1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state lands; authorizing public sale of certain tax-forfeited land that 
1.3 	borders public water.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
1.6 	WATER; WILKIN COUNTY.
 1.7 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
1.8 	Wilkin County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
1.9 	paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
1.10 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
1.11 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
1.12 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Wilkin County and is described as: all that part of 
1.13 	the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 11, Township 134 North, Range 
1.14 	48 West of the 5th principal meridian, described as follows: commencing at the northeast 
1.15 	corner of Lot 11 of Block 5 in the village of Kent; thence in a northeasterly direction to a 
1.16 	point where the north line of said Lot 11 would intersect Whiskey Creek if extended and 
1.17 	projected in a northeasterly direction to said creek; running thence in a southwesterly 
1.18 	direction along and meandering said creek to a point where the north line of Lot 1 of Block 
1.19 	6 of the village of Kent would intersect said creek if extended and projected in a northeasterly 
1.20 	direction to said creek; running thence in a southwesterly direction to the northeast corner 
1.21 	of said Lot 1 of said Block 6 of the village of Kent; running thence in a northwesterly 
1.22 	direction and at right angles to said last mentioned line to the point of beginning; excepting 
1.23 	therefrom that certain tract of land conveyed to the village of Kent by warranty deed dated 
2.1 	July 8, 1940, and filed for record October 27, 1941, in Book 152 of Deeds, page 309, in the 
2.2 	Office of the County Recorder of Wilkin County, Minnesota (parcel number 27-011-0060).
2.3 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would best 
2.4 	be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.