Arizona republican., 1913-07-22
LAND LEASES
 INCREASING
Under Recent Statutes as the Powers of Land Com mission Such is to Allow Leasing of All State Lands

Lands
 The business of the state land com mission is increasing every day at this time of the year owing to the leasing of school lands, releasing of such land as has heretofore been un- Ger lease, and the leasing of state land under the recent enactmats of the state legislature. This all makes business very heavy as there are many applications for lease continu- ally being filed in the office
 great deal of care must be eXer- cised ill handling these leases be cause of the conditions that are laid down under the state enactments. This however does not mitigate by auy sort of means against the lesSecS or the school land, neither does it icopardize them i'll the possession of such land as may have been leased to them. The object of it is to protest such as have been holders of land un- der lease. The care must be exer- Cised by the commission in the work
 In order that every land lessee and prospective land lessee may be fully advised as to their rights under the law. the commission has caused to be prepared a pamphlet copy of the land laws as passed by the last legislature, and every lessee has been sent a copy of these laws, together with let ters explanatory of such sections of the laws as may seem to conflict with N hat mas heretofore been believed to be the rights of the Iessees.
 When an applicant for lease of school, university or state land. that has not heretofore been occupied, rites or sends to the land commits sion an expressed desire for such lease the following explanatory let ter is sent forward with an appli- cation blank
 Dear Sir-In accordance with your request of recent date, we herewith hand you a blank application for the lease of school or university lands and direct your attention to the pro- vision of the law under which the state Land Commission is authorized to act:
 Section Subdivision L), Act of First State Legislature, Third Special Session, approved May r, 1913:
 The State Land Commission shall have charge of, and authority to. and shall upon application, lease for q term not exceeding five years, any state land not heretofore leased, or the administration of which has not been otherwise provided by law at an annual compensation to the state for grazing lands of not less than three cents per acre, and for agri- cultural lands not less than fifty cents per acre The said commission shall also prescribe such other terms and conditions in such leases as may he necessary to protect the interests cf the state in and to such lands provided, that tho State Land Com mission shall so provide in said leases that no improvements shall be placed upon said lands that will accrue any rights to any lessee for improvements placed thereon"
 You will therefore carefully fill out the enclosed blank and return the same to this office, with $1, as ap- phcation fee, which will be refunded in the event that your application k not approved. Upon notice from this office that your application has been approved, you will be authorized to occupy the land applied for. The amount of rental will not be fixed untIl after an examination of the land, but will accrue as of the date of approval of the application You will be allowed thirty days after the notification of the fixing of the amount of rental in which to pav the same. If not paid within that time your lease will be cancelled and the land offered for lease to other parties
 The commission reserves the right to reject any application which it does not deem to be for the best in tercsts of the state. All leases will terminate on March 15, 1915
 STATE LAND COMMISSION.
 Yours very truly,
 By the chairman.
 With this work at hand, with the lease of the additional state land that has not heretofore been leased. it can be easily understood that there Is more land being occupied by lease within the state today than at any other time in the history of Arizona. The income from this source for the present fiscal year will be very much larger than was first estimated
 The work of selecting stfl more land is going on as rapidly as time and circumstances will permit. Two commissioners are now in the field working, while Chairman Winsor who has Just returned from a field trip must remain in the office from now on for some time attending to the headquarters duties in connection with the leasing of state land.