24.53 Investigate land claims; deduct expenses. The board of commissioners of public lands shall investigate the rights of the state to school lands, normal school lands, university lands and agricultural college lands. The expenses incurred in making these investigations and taking necessary steps to protect common school lands, normal school lands, university lands and agricultural college lands and timber on those lands, as well as the expense of necessary surveys, records, appraisals and sales, upon the approval of the board, shall be deducted from the gross receipts of the fund to which the proceeds from the sale of the land or timber will be added.
History: 1979 c. 34 s. 699g; Stats. 1979 s. 24.53.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 24 - Public domain and the trust funds.
24.01 - Definitions and classification.
24.02 - Addition to the public lands.
24.04 - Administrative receipts and disbursements.
24.07 - Sale of land with water power.
24.09 - Procedure before sale or exchange; withdrawal; resale.
24.12 - Forfeit for failure to pay.
24.14 - Rights of swampland purchasers.
24.145 - State-owned swamplands; proceeds; disposition.
24.16 - Applications for private sale.
24.17 - Receipt and certificate.
24.18 - Entry of sale and patent.
24.20 - Payments and accounts.
24.21 - Accounts with purchasers.
24.22 - Excessive payments to be refunded.
24.24 - Effect of certificate.
24.25 - Issuance and record of patent.
24.251 - Patents, issuance; county may record.
24.27 - Purchase money a loan.
24.30 - Liability of former purchaser.
24.31 - Advertisement and resale of forfeited lands.
24.32 - Resale and redemption.
24.33 - Resale may be canceled.
24.341 - Offset to refund on void sales.
24.35 - Annulment of certificates and patents.
24.355 - Limitation of actions.
24.36 - Lost certificates and patents.
24.39 - Leases of public lands.
24.40 - Easements; annexation.
24.53 - Investigate land claims; deduct expenses.
24.54 - Records; copies as evidence.
24.55 - Executive secretary; deputy; staff; appointments; duties; oath.
24.59 - Sale of public lands to state under Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardship 2000 program.
24.605 - Accounts in trust funds for deposit of proceeds from sale of certain lands.
24.61 - Authorized investments and loans.
24.63 - Term, amount, interest rate.
24.64 - Reimbursements for certain administrative services.
24.65 - Date when interest and principal become due.
24.67 - Certificates of indebtedness.
24.68 - Payment of state trust fund loans.
24.69 - Sale of state trust fund loans.
24.70 - Collection from borrowers other than school districts.
24.71 - Collections from school districts.
24.715 - Collections from federated public library systems.
24.716 - Collections from drainage districts.
24.717 - Collections from local professional baseball park districts.
24.718 - Collections from local exposition districts.
24.74 - Duty of attorney general and revenue department.
24.75 - Interest, how accounted for.
24.77 - Common school fund income.