1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state lands; authorizing public and private sales of certain tax-forfeited 
1.3 	lands in St. Louis County.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 1.6 	(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, 
1.7 	or other law to the contrary, St. Louis County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited 
1.8 	land described in paragraph (c).
1.9 	(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
1.10 	general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
1.11 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
1.12 	(1) Block 28, Bayview Addition to Duluth, Section 12, Range 15 West, Township 
1.13 	49 North;
1.14 	(2) Lot 87, Block 75, Duluth Proper Third Division, Section 28, Range 14 West, 
1.15 	Township 50 North;
1.16 	(3) the North 13 feet for street, Lot 5, Block 5, Woodland Park 8th Division, 1st Rear 
1.17 	Duluth, Section 2, Range 14 West, Township 50 North;
1.18 	(4) Lot 15, Block 13, Andersons 3rd Addition to Virginia, Section 17, Range 17 
1.19 	West, Township 58 North;
1.20 	(5) Lot 3, except the part platted and except the part beginning 247.12 feet East of 
1.21 	the southwest corner; thence East 663.99 feet North 27 degrees 49 minutes East 222.33 
1.22 	feet to the south line of highway North 62 degrees 11 minutes West 772.37 feet southerly 
1.23 	605.57 feet to the point of beginning and except the West 146.81 feet and except the 
2.1 	East 100.08 feet of the West 246.81 feet, Town of Beatty, Section 20, Range 18 West, 
2.2 	Township 63 North;
2.3 	(6) Lot 7, Gethesemane Acres Hermantown, Section 9, Range 15 West, Township 
2.4 	50 North; and
2.5 	(7) that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter lying West of the 
2.6 	Keewatin Highway, except the southerly 14-55/100 feet, Hibbing, Section 15, Range 21 
2.7 	West, Township 57 North.
2.8 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
2.9 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

2.10 	Sec. 2. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
2.11 	WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 2.12 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
2.13 	St. Louis County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
2.14 	in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
2.15 	(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
2.16 	general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
2.17 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
2.18 	(1) the easterly 220 feet of Lot A and Lot A except the easterly 220 feet and except 
2.19 	the westerly 50 feet, Block 37, Savanna Addition to Floodwood, Section 5, Range 20 
2.20 	West, Township 51 North;
2.21 	(2) the West Half of the West Half of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest 
2.22 	Quarter, Section 5, Range 14 West, Township 50 North;
2.23 	(3) Lot 3, Town of Biwabik, Section 23, Range 16 West, Township 58 North;
2.24 	(4) the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 
2.25 	32, Range 17 West, Township 57 North;
2.26 	(5) that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter lying northwesterly 
2.27 	of Little Fork River, except the North 150 and except the highway right-of-way, Section 
2.28 	18, Range 18 West, Township 62 North;
2.29 	(6) the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Section 20, Range 14 West, 
2.30 	Township 60 North;
2.31 	(7) Lot 6, Unorganized 56-14, Section 6, Range 14, Township 56; and
2.32 	(8) the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, except the West Half and except 
2.33 	the Southeast Quarter, Section 8, Range 16 West, Township 59 North.
2.34 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
2.35 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.