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NE Code § 72-305 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-305 - Mineral rights; lease; forfeiture; grounds.

72-305.  Mineral rights; lease; forfeiture; grounds.Failure to progress with due diligence, or failure to make reports regularly as provided, or special reports when requested, or the filing of a statement which is untrue as to material facts, will subject the lease to forfeiture, and the termination of the rights of the lessee upon an order of the Board of Educational Lands and Funds.Source   Laws 1918, Thirty-sixth Spec. Sess., c. 7, § 5, p. 45;   C.S.1922, § 5223;   C.S.1929, § 72-305;   R.S.1943, § 72-305;  Laws 1999, LB 779, § 47.
NE Code § 72-306 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-306 - Minerals; discovery; report required; delay in development; powers of board.

72-306.  Minerals; discovery; report required; delay in development; powers of board.Upon the discovery of potash or other minerals or substances in commercial quantities, the lessee shall report the same to the Board of Educational Lands and Funds within thirty days, together with a statement showing how soon facilities necessary for production and marketing may be completed. If the board deems there is an unnecessary delay between the time of discovery and the time of production, a showing may be required as to the cause of the delay and, if it be found to be out of proportion to a reasonable length of time, the board may demand more rapid development or the surrender or cancellation of the lease.Source   Laws 1918, Thirty-sixth Spec. Sess., c. 7, § 6, p. 45;   C.S.1922, § 5224;   C.S.1929, § 72-306;   Laws 1943, c. 164, § 16, p. 584;   R.S.1943, § 72-306.
NE Code § 72-307 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-307 - Mineral rights; lease; renewal; when authorized; terms.

72-307.  Mineral rights; lease; renewal; when authorized; terms.The lessee may have a right to the renewal of the lease upon the same terms as provided in section 72-303, so long as such minerals or other valuable substances are produced in paying quantities; Provided, such leases shall in no instance contain any provision abridging the rights of future legislatures to make such laws as may in their judgment be necessary to conserve the interests of the state. If the lessee shall have made extensive tests, or a showing satisfactory to the Board of Educational Lands and Funds that he has proceeded in good faith, even though no successful production has resulted, the board may, upon such showing, grant an extension or renewal for further prospecting.Source   Laws 1918, Thirty-sixth Spec. Sess., c. 7, § 7, p. 45;   C.S.1922, § 5225;   C.S.1929, § 72-307;   R.S.1943, § 72-307. Annotations That no provision is made in this section for ascertaining the amount of damages to growing crops does not injure the agricultural lessee's right to compensation for any such damage. Briggs v. Neville, 103 Neb. 1, 170 N.W. 188 (1918).
NE Code § 72-308 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-308 - Mineral rights; lease; terms; rights and duties of lessee.

72-308.  Mineral rights; lease; terms; rights and duties of lessee.A mineral prospector's lease shall be issued to the highest and best bidder. The lease issued shall provide that the royalty shall be not less than five percent, in addition to the rent to be determined by the Board of Educational Lands and Funds after examination and report by the Conservation and Survey Division of the University of Nebraska and before leasing. Such minerals or substances shall be set apart in pipelines, tanks, or other receptacles, suitable for receiving the same, to the credit and benefit of the state or, at the option of the state and by the approval of the board, the lessee shall pay the board each thirty days the gross market value thereof in cash. The state shall reserve the right to fully use and enjoy, for tillage or other agricultural use, the area leased for minerals, except such parts thereof as may be necessary for mining and development purposes, and a right-of-way over and across the premises to the place of mining or operating, and for pipelines. The lessee shall pay for all damages to growing crops, caused by such operations, and for the use of the land necessarily occupied. The lessee shall have the privilege of using sufficient water from the premises leased to run necessary boilers and engines incident to and used in the operations of the drills, mines, or development of products covered by the lease, and the right to remove the machinery, fixtures, and buildings placed on the premises by the lessee or those acting under the lessee. The state, or its authorized agent, may pay for and retain any structures or improvements sought to be removed by the lessee upon the abandonment, expiration, or cancellation of the lease.Source   Laws 1918, Thirty-sixth Spec. Sess., c. 7, § 8, p. 45;   C.S.1922, § 5226;   C.S.1929, § 72-308;   Laws 1943, c. 164, § 17, p. 585;   R.S.1943, § 72-308;   Laws 1969, c. 592, § 2, p. 2444;  Laws 1999, LB 779, § 48.
NE Code § 72-309 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-309 - Mineral rights; lease; bids; award; how made.

