The state of Colorado accepts the conditions of section 4 of an act of congress entitled “An Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894, and for other purposes, approved August 18, 1894.”, together with all the grants of land to the state under the […]
The selection, management, and disposal of the land shall be vested in the state board of land commissioners. Source: L. 1895: p. 157, § 2. R.S. 08: § 5139. L. 11: p. 304, § 1. C.L. § 1122. CSA: C. 134, § 20. CRS 53: § 112-2-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-2-2.
The state accepts the conditions of section 4 of an act of congress, entitled “An Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894.”, together with all acts amendatory thereto, including the amendatory acts of congress of June 11, 1896, March 3, 1901, March 1, 1907, […]
The selection, management, and disposal of the land and all such lands as may be granted on or after June 1, 1911, to the state by the United States shall be vested in the state board of land commissioners as constituted, and that board is empowered to accept all moneys upon the part of the […]
The register of the board shall act as secretary, and it is his duty to keep a careful record of the transactions of the board in substantially bound books to be kept for that purpose and which shall be known as the record and proceedings of the state board of land commissioners under this article. […]
The register of the board shall have the custody of the records of the board, receive and file all proposals for the construction of irrigation works to reclaim lands selected under the provisions of this article, prepare and keep for public inspection maps and plats on a scale of two inches to the mile of […]
Any person, company of persons, association, or incorporated company desiring to construct ditches, canals, or other irrigation works to reclaim land under the provisions of this article shall file with the board a request for the selection on behalf of the state by the board of the land to be reclaimed, designating said land by […]
A certified check payable to the state board of land commissioners for a sum of not less than two hundred fifty dollars and not more than two thousand five hundred dollars, as may be determined by the rules of the board, shall accompany each such request and proposal. It shall be held as a guarantee […]
The person, company of persons, associations, or incorporated companies, making application to the board for the selection of lands by the state, shall have filed with the state engineer an application to appropriate water for the reclamation of the lands described in the request to the board. This application shall be of a form prescribed […]
Immediately upon the receipt of any request and proposal as designated in section 36-3-107, it is the duty of the secretary of the board to examine the same and ascertain if it complies with the rules of the board and the regulations of the department of the interior. If it does not, it is to […]
On receipt of the report of the state engineer, the register shall place the request and proposal, with the engineer’s report thereon, before the board for its consideration. In case of approval the board shall instruct the register to file in the local land office a request for the withdrawal of the land described in […]
In case the state engineer reports adversely upon the proposed irrigation works or where requests and proposals are not approved by the board, the board shall notify the parties making such proposals of such actions and the reasons therefor. Any party so notified shall have sixty days in which to submit another proposal; but the […]
Upon the withdrawal of the land by the department of the interior, it is the duty of the board to enter into a contract with the party submitting the proposal, which contract shall contain complete specifications of the location, dimensions, character, and estimated cost of the proposed ditch, canal, or other irrigation work and state […]
No proposal shall be considered by the board which requires a greater time than five years for the construction of the works. All proposals shall state that the work shall begin within six months from the date of contract; that at least one-tenth of the construction work shall be completed within two years from the […]
Upon the failure of any parties having contracts with the state for the construction of irrigation works to begin the same within the time specified by law, or to carry on work as provided in their contract, or to complete the same within the time or in accordance with the specifications of the contract with […]
Nothing in this article shall be construed as authorizing the board to obligate the state to pay for any work constructed under any contract or to hold the state in any way responsible to settlers for the failure of contractors to complete the work according to the terms of their contracts with the state. Source: […]
Immediately upon the withdrawal of any land for the state by the department of the interior, and the inauguration of work by the contractors, it is the duty of the board, by publication once each week, in one newspaper of the county in which the lands are situated, and in one newspaper at the state […]
Any citizen of the United States, or any person having declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States, over the age of twenty-one years, may make application, under oath, to the board to enter any of the land in an amount not to exceed one hundred and sixty acres for any one […]
As provided in the act of congress set out in section 36-3-103, all moneys received by the board from the sale of lands selected under the provisions of this article shall be deposited with the state treasurer, and such sums as may be necessary shall be available for the payment of the expenses of the […]
Within one year after any person, company of persons, association, or incorporated company authorized to construct irrigation works under the provisions of this article has notified the settlers under such works that it is prepared to furnish water under the terms of its contract with the state, the settlers shall cultivate and reclaim not less […]
