15-04 Leases of Original Grant Lands for Agricultural Purposes
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educational, penal, or charitable institutions may be leased for pasturage and meadow purposes
at public auction after notice as provided by this chapter. The lease may be for a period of not
more than five years. Grant lands which have never been placed under cultivation by a contract
purchaser, in the event such contract is canceled, may be leased for pasturage or meadow
purposes for a period of not more than five years. Grant lands which have been placed under
cultivation by a contract purchaser, in the event such contract is canceled, may be leased at the
discretion and under the control of the board of university and school lands for other than
pasturage and meadow purposes until the land is resold.All rents are payable annually inadvance.15-04-02.Lease of cultivated lands for summer fallow.The commissioner ofuniversity and school lands may lease cultivated lands in the several counties for a period of two
years for the purpose of summer-fallowing during the first year and cropping during the second
year, when, in the commissioner's opinion, it is necessary to clear the land of noxious weeds.
The lessee in such case shall pay only one year's rent for the land.15-04-03. Rent for cultivated lands. Repealed by S.L. 1995, ch. 162,