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and lawful purposes, including the use and enjoyment of their rights and 

 property, and prospecting, locating, and developing the mineral resources of 

 such districts; and wagon roads or improvements may be constructed thereon, 

 in accordance with law, and all persons shall have the right to move live 

 stock from one locality to another within such grazing districts under such 

 restrictions only as are necessary to protect the users of the land which will be 

 driven across. 



Sec. 5. That the users of the public lands under the provisions of this Act 

 may select a committee of not more than four members from the users of 

 any such grazing district, which committee shall represent the owners of 

 different kinds of stock, and, with the officers appointed by the Secretary of 

 Agriculture in charge of such grazing district, shall constitute an executive 

 board, which shall determine whether the permits for such grazing districts 

 shall be issued upon an acreage or upon a per capita basis, shall make such 

 division of the range between the different kinds of stock as is necessary, and 

 shall decide whether the distribution of the range shall be by individual or 

 community allotments. The executive board shall also determine the total 

 number of animals to be grazed in each grazing district and shall decide upon 

 the adoption of any special rules to meet local conditions and shall establish 

 lanes or driveways and shall prescribe special rules to govern the movement of 

 five stock across the public lands in such districts as to protect the users of 

 the land in their rights and the right of persons having the necessity to drive 

 across the same. The executive board, after thirty days' notice by publi- 

 cation, shall also determine the preference in the allotment of grazing privi- 

 leges provided for in section one of this Act, and shall, under rules of the Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture, determine the value of the improvements and the use of 

 the same whenever that may become necessary under the provisions of this 

 Act in the administration of the same. Fences, wells, and other improvements 

 may be constructed with the permission of the Government officer in charge, 

 who shall record the ownership and location of such improvements. Any 

 differences between a majority of the executive board and the officer in charge 

 shall be referred to the Secretary of Agriculture and shall be adjusted in the 

 manner prescribed by him. Any interested party shall have the right to 

 appeal from any decision of the board to the Secretary of Agriculture. If the 

 users of the land fail to select the committee as herein provided, the President 

 of the United States shall name such committee from such grazing districts, 

 representing the owners of the different kinds of stock, as above provided. 



Sec. 6. That the Secretary of Agriculture shall fix a date which shall not 

 be less than one year from the establishment of any grazing district, and after 

 such date the pasturing of any class of live stock on public land in said grazing 

 districts without a permit, or in violation of the regulations of the Secretary 

 of Agriculture, as herein provided, shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall 

 be punishable by a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $1,000, or by im- 

 prisonment for not less than ten days nor more than one year, or by both such 

 fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. 



Sec. 7. That twenty-five per centum of all moneys received from each 

 grazing district during any fiscal year shall be paid at the end thereof by the 

 Secretary of the Treasury to the State or Territory in which said district is 

 situated, to be expended as the State or Territorial legislature may prescribe 

 for the benefit of the public schools and public roads of the county or counties 

 in which the grazing district is situated: Provided, That when any grazing 

 district is in more than one State or Territory, or county, the distributive share 

 to each from the proceeds of said district shall be proportional to its area 

 therein. The sum of $500,000 is hereby appropriated, to be available until 



