Wyoming Statutes

Wyo. Stat. § 36-1-104 (2026)

Acceptance of school lands.

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Under the provisions of article 18 of the constitution of the
state of Wyoming, the state of Wyoming hereby accepts the lands
granted to it by the act of congress entitled "An act to provide
for the admission of the state of Wyoming into the union, and
for other purposes", approved July 10, 1890, for the purposes in
the said act specified; and hereby accepts the grant of numbered
school sections mineral in character as made by the act of
congress entitled "An act confirming in states and territories
title to lands granted by the United States of America in aid of
common or public schools", approved January 25, 1927, subject to
the provisions and conditions of the said act, and the said
lands so granted by the United States of America to the state of
Wyoming are hereby solemnly set apart to the purposes specified
in the said acts.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2003–2003 · leading case: Dir. of the Off. of State Lands & Investments v. Merbanco, Inc., 2003 WY 73 (Wyo. 2003).
Dir. of the Off. of State Lands & Investments v. Merbanco, Inc., 2003 WY 73 (Wyo. 2003). · cites it 2× “Further evidence of the legislative branch's concurrence in exchanges without public auction was its adoption of statutes specifically allowing exchanges of school lands for both federal lands and private lands.”
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