Minnesota Session Laws - 1984, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1984 

                        CHAPTER 540-H.F.No. 2238
           An act relating to natural resources; authorizing the 
          commissioner of natural resources to sell certain 
          lands in Koochiching County; appropriating money. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  [CONVEYANCE OF STATE LAND; KOOCHICHING COUNTY.] 
    Subdivision 1.  The state is the owner of Government Lot 
Seven, Section Twenty-five, Township Seventy-one North, Range 
Twenty-three West, in Koochiching County.  
    Subd. 2.  A cabin was inadvertently built on this state 
property in 1958 and has been owned, occupied, and improved 
since it was built.  
    Subd. 3.  Notwithstanding the provisions of Minnesota 
Statutes, section 92.45, to the contrary, the commissioner of 
natural resources may offer for sale and sell, in the manner 
provided for the sale of other trust fund lands, the following 
described land, except that the value of the improvements on the 
land shall be appraised separately.  If, at the sale of the land 
Rohl Peterson is the purchaser, he shall not be required to pay 
for the improvements upon furnishing an affidavit showing that 
the improvements were paid by him.  The land which the 
commissioner may offer for sale and sell is described as:  
That part of Government Lot 7 of Section 25, Township 71 
North, Range 23 West, Koochiching County, Minnesota, 
described as follows:  
 Commencing at the southwest corner of Lot 1, LAKEVIEW, 
according to the plat thereof as surveyed by R.E. Martin, 
said plat being on file and of record in the office of the 
County Recorder, Koochiching County, Minnesota; thence on 
an assumed bearing of North 75 degrees 39' 24" East, 62.01 
feet along the southerly line of said Lot 1 to the west 
line of said Government Lot 7 and the point of beginning; 
thence North 75 degrees 39' 24" East, 38.80 feet;  thence 
North 00 degrees 39' 24" East, 302 feet, more or less, to 
the water's edge of Rainy Lake;  thence southwesterly 45 
feet, more or less, along said water's edge to the west 
line of said Government Lot 7;  thence South 00 degrees 44' 
31" East, 298 feet, more or less, along said west line to 
the point of beginning.  
    Including all riparian rights to the contained 0.3 acres, 
more or less.  
    Subd. 4.  If a person other than Rohl Peterson purchases 
the land, the purchaser shall pay in cash to the state at the 
time of sale, in addition to all other required payments, the 
full amount for which the improvements are appraised.  The 
amount so received by the state for the improvements shall be 
paid over by the state treasurer, with the approval of the 
commissioner of finance, to Rohl Peterson or his successor in 
interest as compensation therefor, and the moneys required for 
the payment are appropriated for this purpose.  
    Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    Section 1 is effective the day following its final 
enactment. 
    Approved April 25, 1984