Comments on: Taking back Utah's public lands http://sutherlandinstitute.org/news/2012/03/26/taking-back-utahs-public-lands/ News and views on Utah public policy Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: rmwarnick http://sutherlandinstitute.org/news/2012/03/26/taking-back-utahs-public-lands/#comment-1605 rmwarnick Wed, 28 Mar 2012 23:18:00 +0000 http://www.sutherlandinstitute.org/news_old/?p=2878#comment-1605 Of course, you can’t “take back” public lands that never belonged to Utah exclusively.  And Utah made a promise as a condition of statehood to give up any public land claims FOREVER.

The Utah Enabling Act, Section 3 Part 2 states: “[T]he people inhabiting said proposed State
do agree and declare that they forever disclaim all right and title to the unappropriated public lands lying within the boundaries thereof…”

]]> By: rmwarnick http://sutherlandinstitute.org/news/2012/03/26/taking-back-utahs-public-lands/#comment-1759 rmwarnick Wed, 28 Mar 2012 23:18:00 +0000 http://www.sutherlandinstitute.org/news_old/?p=2878#comment-1759 Of course, you can’t “take back” public lands that never belonged to Utah exclusively.  And Utah made a promise as a condition of statehood to give up any public land claims FOREVER.

The Utah Enabling Act, Section 3 Part 2 states: “[T]he people inhabiting said proposed State
do agree and declare that they forever disclaim all right and title to the unappropriated public lands lying within the boundaries thereof…”

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