9-15-43
Section 9-15-43 Sales of school lands - Disposition of revenues from sales. Any revenue
derived from the sale of school lands shall be paid by the Commissioner of Conservation and
Natural Resources to the Treasurer to be deposited to the proper township or townships as
provided for by the Constitution and laws of Alabama. A report of such sale shall be immediately
forwarded by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources to the State Superintendent
of Education, and such report shall show an accurate and legal description of the lands sold.
The Superintendent of Education upon receipt of such report shall immediately cause a memorandum
to be transmitted to the Treasurer showing which township or townships shall receive credit
from such sale and the amount of credit which shall be made thereto. (Acts 1939, No. 581,
p. 949, §13; Code 1940, T. 8, §245.)...
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9-15-39
Section 9-15-39 Disposition of revenues from sales of timber or minerals or from rentals
or leases - School lands. The revenue derived from any sale of timber or minerals from, or
rental or lease of, any school lands shall be paid by the Commissioner of Conservation and
Natural Resources to the Treasurer to be deposited to the credit of the proper township or
townships as provided for by the constitution and laws of Alabama, except that there shall
be retained by the Lands Division of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
a management fee of 10 percent of any and all revenue. An itemized statement of the revenue
derived from the sale or lease shall be immediately forwarded by the Commissioner of Conservation
and Natural Resources to the State Superintendent of Education, and the statement shall show
the items of sale, the amount of revenue derived therefrom, and a description of the land
from which the sale or lease was made. The Superintendent of Education, upon receipt...
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9-15-38
Section 9-15-38 Sales of timber or minerals from school or swamp and overflowed lands.
The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources may sell or cause to be sold timber
from school lands, swamp and overflowed lands, and other lands under the jurisdiction of the
State Lands Division, or minerals from school lands or swamp and overflowed lands, when in
his or her opinion the timber or minerals is of merchantable quality and quantity. Notice
of the sale of the timber or minerals shall be first advertised once a week for two successive
weeks in a newspaper published in the county where the timber or minerals are to be sold,
and the notice shall also be posted in a public place in the county. The notice shall describe
the timber or minerals to be sold and the amount and quality of the timber or minerals to
be sold and shall call for bids for the purchase price thereof. The notice shall further contain
the date upon which the bids shall be received and the date of the sale. If there...
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9-15-36
Section 9-15-36 Leasing of school lands. With the approval of the Governor, the Commissioner
of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby authorized to rent or lease school lands upon
such terms as he deems advisable, and he is also hereby authorized and empowered to rent or
lease school lands for the purposes of prospecting for oil or gas upon such lands and to execute
contracts for the sale of oil or gas from school lands, upon such terms and for such prices
or royalties as he may deem to be for the best interests of the state. The Commissioner of
Conservation and Natural Resources, with the approval of the Governor, is also hereby authorized
to lease school lands for the purpose of mining or removing therefrom coal, iron and other
minerals, other than oil or gas, upon a royalty basis and may include rights-of-way therein
or easements over or upon such lands as may be deemed necessary or convenient to the operation
or conduct of any mine or mining operation under such lease. (Acts...
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16-20-2
Section 16-20-2 Timber on reserved lots not to be injured. (a) The lots reserved for
timber are for the common benefit of the lessees of the other lots; but no timber shall be
cut down, injured or destroyed as long as there is sufficient on the other lots, which the
Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is to determine; but
the lessees must in no case cut down, injure or destroy such timber without permission from
said commissioner, which may be given on such terms as he may think proper, having due regard
to the interest of the township or district. (b) Any person who, without authority, cuts down,
boxes, injures or destroys any tree on school lands shall forfeit and pay for every such tree
the sum of $25.00, to be recovered before any court having jurisdiction in the name of the
county board of education for the school located in the township in which such lands are located,
or the school district in which such lands are located. (c) All fines and...
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9-15-44
Section 9-15-44 Exchanges of school lands. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural
Resources is hereby authorized to exchange school lands for other lands of equal value, with
the approval of the Governor and the State Superintendent of Education. The Commissioner of
Conservation and Natural Resources shall have the title to the land to be received by the
state examined; and, if in his opinion said title is without defect, he shall so certify to
the Governor and, provided the Governor and the State Superintendent of Education approve,
the Governor shall cause patents to be issued to those exchanging said lands. Such patent
shall vest a fee simple title in the grantee named therein. The title to the land received
in exchange for school land shall be in the State of Alabama in trust for the use of schools
and shall be classified as school land as defined by law. (Acts 1939, No. 581, p. 949, §12;
Code 1940, T. 8, §244.)...
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9-15-18
Section 9-15-18 Sale of timber, minerals, etc., from lands; lease, exchange or sale
of lands, etc. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby empowered
to sell or cause to be sold timber or minerals or other natural resources from all lands managed
or controlled under authority of this article when in his opinion he deems such timber or
minerals or other natural resources to be merchantable quantity and quality. All lands or
any interest therein over which the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall
exercise management and control by virtue of this article may be leased, exchanged or sold
by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources with the approval of the managing
head of the department or institution to which said lands belong and the approval of the Governor
of Alabama. (Acts 1945, No. 341, p. 554, §11.)...
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9-15-31
Section 9-15-31 Management and supervision of school lands, swamp and overflowed lands,
etc. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby expressly authorized
and empowered to have complete management of, and supervision over lands which are known as
school lands, as defined by Section 16-20-1, which lands are vested in or which may
hereafter be vested in the State of Alabama in trust for the use of schools, lands which are
known as swamp and overflowed lands, which are now or which may hereafter be owned by the
State of Alabama, the Salt Springs Lands reservation and any lands that may have been or may
be deeded to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources by the Director of the Department
of Revenue and of all papers, documents and records relating thereto, except those which are
required by law to be kept in the office of the Secretary of State. (Acts 1915, No. 76, p.
217, §1; Acts 1939, No. 581, p. 949, §1; Code 1940, T. 8, §232.)...
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9-15-34
Section 9-15-34 Institution, etc., of practice of forestry and enforcement of state
fire and trespass laws - School lands. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources
is hereby empowered to have forestry practiced upon school lands, to supervise and inaugurate
sound practices of forestry thereon, to put into effect and enforce state fire and timber
trespass laws on said lands and to do all things which in his opinion he deems advisable to
be done for the best interests of the state concerning school lands. (Acts 1939, No. 581,
p. 949, §2; Code 1940, T. 8, §235.)...
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9-15-17
Section 9-15-17 Fund for management, etc., of unused lands. All funds which shall be
retained by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources as charges against the
income from any lands administered by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
under authority of this article shall be delivered to the State Treasurer by the Commissioner
of Conservation and Natural Resources, and the State Treasurer shall keep said funds in a
special fund, which fund shall be used only for the preservation, management, protection and
improvement of unused lands and shall be paid out upon the requisition of the Commissioner
of Conservation and Natural Resources. Any balance remaining in said fund at the end of any
fiscal year shall not revert to the General Funds of the state but shall be allowed to accumulate
to the end that a fund may be provided for the management, protection, development and improvement
of unused lands; provided, that no funds shall be withdrawn nor expended for...
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