Arizona republican., 1915-02-24
Meanwhile, House Dabbles in Subject Just a Little; Riggs and Garvin Meas ures Reported Out of Committee
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After some hesitant shivering on the brink, the senate yesterday plunged in to public land legislation. while the house merely dabbled it's toes in the pool. Both the Riggs and the Garvin bills were reported out of the public lands committee along with another land bill known as the farmers bill' representing the views of the farmers, especially the holders of school land. This is now known as Senate Bill No 127. The same bill was introduced into the holse by Representative Goodwin.
 The senate public lands committee recommended the indefinite postpone ment of the Riggs bill and without ex- pressing appreciation of the Garvin bill, recommended it for consideration by the committee of the whole. It is only certain that it will not be adopted for several reasons one of which is it's drastic character giving to the state land commission greater powers than it had before enjoyed and further be- cause it gives the commission unre- stricted access to the treasury. There is no limit of expenditure and many have complained that it has already spent too much.
 The Riggs bill proposes the abolition of the land commission and it's passage is therefore regarded as impossible, Chairman Riggs himself does not ex- pect it's adoption nor does he expect that any of the bills now before the legislature will become law but that a land policy will be evolved from a study of all of them.
 Senate Bill 127 proposes a complete land code. It retains the land commis- sion whose members shall be appointed by the governor who shall name the chairman of the commission The chairman will be clothed with the pow CTS of surveyor general. The salaries of the members of the commission will be 5000 a year. There will be a chief draughtsman at salary of $500 a year. Stenographers and clerks. num- Der not stated, shall be paid $1200 Q year each. The commissioners are to be allowed their necessary travelling expenses. the salaries and expenses to be paid out of an appropriation there for.
 This appropriation shall be based upon an estimate made by the chair man of the commission for the next two years. The governor will present it to the legislative committees on approp- riation. The commission is required to present to the governor every thiee months an itemized list of it's expenses and it shall subsequently be published in a Phoenix newspaper.
 The commission shall have charge of all lands owned by the state except those under the direct control of tine state institutions: shall have power tC commence and prosecute all actions and proceedings, civil and criminal be- fore any court or governmental depart ment.
 There shall be selection board composed of the governor. the chair man of the commission and the attor- ney general and they are empowered to file upon and select and cause to bt withdrawn and surveyed for selection such lands as the commission ma, from time to time recommend for SC lection They may also cancel tn, claims of the state to land previousl! selected and re-convey them to thu United States government.
 County boards of supervisors ar, made appraisers of lands selected fo purchase by settlers and from the judg ment of the appraisers either the com mission or the intending purchaser O lessee may appeal.
 In appraising school or universit. lands the appraisers shall take into ac count list of the improvements on th' land of permanent character ant which are the result of labor or capita expended in it's reclamation or devel opment and the appropriation of wate for it, which enhanced the value of tn land beyond what said land would b
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