72-309.  Mineral rights; lease; bids; award; how made.Where two or more applications are received for the same land, the rights thereon may be awarded to the legally qualified applicant making the highest and best bid, to be determined by taking into consideration both the bonus and royalty, the award being made after proper legal notice in such manner as the Board of Educational Lands and Funds shall determine best calculated to protect public interests.Source   Laws 1918, Thirty-sixth Spec. Sess., c. 7, § 9, p. 46;   C.S.1922, § 5227;   C.S.1929, § 72-309;   R.S.1943, § 72-309. Annotations It is the duty of the board in considering bids for leases to investigate as to the relative advantages that would accrue to the state under the respective offers. Briggs v. Neville, 103 Neb. 1, 170 N.W. 188 (1918).
NE Code § 72-310 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-310 - Mineral rights; lease; entry by state; when authorized.

72-310.  Mineral rights; lease; entry by state; when authorized.The right of the state, or its authorized agents, to enter upon its own lands, and to remove therefrom any substances necessary for road construction, or in structures of public buildings, or other public or general purposes, shall not be denied or abridged by any lease granted hereunder.Source   Laws 1918, Thirty-sixth Spec. Sess., c. 7, § 10, p. 46;   C.S.1922, § 5228;   C.S.1929, § 72-310;   R.S.1943, § 72-310.
NE Code § 72-311 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-311 - Mineral rights; lease; assignment; unauthorized transfers.

72-311.  Mineral rights; lease; assignment; unauthorized transfers.No assignment shall be valid unless it has the approval of the Board of Educational Lands and Funds and has been recorded in the office of the board, and, if the grantee is otherwise legally disqualified, approval by the board, or recording, will not make such assignment valid. Any association, corporate or otherwise, operating on state lands, transferring its interests or capital stock, or more than ten percent thereof, to any association or corporation which is legally disqualified for holding, or which has its full quota of state leases, will render the leases it holds void upon an order of the state board or act of the Legislature. The purpose of sections 72-301 to 72-314 is to prevent for all times, directly and indirectly, the monopolization of natural resources of the State of Nebraska.Source   Laws 1918, Thirty-sixth Spec. Sess., c. 7, § 11, p. 47;   C.S.1922, § 5229;   C.S.1929, § 72-311;   R.S.1943, § 72-311.
NE Code § 72-312 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-312 - Alkali, potash, or saline lakes partly on state land; joint operation; failure to agree; effect.

72-312.  Alkali, potash, or saline lakes partly on state land; joint operation; failure to agree; effect.Alkali, potash, or saline lakes, ponds, or marshes, located partly upon state lands and partly upon private lands, shall be measured, tested, and analyzed by the Conservation and Survey Division of the University of Nebraska which shall report to the Board of Educational Lands and Funds, and the proportion of the area and content belonging to each owner shall be determined from such report. If the state lessees and private owners or lessees are unable to agree for joint operation of such area, no alkali, potash, or salines in solution shall be removed from such ponds, lakes, or marshes until after thirty days' notice by certified or registered mail to all parties concerned. Any or all parties may then operate by rendering monthly an accounting to the board and by paying to the county treasurer in the county in which the land is located, for the state educational funds, the royalty due the state, as determined by the board. The state shall, at all times, be permitted to examine the books and methods of bookkeeping with relation to the accounts in which the state is interested and to furnish, if deemed necessary by the board, assistants to make analyses or for checking the quality and quantity of minerals or substances removed.Source   Laws 1918, Thirty-sixth Spec. Sess., c. 7, § 12, p. 47;   C.S.1922, § 5230;   C.S.1929, § 72-312;   R.S.1943, § 72-312;   Laws 1969, c. 592, § 3, p. 2445;   Laws 1987, LB 93, § 18.
NE Code § 72-313 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-313 - Violations; penalty.

