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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