APPENDIX. 

 A BILL. 



For the improvement of grazing on the public lands of the United 

 States, and to regulate the same, and for other purposes. 



Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 

 United States of America in Congress assembled, That the unreserved, 

 unappropriated public lands of the United States shall be subject to 

 the provisions of this Act, and the President of the United States is 

 hereby authorized to establish from time to time, by proclamation, 

 grazing districts upon the unreserved, unappropriated public lands of 

 the United States, conforming to State and County lines so far as 

 practicable, whereupon the Secretary of Agriculture, under rules and 

 regulations prescribed by him, shall execute or cause to be executed 

 the provisions of this Act, appoint all officers necessary for the admin- 

 istration and protection of such grazing districts, regulate their use 

 for grazing purposes, protect them from depredation, from injury to 

 the natural forage crop, and from erosion ; restore and improve their 

 grazing value through regulation, by the eradication of poisonous 

 plants, and by the extermination of predatory animals and otherwise ; 

 eradicate and prevent infectious and contagious diseases injurious to 

 domestic animals ; issue permits to graze live stock thereon for periods 

 of not more than ten years, which shall include the right to fence the 

 same, giving preference when practicable to homesteaders and to 

 present occupants of the range who own improved ranches or who 

 have provided water for live stock grazed on the public lands ; and 

 charge and collect reasonable fees for such grazing permits, based 

 upon the grazing value of the land in each locality : Provided, That 

 for ten years after the passage of this Act such charge for grazing 

 shall not exceed four cents per acre nor be less than one-half cent per 

 acre, or the equivalent thereof on a per capita basis, and the Secretary 

 of Agriculture shall revise and re-establish maximum and minimum 

 rates of charge for grazing for each succeeding period of ten years. 



SEC. 2. That homestead or other settlement, location, entry, patent, 

 and all other disposal of public lands under the public-land laws 

 shall be in no wise restricted, limited, or abridged hereby ; nor shall 

 anything herein be construed to prevent bona fide settlers or residents 

 from grazing their stock used for domestic purposes, as defined under 

 the regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture, on the public lands 

 affected hereby : Provided, That after the establishment of any such 

 grazing district no form of location, settlement, or entry thereon 

 shall give a right to grazing privileges on public lands except when 



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