now engaged in sending to every lease holder a copy of the ap- plication for lease, together with blank permit, printed copy of the land law, and an explanatory letter, with the request that the applications be made out as speedily as possible and forwarded to the state land commission, a duplicate copy being retained in the office of the board of super visors in the county in which the lease IS made.
 The amount of the rental charg- ed for the school land is fixed by the county boards of supervisors and afterwards approved by the land commission. The rental of the land, that is, the amount fixed for the yearly use of the land, must be forwarded to the land commission with the application. The permit is then issued, signed by the chairman and secretary of the commission. The permits, however, only last until March IS, 1913, as it is thought by that time some further land legislation will have passed. If, however, no ad- ditional land legislation is passed at that time it will be an easy matter to renew the permit.
 In making an application for the school land, the applicant agrees not to sublet, or assign, the same, as any such action on his part will lead to revocation or cancellation of the permit, and he further agrees to surrender the land to the state peaceably, it being under stood, however, that he does not waive any rights he may have for compensation for improvements he may place on the land.
 In making the application for the school land the applicant de- scribes the land minutely, as we'll as stating upon the application what his purpose is in making such an application, and what he purposes to do with the land. If a citizen of the United States, a bona .fde resident of the tract he proposes to lease, and how long he has resided on the land, if he has been heretofore an occupant thereof. If any portion of the land is available for grazing pur- poses, or is under irrigation, or is mineral land, the applicant IS required to so state.
 The lists of the school land leases existing prior to the organ ization of the land commission being now complete, and the de- cision to permit settlers to settle on school land under certain re- strictions having been reached, the next thing to do was to get the permits out and recorded so that full account of all school land matters could be kept while the commission was studying the matters relating to the final dis posal of the land, report upon which is required by the act which made the organization of the com mission possible. The first part of the work of the commission is, well on its way toward completion, although it has been a difficult and onerous task. The present settlers can remain upon the land which they have hereto fore chosen, confident of the fact that under the permit they will not be molested without due warn ing and will not be put out in additional arrangements to those which they had already con- immediately prior to the land legislation of the first la..,io.,,~a