72-313.  Violations; penalty.Any person operating pumps, or providing channels, or altering natural conditions in any way, by which the waters and valuable substances upon or in public lands and waters of the state are taken, drained or removed, without first securing approval of the Board of Educational Lands and Funds, shall be deemed guilty of a Class II misdemeanor and subject to an additional fine equal to the value of the product taken.Source   Laws 1918, Thirty-sixth Spec. Sess., c. 7, § 14, p. 48;   C.S.1922, § 5232;   C.S.1929, § 72-313;   R.S.1943, § 72-313;   Laws 1977, LB 39, § 179.
NE Code § 72-314 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-314 - Rules; power of Board of Educational Lands and Funds.

72-314.  Rules; power of Board of Educational Lands and Funds.Rules may be adopted by the Board of Educational Lands and Funds found necessary for carrying out the purposes and provisions of sections 72-301 to 72-314, and such rules, where not in conflict with said sections, shall have the same force and effect.Source   Laws 1918, Thirty-sixth Spec. Sess., c. 7, § 15, p. 48;   C.S.1922, § 5233;   C.S.1929, § 72-314;   R.S.1943, § 72-314.
NE Code § 72-407 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-407 - Federal forts; preservation, restoration and development board; membership.

72-407.  Federal forts; preservation, restoration and development board; membership.Upon filing, with the Governor, a petition signed by one hundred qualified electors of any county wherein is situated in whole or in part an abandoned federal fort suitable for preservation as a historical site for memorial and state park purposes, praying for the creation and establishment of Fort ......... Preservation, Restoration and Development Board, hereinafter called board, the Governor shall, within thirty days after receiving such petition, select two residents of the county wherein the fort site, or a major portion of the fort site, is located, and one resident of an adjoining county, who shall act as trustees on the board. The Governor shall notify in writing forthwith the first trustees selected by him to serve on the board, by communication addressed through the mail to each of them. The Governor shall forward a copy of his letters of appointment to the county treasurer of the county in which the fort or a major portion of the fort site is located, who acts as treasurer ex officio of the board as provided in section 72-416.Source   Laws 1941, c. 148, § 1, p. 583;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 72-411;   R.S.1943, § 72-407;   Laws 1959, c. 331, § 1, p. 1204.
NE Code § 72-408 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-408 - Preservation, restoration and development board; trustees; term; qualifications.

72-408.  Preservation, restoration and development board; trustees; term; qualifications.The term of office of the trustees on the board shall be for a period of three years, except the first trustees on the board, who shall be appointed by the Governor as follows: One trustee for one year, one trustee for two years, and one trustee for three years. Each of the trustees first or thereafter appointed shall be a person who is interested in the preservation, restoration and development of the fort property as a memorial to Nebraska pioneers, and as a reservation to preserve the ideals of Nebraska's early settlers as a state park, or other appropriate historical memorial site. When the respective terms of office of the first trustees appointed to the board shall expire, their successors shall be selected by the county board of the county wherein the fort site or a major portion of the fort site is located; and the trustees appointed to the board shall each hold office until his successor is appointed and qualified.Source   Laws 1941, c. 148, § 1, p. 583;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 72-411;   R.S.1943, § 72-408.
NE Code § 72-409 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-409 - Board; minute book; vacancies; how filled.

