districts, and the State Board of Land Commissioners shall have full power to secure to such person, corporation, association or drainage district so furnishing drainage of state lands the payment of the cost of drainage upon state lands; Provided, That in no case shall the State Board of Land Commissioners have any power to use any of the school fund, either principal or interest, or cash fund, for any such purpose. Assessments secured. Title to land how con sidered. Sec. 3. In case of any such land included in any drainage project, the State Board of Land Commissioners shall be considered in all respects a freeholder so long as the lands remain unsold, but as soon as any of such land is sold, whether occurring before or after the time such land is included in such drainage project, the purchaser shall from the time of his purchase be considered as such freeholder and entitled to all the rights of the freeholder whether or not he has completed his payments to the State Board of Land Commissioners; Provided, That in no case shall any interest or title of the state to such lands be made liable or subjected to any claim for any drainage assessment by reason of the including of any such state land in sessment. any drainage project. State's title not subjected to lien for as pay assess ments. Sec. 4. All drainage assessments for draining any Purchaser such state land shall be paid by the purchaser thereof and the purchaser shall at the time of making the payments on the contract of purchase file a receipt from the treasurer, showing that the drainage assessments on such lands have been paid. Whenever a purchaser of state land shall fail or neglect to pay the drainage assessment or assessments as provided herein the certificate of purchase shall be cancelled and the land revert to the state and the state shall thereafter pay the annual assessments as provided in the case of unsold state lands. Sec. 5. Where the lands of the state are within a drainage project and the same are not held under certificate of purchase, the State Board of Land Commissioners is hereby authorized to pay the assessments, which assessments shall be charged as an improvement as provided in section 9 hereof. Land reverts if assessments not paid. Land board pay assesswhen. ments How drainage assessments paid by state. Payment of assessment if land is leased. Appropriation for paying assessments. Accounts kept by board. Sale of lands. in drainage districtsamount of assessments considered improvements. Sec. 6. Upon receiving a notice from the treasurer of any drainage project in which state lands have been included, it shall be the duty of the Register of the State Board of Land Commissioners to place the same before the said board at its next regular meeting. The board shall examine such notice of assessment and if the same is found correct it shall issue a voucher to the Auditor of State, who shall draw a warrant on the State Treasurer, payable out of any moneys in his hands belonging to the appropriation provided for in section 8 hereof. Such warrant shall be drawn in favor of the treasurer of the drainage project who shall issue receipt for such payment in the name of the State Board of Land Commissioners. Sec. 7. When the state lands included in a drainage project are leased the State Board of Land Commissioners may in its discretion require the lessee to pay to the State Board of Land Commissioners an amount, annually, to cover in whole or in part the drainage assessments. The additional amount so paid shall be used to pay in whole or in part the drainage assessments and the balance, if any, remaining unpaid shall be paid from the appropriation provided for in section 8 hereof. Sec. 8. There is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated, as a continuing appropriation, one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) annually, or so much thereof as may be required for the purpose of paying drainage district assessments as provided for in this act. Sec. 9. The State Board of Land Commissioners shall keep in a book provided for that purpose a ledger account of each forty acre tract of state land included in drainage projects and shall record therein all receipts and expenditures on account of the drainage project, and when any such tract is sold the purchasers shall in addition to the purchase price pay an amount of money shown by the ledger account to be due the general fund on such tract. The amount of money so collected shall be deposited by the Register of the State Board of Land Commissioners with the State Treasury to the credit of the general fund In the sale of state lands included in a drainage project the amount due the general fund, as shown by the ledger account, shall be shown in the advertisement of sale as an improvement on the land and shall be listed separately from other improvements. Approved: April 13, 1915. CHAPTER 130. PUBLIC LANDS EXCHANGE OF LANDS IN MESA COUNTY. Governor may deed land to Mesa County in exchange for suitable armory site. (S. B. No. 213, by Senator Kluge.) AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF ALL THE INTEREST Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado: That whenever the board of county commissioners of Mesa county, Colorado, shall cause to be conveyed to the State of Colorado, property in the city of Grand Junction, which, in the opinion of the military board shall be deemed suitable for an armory site in the city of Grand Junction, Colorado, that the Governor of the State of Colorado shall execute a deed of conveyance to Mesa County, Colorado, of all the interest of the State of Colorado in and to the southwest quarter (S. W. 4) of block eighty-four (84) of the city of Grand Junction. and that, upon the delivery of such deed to the said board of county commissioners of Mesa county, that all of the right, title and interest of the State of Colorado in and to said property shall vest in the said county of Mesa. Approved: April 12, 1915. CHAPTER 131. PUBLIC LANDS STATE BOARD OF LAND COMMISSIONERS-REPORT. (H. B. No. 245, by Mr. Dunklee.) AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR AND TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF Land board report all reagricultural ceipts from college lands. Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado: Section 1. That the State Board of Land Commissioners shall be and they are hereby required to transmit or cause to be transmitted to the secretary of the State Board of Agriculture, as the same are received, statements showing each item of receipt of money from all leases or sales and royalties, or as interest on purchase Details of money passing through its hands, derived from Agricultural College Land Grant land, which said statement shall name and describe the lands to which the money paid applies, from whom and for what received, and whether the item is credited to land income or permanent fund. statement. Annual to board of Sec. 2. On or before the second Wednesday in December of each and every year, the State Board of Land statement Commissioners shall furnish to the State Board of Agri- agriculture. culture a complete statement of all transactions had by them in connection with Agricultural College lands, which statement shall show: (a) Amounts received from sales of such lands, contents of describing the lands sold and the price received for each statement. tract and giving name of purchaser. |