Okla. Stat. tit. 64, § 64-1040
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Certain lands to be sold
Official statutory text
A. The Commissioners of the Land Office shall dispose of, sell
and convey, subject to the limitations, exceptions, conditions,
rules, regulations and instructions, provided by law, except where
the land is embraced in any reservation specifically reserved from
sale for any special purpose, all the following enumerated and
described school and public lands of this state:
1. All lands owned by this state, reserved, granted, and taken
in lieu of sections numbered sixteen, thirty-six, thirteen and
thirty-three and known as indemnity lands. When the lands as
described in this paragraph or any part of the lands are sold and
conveyed, the proceeds derived therefrom shall be prorated among the
several funds as their interest may appear, and used as provided by
law;
2. All lands embraced in sections numbered thirty-three in that
part of the state formerly known as Oklahoma Territory, and granted
to the state for charitable and penal institutions and public
buildings. All the money derived from the sale of any or all of the
lands described in this paragraph shall be apportioned and disposed
of as may be provided by law; and
3. All lands granted to this state by the United States under
and by virtue of Section 12 of the Enabling Act for the following
purposes, namely:
a. for the benefit of the Oklahoma University, two
hundred fifty thousand (250,000) acres,
b. for the benefit of Oklahoma State University, two
hundred fifty thousand (250,000) acres,
c. for the benefit of the University Preparatory School,
one hundred fifty thousand (150,000) acres,
d. for the benefit of Langston University, one hundred
thousand (100,000) acres, and
e. for the benefit of the normal schools now established
or which may be established, three hundred thousand
(300,000) acres. All money derived from the sale of
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any of the lands described in this paragraph shall be
invested for the state in trust, and interest thereon
shall be used exclusively and as above apportioned in
the support and maintenance of the schools.
B. If any tract, part or parcel of any of the land enumerated
and described in this section, was or shall be returned to the
Commissioners of the Land Office by a board of appraisers, including
those tracts of land embraced in sections numbered thirteen, sixteen
and thirty-six, and otherwise herein reserved from sale, that are
now platted and occupied and leased directly from the State of
Oklahoma for townsite purposes, as being more valuable for townsite
than for agricultural purposes, then the tract, part or parcel of
the land shall be reserved by the Commissioners of the Land Office
from sale and disposed of subject to the conditions of this title.
R.L. 1910, § 7144. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 246, § 28, eff. Nov. 1,
1998; Laws 2010, c. 41, § 30, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010. Renumbered
from § 181 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 92, emerg. eff.
April 2, 2010.
and convey, subject to the limitations, exceptions, conditions,
rules, regulations and instructions, provided by law, except where
the land is embraced in any reservation specifically reserved from
sale for any special purpose, all the following enumerated and
described school and public lands of this state:
1. All lands owned by this state, reserved, granted, and taken
in lieu of sections numbered sixteen, thirty-six, thirteen and
thirty-three and known as indemnity lands. When the lands as
described in this paragraph or any part of the lands are sold and
conveyed, the proceeds derived therefrom shall be prorated among the
several funds as their interest may appear, and used as provided by
law;
2. All lands embraced in sections numbered thirty-three in that
part of the state formerly known as Oklahoma Territory, and granted
to the state for charitable and penal institutions and public
buildings. All the money derived from the sale of any or all of the
lands described in this paragraph shall be apportioned and disposed
of as may be provided by law; and
3. All lands granted to this state by the United States under
and by virtue of Section 12 of the Enabling Act for the following
purposes, namely:
a. for the benefit of the Oklahoma University, two
hundred fifty thousand (250,000) acres,
b. for the benefit of Oklahoma State University, two
hundred fifty thousand (250,000) acres,
c. for the benefit of the University Preparatory School,
one hundred fifty thousand (150,000) acres,
d. for the benefit of Langston University, one hundred
thousand (100,000) acres, and
e. for the benefit of the normal schools now established
or which may be established, three hundred thousand
(300,000) acres. All money derived from the sale of
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any of the lands described in this paragraph shall be
invested for the state in trust, and interest thereon
shall be used exclusively and as above apportioned in
the support and maintenance of the schools.
B. If any tract, part or parcel of any of the land enumerated
and described in this section, was or shall be returned to the
Commissioners of the Land Office by a board of appraisers, including
those tracts of land embraced in sections numbered thirteen, sixteen
and thirty-six, and otherwise herein reserved from sale, that are
now platted and occupied and leased directly from the State of
Oklahoma for townsite purposes, as being more valuable for townsite
than for agricultural purposes, then the tract, part or parcel of
the land shall be reserved by the Commissioners of the Land Office
from sale and disposed of subject to the conditions of this title.
R.L. 1910, § 7144. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 246, § 28, eff. Nov. 1,
1998; Laws 2010, c. 41, § 30, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010. Renumbered
from § 181 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 92, emerg. eff.
April 2, 2010.
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