378 WESTERN GRAZING GROUNDS AND FOREST RANGES 



made under laws requiring cultivation or agricultural use of the land: 

 Provided further, That permits to graze live stock upon land which 

 is subsequently appropriated under any public-land law shall not be 

 affected by such subsequent appropriation, except as to the land actual- 

 ly appropriated, until the end of the current annual grazing period : 

 Provided further, That no permit shall be issued which will entitle the 

 permittee to the use of any buildings, corrals, reservoirs, or other im- 

 provements owned or controlled by a prior occupant until he has paid 

 such prior occupant a reasonable pro rata value for the use of such 

 improvements. If the parties interested can not agree, then the 

 amount of such payment shall be determined under rules of the Sec- 

 retary of Agriculture : And provided further, That when buildings, 

 corrals, reservoirs, wells, or other improvements, except fences, shall 

 have been established on any forty-acre tract to the value of more 

 than one hundred dollars, as determined by rules of the Secretary of 

 Agriculture, such forty-acre tract shall not be subject to settlement 

 or appropriation under the public-land laws during the permit period 

 without the consent of the owner of such buildings, corrals, reservoirs, 

 wells, or other improvements. 



SEC. 3. That all water on public lands or subject to the jurisdic- 

 tion of the United States within such grazing districts may be used 

 for milling, mining, domestic, or irrigation purposes under the laws 

 of the State or Territory wherein such grazing districts are situated, 

 or under the laws of the United States and the rules and regulations 

 thereunder. r 



SEC. 4. That no grazing permits issued under this Act shall pro- 

 hibit settlers, prospectors, and others from entering upon such grazing 

 districts for all proper 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 restric- 

 tions 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 officer 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 be- 

 tween the different kinds of stock as is necessary, and shall decide 

 whether the distribution of the range shall be by individual or com- 

 munity 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 con- 

 ditions, and shall establish lanes or driveways, and shall prescribe 

 special rules to govern the movement of live stock across the public 



