2007 Minnesota Code
Chapters 4 - 9 Constitutional Offices
Chapter 9 Executive Council
Section 9.041 SETTLEMENT OF CERTAIN CLAIMS AND CONTROVERSIES WITH UNITED STATES.

9.041 SETTLEMENT OF CERTAIN CLAIMS AND CONTROVERSIES WITH UNITED
STATES.
Subdivision 1. Proposing terms; accepting patents; reconveying. The Executive Council
may consider and propose terms of settlement to the legislature of all claims and controversies
between the state and the United States over lands granted to the state by the United States under
any act of Congress. It may consider and propose terms of settlement of these claims separately or
totally. When the legislature approves a settlement, the Executive Council may accept patents
of land issued by the United States and may reconvey to the United States any lands that it, by
unanimous vote, determines should be reconveyed to carry out the provisions of this section.
Subd. 2. Legislative action; small claims. No adjustment or settlement of any claim by the
Executive Council is final until ratified by the legislature. The Executive Council may make final
settlement and adjustment of individual claims of settlers or Indian allottees, where the land in
question does not exceed 100 acres.
Subd. 3. Auditor's report. The state auditor shall report to the Executive Council the
status of:
(1) All claims of the state against the United States for lands patented to the state by the
United States under any acts or grants relating to lands; and
(2) All claims of the United States against the state for lands alleged to have been wrongfully
patented or conveyed to the state by the United States.
Subd. 4. Auditor's expenses. The state auditor shall expend from any fund appropriated to
maintain any department of the auditor's office sums for clerk hire, travel, hotel bills, or other
expenses necessary to carry out this section. The state auditor shall audit and the Executive
Council shall approve these expenditures. A per diem expenditure may be audited and approved
for these purposes.
History: 1953 c 492 s 4; 1986 c 444; 1997 c 7 art 2 s 4