The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-02-14
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY IA. 1890.
TIE LEASING ACT.

oec. !. names the state super
intendent, governor, attorney gen
eral, secretary and auditor as
school board who shall control tn,
sale and rent of school lands ant
direct the investment of the funds
The superintendent, chairman
commissioners, and county auditor
shall appraise the lands of thei,
counties.
Sec. .. County superintendent
shall Immediately list school lands
Sec. 8. The board of scboo
lands shall advertise and lease sucl
a part of the lands us they see fit,
tor any time until September LIST,
1891 or up to FIVE years.
Sec. 4. Lands leased must be
advertised sixty days in some news.
paper.
Sec. s. The leasing shall be at
public auction to the highest bid.
der at the door of the court house
LOT the county within which the
lands to be leased are situated, and
between the hours of 10 o'clock a.
m. and 5 O'Clock p. M. only. Said
leasing shall continue from day to
day until tracts or parcels Of lands
advertised for lease shall have been
leased Or offered for lease; pro.
vided. that it may be adjourned
oyer the Sabbath Or any legal hol.
iday. In counties where large
number of tracts of land are to be
leased the lands situated in certain
townships may he designated in
the advertisement to be leased OH
designated days, and in such case
said lands shall be leased or offered
for lease on such designated lands,
or for want of time for the leasing
or Offering for lease of all sucl,
deslgnated lands, the LEASING Of
those unoffered may be adjourned
until the following day or days,
when they must be the first lands
offered for lease. Such lands as
shall not have been specially sub
divided shall be leased or Offered
for lease in tracts of one.quarte1
section each, and those go subdivid
ed in the small subdivision thereof
The rent in all cases of lease sllal
he paid annually in advance.
Sec. 6. The county superinten,
dent to conduct the leasing, and
the superintendent and auditor t.
make a triplicate statement Of
the result Of the sale, one for coun.
ty treasurer, one for state board
and one for his own Office.
Sec. Z. Within three days after
the leasing OF each tract the lessee
thereof and the county auditor shall
execute i'll duplicate a contract of
lease for said tract in the form,
prescribed by the board of univer.
sity and school lands, and the
lessee shall pay to the county treas.
urer the rent of said tract of land.
taking his receipt therefore. One
copy Of said contract of lease shall
be retained by the lessee, and the
county auditor shall file the other
copy of said contract of lease with
the auditor Of the state, who shall
deposit them in the archives Of the
board Of university and school
lands. The county treasurer shall
pay over the amount received by
him as rent for said lands, with
the accurate statement there of, Ia
the treasurer of the state, and
such amount so received as rent
shall be and constitute a part Of
the interest and income of the per.
manent school fund of the state.
Sec. s. No lessee of any tract
or tracts Of the common school
lands of the state, or his hei.s o,
assigns, shall cut down or take
from any such tract or tracts any
timber. trees Or wood, or suffer OF
cause the same to be done by any
other person or persons, except
that such lessee may cut down OF
use such an amount Of dead or pros
trate trees or timber as may b.
sufficient to supply him with fue
for his family Or employees families
actually residing upon such tract
or tracts. Any lessee violating
the provisions of this section shall
forfeit his lease and all rights ant
interest hereunder, possession O.
use, and shall furthermore be liza
BILE to the state for damages BY
such acts incurred, aud shall ais,