Colorado § 36-3-104 - Control of land - Carey act fund.
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§ 36-3-104. Control of land - Carey act fund.
The selection, management, and disposal of the land and all such lands as may be granted on or after June 1, 1911, to the state by the United States shall be vested in the state board of land commissioners as constituted, and that board is empowered to accept all moneys upon the part of the state from the purchasers of the land, and to place the same in a fund to be designated as the "Carey act fund", and to disburse the same as provided in this section. It is empowered to accept from the settlers, filing on lands under the provisions of the acts within the former Southern Ute and Ute Indian reservations, as defined in the amendatory acts of congress of March 1, 1907, and February 24, 1909, the sum of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre for each acre thereof to be patented and to pay the same into the treasury of the United States. The board is authorized to accept any future grants of such lands by the United States to this state and to agree to and accept on behalf of the state any conditions that may be imposed by the United States in relation thereto.
Source: L. 11: p. 303, § 2. C.L. § 1124. CSA: C. 134, § 22. CRS 53: § 112-2-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-2-4. L. 96: Entire section amended, p. 1222, § 22, effective August 7.
Cross references: (1) For the "Carey Act" and amendments thereto, see 43 U.S.C. §§ 641-648; for duties of the state board of land commissioners, see article 1 of this title and §§ 9 and 10 of art. IX, Colo. Const.
(2) For the legislative declaration contained in the 1996 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 237, Session Laws of Colorado 1996.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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