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lands in such districts so 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 publica- 

 tion, shall also determine the preference in the allotment of grazing 

 privileges provided for in section one of this Act, and shall, under 

 rules of the Secretary 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 dif- 

 ferences 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 vio- 

 lation 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 ten dollars nor more than one thousand dol- 

 lars, or by imprisonment 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 Terri- 

 torial legislature may prescribe for the benefit of the public schools 

 and public roads of the county or counties in which the grazing dis- 

 trict 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 five hundred thousand dollars is hereby 

 appropriated, to be available until expended, for the payment of ex- 

 penses necessary to execute the provisions of this Act. 



SEC. 8. That the President is hereby authorized to modify any 

 proclamation establishing any grazing district, but not oftener than 

 once in five years, to take effect in not less than one year there- 

 after, and by such modification may reduce the area or change the 

 boundary lines of such grazing district. 