72-409.  Board; minute book; vacancies; how filled.The board shall keep a minute book of its proceedings, which shall be open at all reasonable times to public inspection. Vacancies appearing on the board shall be filled by the county board in like manner as regular appointments to the board are made.Source   Laws 1941, c. 148, § 1, p. 583;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 72-411;   R.S.1943, § 72-409.
NE Code § 72-410 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-410 - Board; office; records; organization; officers; meetings.

72-410.  Board; office; records; organization; officers; meetings.The board shall maintain its office or principal place of business in the office of the county clerk of the county where its treasurer has his or her office and shall hold its meetings, which shall be open to the public, in the district courtroom of such county. The minute book of the board and all other papers, records, or correspondence shall be kept on file and preserved by its secretary in the office of the county clerk. The first board shall organize within ten days after the date of its written notice of appointment by the Governor. The county treasurer shall, upon receipt of his or her copy of the letters of appointment from the Governor, issue a call for the initial meeting of the trustees for a day and hour certain, shall call the meeting to order, shall act as temporary chairperson, shall examine and verify the credentials of the Governor's appointees to the board with his or her copy thereof, and shall deliver all documents of credentials to the secretary of the board when he or she is later chosen. The appointees shall select from their own number a chairperson and a secretary, whose terms of office shall be for a period of one year. Each year thereafter the board shall hold its annual meeting and shall meet and organize for the ensuing year at the place designated in this section for holding its regular meetings on the day and hour prescribed by the bylaws. Notice of the time and place of holding the annual meeting of the board shall be given by the secretary by publication one time in a legal newspaper published in and of general circulation in the county or, if none is published in the county, in a legal newspaper of general circulation in the county not less than ten days before the day when the annual meeting is held. The chairperson and secretary shall hold office until their successors are selected and qualified.Source   Laws 1941, c. 148, § 2, p. 584;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 72-412;   R.S.1943, § 72-410;   Laws 1986, LB 960, § 38.
NE Code § 72-411 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-411 - Board; trustees; oath.

72-411.  Board; trustees; oath.All trustees comprising the board shall take an oath in writing in such form as the county attorney of the county shall provide and approve, faithfully to execute the duties and trusts committed to their care and management, and to dispose of the funds and income and corpus of such trusts in conformity with sections 72-407 to 72-420 and the wishes expressed in the instruments creating the trust estates.Source   Laws 1941, c. 148, § 2, p. 584;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 72-412;   R.S.1943, § 72-411.
NE Code § 72-412 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-412 - Boards; powers and duties.

72-412.  Boards; powers and duties.The boards created and governed by sections 72-407 to 72-420 shall be bodies corporate and politic, and may sue and be sued, may contract or be contracted with; may acquire, hold, mortgage, and convey property, real or personal, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of acquiring abandoned federal fort sites and preserving, restoring, or developing the same in keeping with the intent and purpose of the sections above specified; may take private property for public use in acquiring such fort sites; may exercise the power of eminent domain so granted in the manner set forth in sections 76-704 to 76-724; may exercise all ancillary powers to carry into force and effect all powers granted in general terms; may adopt bylaws not inconsistent with the sections above specified to assist them in carrying out their functions and duties specifically granted herein; may receive and safeguard donations, gifts in cash or its equivalent, and donations in trust subservient to the uses stipulated by donors; may cooperate with and enter into contracts with the United States of America or any of its bureaus, divisions, or agencies, for the acquisition, restoration, development, and maintenance of abandoned fort sites, for the repair of existing buildings, and for the construction of buildings and other improvements thereon; may issue membership or foundation certificates, and receive the proceeds thereof under such terms and conditions as provided in the bylaws; and may issue revenue bonds for the purpose of effectuating the intent of the sections above specified in such method or manner as the bylaws shall provide.Source   Laws 1941, c. 148, § 3, p. 585;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 72-413;   R.S.1943, § 72-412;   Laws 1951, c. 101, § 112, p. 500.
NE Code § 72-413 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-413 - Forts; federal aid; acceptance.

