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other objects, and donations of money with the conditions and limitations
that may be imposed by the act or acts of congress, making such grants or
donations. Such lands shall be disposed of only at public auction to the
highest responsible bidder, after having been duly appraised by the land
commissioners, at not less than three-fourths the appraised value thereof, and
for not less than $10 per acre; provided, that in the case of actual and bona
fide settlement and improvement thereon at the time of the adoption of this
constitution, such actual settler shall have the preference right to purchase
the land whereon he may have settled, not exceeding 160 acres at a sum not
less than the appraised value thereof, and in making such appraisement the
value of improvements shall not be taken into consideration. If, at any time
hereafter, the United States shall grant any arid lands in the state to the state,
on the condition that the state reclaim and dispose of them to actual settlers,
the legislature shall be authorized to accept such arid lands on such
conditions, or other conditions, if the same are practicable and reasonable.
Sec. 2. Application of proceeds of sale or rental. The proceeds
from the sale and rental of all lands and other property donated, granted or
received, or that may hereafter be donated, granted or received, from the
United States or any other source, shall be inviolably appropriated and
applied to the specific purposes specified in the original grant or gifts.
Sec. 3. Board of land commissioners. The governor, secretary of
state, state treasurer, state auditor and superintendent of public instruction
shall constitute a board of land commissioners, which under direction of the
legislature as limited by this constitution, shall have direction, control,
leasing and disposal of lands of the state granted, or which may be hereafter
granted for the support and benefit of public schools, subject to the further
limitations that the sale of all lands shall be at public auction, after such delay
(not less than the time fixed by congress) in portions at proper intervals of
time, and at such minimum prices (not less than the minimum fixed by
congress) as to realize the largest possible proceeds. And said board, subject
to the limitations of this constitution and under such regulations as may be
provided by law shall have the direction, control, disposition and care of all
lands that have been heretofore or may hereafter be granted to the state.
This section was amended by a resolution adopted by the 1921 legislature, ratified
by a vote of the people at the general election held on November 7, 1922, and proclaimed in
effect on December 20, 1922.
Sec. 4. Legislature to provide for disposition of lands. The
legislature shall enact the necessary laws for the sale, disposal, leasing or
care of all lands that have been or may hereafter be granted to the state, and
shall, at the earliest practicable period, provide by law for the location and
selection of all lands that have been or may hereafter be granted by congress
to the state, and shall pass laws for the suitable keeping, transfer and