Tombstone epitaph., 1920-01-11
LAND LEASE gill MAY BE
PLACED IN OPERATION

officials expect 10 secure the final or.
der which will place in active opera
ton House Bill 60, .assed by the last
legislature and after many trials and
fluctuations now finally decreed to be
the revised land code.
This was one OF the five emergency
bills which because they were passed
TO the secretary OF the state withou;
the signature were he'd TO be void
until the supreme court decided TO
the contrary.
Though the test was made On a bill
increasing the salaries of executives
Of the land department and their as.
sistants. the Arizona Cattle Growers
took an active interest in carrying
the case through 70 final decision.
Anticipating the immediate opera
tion of the new bill the land office is
row busily engaged in the work OF
sorting some 10000 leases carried on
lis books. which will be turned over
with the taking up Of new leases IN
Ger the new law
One OF the chief advantages OF tho
rev law. according TO Pen r. Clark
deputy land commissioner. is that /;
will do away with TIE system OF dunn
my land leases, which has been in
vogue ever since the establishment %
the department;
John Smith. cowman. would take
Gu. Lease for enc section o: land ir
his name and then take out, say. ten
adjoining sections in the names of the
cowboys i'll his employ. This admit
ted sabterfuge was winked a: by the
Departments on the ground that it was
unreasonable TO expect tina; any
stockman could make living on one
section only.
Under the new law John Smith VIII
have The RICH: 20 lease enough LAM
10 meet his requirements as long "a
il IS available Ana just now John
Smith is anxious 10 take up all the
dummy leases and have the land
which he is actually holding for graz
ing purposes leased in his own name
The establishment OF the new sys-
TEN is a big undertaking and it may
be six months before the task is com
p!etei. for it means that these 10000
leases. now on the books OF the de-
partment. VIII have to be transferred
TO some 1900 persons engaged in the
grazing o, stock on state lands.
When the work is completed, how
ever. the office Will be in possession
OF simple system. and the pred:c-
ton is made that the department will
be able to save $4,000 a year on aG-
min!strd;ioD expenses.
Under the old system there was IN
told confusion over tie dummy
leases. Persons entitled to know
would ask the office 10 furnish them
with lists of the dummy leasors whose
land was being used by some par
ticular stockman. This the office
was unable 10 do. for every lease ha.,
TO be regarded individually and they
we're not classified according 10 the
real leasor.
Again when attempts were made
TO compel some dummy leasor to re-
linquish his claims he might refuse
to do so except for a consideration
and the office was continually both
cred with petty matters of this kind
over which it had no control.
Under the new system il will be al
easy matter &c instantly refer 10 anv
leasor OF state lands and tell az a
glance how many acres he has leased
their location, and all other details
Another feature OF the new law
empowers the land commissioner TO
extend the tenure OF lease from five
years 10 20 years. Commissioner
Mouer has announced that though
the law gives him the privilege TO ex-
tend the term OF lease. he does not
intend to do SO, believing that fire.
quent renewals are more desirable
than tying up the land for a longer
period.
YOUNG MAN MISSING