The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-22
Published in The Topeka State Journal
March q, 1881

/
al to sections 7646 and 7647 of the Gen
| eral Statutes of Kansas, of 1909, relat-
| ing to school land and repeating saio
| original sections 7646 and 7647.
| Be it enacted by the Legislature OF the
| State of Kansas:
| Statutes of Kansas of 1909 is here
| by amended to read as follows: sec. Iotc.
| Whenever fifteen householders OF any
| organized township in which school lana
| is situated shall petition the super1ntend-
| ent of public instruction OF such county
to expose to sale any portion or portions
| of said land, describing the same, he
| shall report such fact to the board OIL
| county commissioners of his county, VINO
shall appoint in writing three dis1nter-
ested householders, residing in the county
| in which said land is situated, but in a
different municipal township, VINO pelnS
first duly sworn by an officer authorlzed
to administer oaths to faithfully perform
their duties, shall appraise each legal SUD
division of said land separately at it's true
value in money, and return their ap-
praisement in writing signed by them, TO
the clerk of said county, which clerk
shall lay the same before the board of
county commissioners for their approval
or rejection; and if such board OF county
commissioners shall believe and find that
any legal subdivision of said lana snaii
have been So appraised too low, they shall
reject such appraisement and forthwith
in the same manner appoint three otner
appraisers of the same qualifications as
befS-e, which three shall qualify as III
the former case, and they shall proceed
in the same manner as prON1OeC LOT
former appraisers and make their return
as before provided, which appraisement
said county clerk shall lay before said
board for their approval or rejection as
in the former case. If the said board shall
again reject such appraisement they
shall proceed to appoint other appraisers
to perform the same duties and to make
their report in the same manner as mere
in provided for the former appraisers I'M
til said board of county commissioners
shall approve the appraisal last so MADE;
provided, that any settler who has Tesld
ed on school land for period of six
months and has made improvements on
such land to the value of one hundred
dollars may have such land appraised as
above provided, and no petition of fifteen
hOuseholders shall be required in sucn
cases; provided further, that no appraise-
ment of school land for less than one
dola- and twenty-five cents per acre
shall be of any validity or ent1tle any
narsor to the provisions of this act in all
cases where school lands have been APP
praised under the laws relating thereto.
Drior To the taking effect of this act. Dut
which lands have not been sold and final
proof made and certificate of purchase
issued therefor, the board of county COM
missioners shall proceed to examine lhe
returned appraisement, and if they believe
and find that any such apraisement was
TOO low they shall reject the same and
proceed to appoint other appraisers as
herein provided after which the proceed
ings shall conform to the provisions mere
in set forth relating thereto, and such or
iginal appraisement shall be 1nVaho ana
of no effect after such rejection
sec 2. Section 7647 of the General stat
11tes of Kansas of 1909 is hereby amended
To read as follows: Sec. 7647. The county
clerk shall Immediately file the appoint
ment of appraisers as provided for In
section 1, of this act, and the appra1sc-
ments made by such appraisers IN ms OF,
flee, and the final appraisement ne shar
record in a book kept for that purpose,
and he shall Immediately notify the
county treasurer of his county OF such
final appraisement
Of
all acts and parts of acts in conflict mere
with are hereby repealed
Sec i. This act shall take effect and pc
in force from and after its publ1catlon IL
the official state paper
I hereby certify that the above Bill or
istnated in the Senate, and passed that
body February "A, 1918.
Senate cOncurred in House amendment
March u. 1913
SHEFFIELD INGALLS,,
President of the Senate
BURT E. BROWN,
Secretary of the Senate.
Passed the House March II, 1913
w. L. BROWN,
Speaker of the House.
GEO. E. ROGERS.
Chief Clerk of the House
GEO. H. HODGES,
Governor.
State of Kansas
Office of the Secretary of State.
7 CHAS. H. SESSIONS, Secretary of
State of the State of Kansas do hereby
certify that the above and foregoing IS a
correct copy of the original enrolled Dill
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, 1 have
hereunto subscribed my name
ESeaLl and affixed my official sea-
this 18th day of March, 1913.
CHAS II. SESSIONS,
Secretary of State.