9-15-45
Section 9-15-45 Leases, exchanges or sales of swamp and overflowed lands. Swamp and overflowed
lands may be leased, exchanged or sold by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources
with the approval of the State Department of Mental Health. (Acts 1939, No. 581, p. 949, §14;
Code 1940, T. 8, §246.)...
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9-15-46
Section 9-15-46 Issuance of patents to purchasers of swamp and overflowed lands. All persons
purchasing said lands shall be entitled to a patent to said lands, and the Governor of Alabama,
when presented with the approval of the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources
and State Department of Mental Health, shall cause patents to be issued to those purchasing
said lands. Such patent shall vest a fee simple title in the grantee named therein. (Acts
1939, No. 581, p. 949, §15; Code 1940, T. 8, §247.)...
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9-15-30
Section 9-15-30 Title to swamp and overflowed lands and swamp and overflowed indemnity lands
patented to state by federal government; utilization, disposition, etc., of same generally.
(a) Title to all lands of the swamp and overflowed category or swamp and overflowed indemnity
lands, which are, subsequent to September 5, 1951, patented to the State of Alabama by the
federal government and recorded in the office of the Secretary of State, shall be vested in
the Division of Lands of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. (b) The Commissioner
of Conservation and Natural Resources shall utilize such lands for the purpose or purposes
which he deems to be most expedient and beneficial. He is hereby authorized to practice forestry
upon such lands and may lease such lands for the exploration or extraction of oil, gas or
other minerals. Said land shall be supervised and managed in the same manner as other lands
which are under the supervision of the Department of Conservation...
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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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9-15-82
Section 9-15-82 Article not to apply to certain transfers, reversions, sales, etc. (a) This
article shall not apply to the transfers of real property between departments, boards, bureaus,
commissions, institutions, corporations, or agencies of the state. These transfers may be
made by mutual agreements between the chief executive officers of the respective departments
with the approval of the Governor. This article shall not apply to the leasing or sale of
timber from unused lands under Section 9-15-1 et seq.; to the leasing or sale of timber from
school lands and swamp and overflowed lands under Section 9-15-30 et seq.; to the leasing
of oil, gas, and other minerals under Section 9-17-60 et seq.; real property sold by the Department
of Revenue under tax sales and redemptions; to the sale of property by the Alabama Historical
Commission under Section 41-9-249(7); to reversions made under Section 31-4-18; to the sale
or conveyance of real property by the Alabama Housing Finance...
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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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9-15-31
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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9-15-48
Section 9-15-48 Claims of title to swamp and overflowed lands. All persons claiming title to
any swamp and overflowed lands in this state under any alleged purchase or through any chain
of title may submit their claims to the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources
together with such evidence of purchase or claim, whereupon the Commissioner of Conservation
and Natural Resources shall have such claim examined and investigated as he may see fit; and,
if it is found that the state has parted with its title to such lands in a legal and effective
way, the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources shall so determine and shall certify
same to the Governor and the State Department of Mental Health; but, if the Commissioner of
Conservation and Natural Resources shall determine that the state has not parted with its
title to such lands in a legal or effective way but that equity and justice shall be better
served by a settlement with the claimant, he is hereby empowered to...
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9-15-35
Section 9-15-35 Institution, etc., of practice of forestry and enforcement of state fire and
trespass laws - Swamp and overflowed lands. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources
is hereby empowered to have forestry practiced upon swamp and overflowed 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
necessary to be done to promote the growth of timber thereon and to do all things which in
his opinion he deems advisable to be done for the best interests of the state concerning said
lands. (Acts 1939, No. 581, p. 949, §6; Code 1940, T. 8, §238.)...
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9-15-47
Section 9-15-47 Disposition of revenue from sales, etc., of swamp and overflowed lands. Any
revenue derived from the sale or adjustment of any swamp and overflowed lands as provided
in this article shall be paid by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources to
the State Department of Mental Health. (Acts 1939, No. 581, p. 949, §17; Code 1940, T. 8,
§249.)...
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