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SALES. SEC. 82 



SEC. 82. SALES WHEN AND HOW MADE. 



The Commissioner of Public Lands shall cause all such lands 

 or materials thereon to be sold and arrange such date of sale so 

 that it will fall on the first Tuesday of the month, except where 

 such Tuesday would fall on a legal holiday, in which case no 

 sales shall be made until the following month. Such sale shall 

 take place on the day advertised, between the hours of 10 o'clock 

 in the forenoon and 4 o'clock in the afternoon, in front of the 

 courthouse, or of the building in which the superior court is held, 

 in counties in which there is no courthouse, and shall be sold at 

 public auction to the highest bidder, on the terms prescribed 

 by section 83 and as specified in the notice in section 81 pro- 

 vided ; and no land shall be sold for less than its appraised value. 

 Such sale shall be conducted under the direction of the board, 

 or the Commissioner of Public Lands, by the county auditor 

 of the county in which the lands are situate ; and such auditor 

 shall at once deliver to the purchaser, under his hand and seal, 

 a memorandum of his purchase, containing a description of the 

 land purchased, the price bid and the terms of sale, upon the 

 delivery to such auditor, by the purchaser, either in cash 

 or by certified check, or draft drawn upon some bank doing 

 business in this state, or by postal order, of an amount equal 

 to one-tenth of the price of the land by him purchased, payable 

 to the order of the Commissioner of Public Lands; and such 

 auditor shall at once send to the Commissioner of Public Lands 

 such cash or certified check, draft or postal order and a copy of 

 the memorandum delivered to the purchaser, together with such 

 additional report of his doings and proceedings with reference 

 to such sale as may be required by the Commissioner of Public 

 Lands or the Board of State Land Commissioners. (Laws '97, 

 p. 238, sec. 14 ; amended, Laws '07, p. 313, sec. 1 ; amended, 

 Laws '09, p. 763, sec. 4 ; amended, Laws '13, p. 93, sec. 1 ; 3 

 Rem.-Bal., sec. 6672 ; 477 sec. *61 Pierce.) 



Former Laws: Laws '89-'90, pp. 441-443, sees. 9-12; Laws '93, pp. 394- 

 396, sees. 18-20; Laws '95, pp. 535-539, sees. 20-28. 



Appraisement and sale of granted lands: Const., Art. XVI, sees. 2-3, 

 ante. 



Re-offer of unsold lands: sec. 67, ante. 



