Minnesota Session Laws - 1985, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1985 

                        CHAPTER 179-S.F.No. 1353
           An act relating to natural resources; authorizing the 
          commissioner of natural resources to sell certain 
          lands in St. Louis county. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  [CONVEYANCE OF STATE LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [AUTHORIZATION.] Notwithstanding Minnesota 
Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural resources 
may offer for sale and sell, in the manner provided for the sale 
of other trust fund lands, the land described in subdivision 3, 
except that the value of the improvements on the land shall be 
appraised separately.  The conveyance must be in a form approved 
by the attorney general.  
    Subd. 2.  [CONDITIONS OF SALE.] (a) If at the sale of the 
land Charles Neuenschwander is the purchaser, he is not required 
to pay for the improvements upon furnishing an affidavit showing 
that the improvements were paid by him.  
    (b) If a person other than Charles Neuenschwander purchases 
the land, the purchaser shall pay in cash to the state at the 
time of sale, in addition to all required payments, the full 
amount for which improvements are appraised.  The amount 
received by the state for the improvements shall be paid by the 
state treasurer, with the approval of the commissioner of 
finance, to Charles Neuenschwander or his successor in interest 
as compensation for the improvements.  The moneys required for 
the payment are appropriated for this purpose. 
    Subd. 3.  [LAND DESCRIPTION.] The commissioner may offer 
for sale and sell the land described as:  that part of 
government lot one of section seven, township sixty-nine north, 
range twenty-one west, St. Louis county, Minnesota, described as 
follows:  beginning at the northwest corner of said government 
lot one; thence on an assumed bearing of south 88 degrees 09' 
58" east, 25.00 feet along the north line thereof; thence South 
01 degree 07' 00" west, 349 feet, more or less, to the water's 
edge of Kabetogama Lake; thence westerly 25 feet, more or less, 
along said water's edge to the west line of said government lot 
one; thence north 00 degrees 12' 43" east, 358 feet, more or 
less, along said west line to the point of beginning; containing 
0.2 acres, more or less. 
    Subd. 4.  [REASON FOR SALE.] A resort cabin was 
inadvertently built on this state property in the 1940s and has 
been owned, occupied, and improved since it was built. 
    Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment. 
    Approved May 21, 1985