72-413.  Forts; federal aid; acceptance.Full and complete acceptance and assent is made and given by the State of Nebraska to all and every one of the terms and conditions set forth in the Acts of Congress which offer aid to the state for the agencies of the state government, including boards created by section 72-407, by way of grants in aid of construction of public buildings for the preserving, restoring and developing of abandoned federal fort sites.Source   Laws 1941, c. 148, § 4, p. 585;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 72-414;   R.S.1943, § 72-413.
NE Code § 72-414 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-414 - Board; employees; compensation.

72-414.  Board; employees; compensation.The board of trustees shall have power to pass bylaws for the regulation of its business and affairs, and in such bylaws shall provide for the appointment or employment of such agents, servants and employees, subject to the order of the board, as it may find necessary or expedient in the conduct of its affairs and business, and shall fix the compensation and term or terms of service of the agents, servants and employees so appointed.Source   Laws 1941, c. 148, § 5, p. 585;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 72-415;   R.S.1943, § 72-414.
NE Code § 72-415 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-415 - Board; secretary; duties.

72-415.  Board; secretary; duties.The secretary of the board shall keep the minutes of the board and shall perform such other services as may be required by him of the board, and may receive such compensation as may be fixed by the board from time to time.Source   Laws 1941, c. 148, § 6, p. 586;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 72-416;   R.S.1943, § 72-415.
NE Code § 72-416 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-416 - Board; treasurer; bond.

72-416.  Board; treasurer; bond.The treasurer of the county in which the board has its principal place of business and operates, shall act as treasurer of the board ex officio, and he shall receive such compensation for such services as may be fixed from time to time by the board. He shall be liable on his official bond for the safekeeping of board funds, and his bond shall be increased or diminished from time to time as the condition, amount and safety of the funds of the board in his hands may require.Source   Laws 1941, c. 148, § 7, p. 586;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 72-417;   R.S.1943, § 72-416.
NE Code § 72-417 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-417 - Board; records; audits.

72-417.  Board; records; audits.The board shall keep full and complete minutes of all transactions occurring at its meetings, such minutes to be kept in a well-bound book, which shall be open to the inspection of the public at all reasonable times, and the board shall also keep a well-bound book or books in which shall be recorded all instruments, documents, resolutions, bylaws, or other writings under which title to money or property is given, granted, taken, or held for the use of the board, and the same shall be a public record. The board shall also keep books of account that show all receipts and disbursements and the true condition of the funds and trusts committed to its charge. Such books of account shall be audited by the person conducting the audit pursuant to section 23-1608 and by the county clerk whenever, and as often as, an audit is made of all accounts of the county. An audit of the board's books of account may be ordered by the county board at any time it deems that such an audit is advisable.Source   Laws 1941, c. 148, § 8, p. 586;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 72-418;   R.S.1943, § 72-417;  Laws 2000, LB 692, § 10.
NE Code § 72-418 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-418 - Board; legal counsel.

72-418.  Board; legal counsel.The county attorney of the county in which the board operates shall act as legal advisor for the board without extra compensation; Provided, the board may employ from time to time for special pieces of legal work additional counsel, whenever it deems such employment necessary for the administration of its affairs and business.Source   Laws 1941, c. 148, § 9, p. 586;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 72-419;   R.S.1943, § 72-418.
NE Code § 72-419 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-419 - Board; expenses; payment.

72-419.  Board; expenses; payment.The trustees composing the board shall serve without compensation but may appropriate and disburse sufficient of the funds in their control by filing a request for such trust funds, to be ordered, sworn to, and allowed by the trustees as other requests for payment from such county, to pay the expenses of administering their trusts.Source   Laws 1941, c. 148, § 10, p. 587;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 72-420;   R.S.1943, § 72-419;   Laws 1988, LB 864, § 9.