The governor, secretary of state, attorney general, state controller and superintendent of public instruction being constituted a state board of land commissioners by section 7 of article 9, of the Constitution of the state, as such board, have the direction, control and disposition of the public lands of the state. The board shall exercise the said constitutional functions through the instrumentality of a department of lands which is hereby created.
Idaho Code § 58-101
State land board — Constitution — Department of lands created
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Idaho v. Coeur Tribe of Idaho (1997)
Most recently applied in Wasden v. IDAHO STATE BD. OF LAND COM'RS (December 2010)
I.C., § 58-101, as added by 1895, p. 215, ch. 2, § 5; reen. 1899, p. 282, ch. 2, § 5; 1905, p. 131, § 30; 1905, p. 131, § 1; compiled R.C., § 1558; compiled and reen
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