2005 Minnesota Statutes

     465.19 City to own old channel if it pays for United 
  States channel change. 

    When any portion of the channel of any river navigable for 
 commercial purposes within the limits of any city in this state 
 is changed by or under the authority of the United States 
 government or any other authority for the improvement of 
 navigation and the cost of such change or any portion thereof is 
 borne by the city within which change is made the old bed of the 
 river or portion thereof abandoned by reason of any such change, 
 shall belong to and become the property in fee simple of the 
 city in which the same is situate without further act or 
 ceremony.  The recording, in the office of the county recorder 
 of the county in which such city is located, of a copy of this 
 section together with the filing of a plat or map certified by 
 the secretary of defense of the United States or the United 
 States government engineer in charge of the changes of the 
 channel hereinbefore referred to, showing the respective 
 locations of the water line of the old or original bed of the 
 river and such changed location, shall constitute sufficient 
 evidence of title of such city to the old river bed and lands 
 hereinbefore referred to.  Upon the request of any such city the 
 governor and the commissioner of finance shall also execute and 
 deliver to such city a deed of conveyance transferring all of 
 the right, title, and interest of the state of Minnesota in and 
 to such old river bed and lands within the limits of such city, 
 and the lands so reclaimed or acquired may be held, used, or 
 disposed of by such city as the common council shall determine 
 to be for the best interests of such city. 

    HIST: (1350) 1911 c 291 s 2; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1976 c 2 s 135; 
 1976 c 181 s 2; 2005 c 4 s 114