Legal Opinion
Opinion No. (2002)
Oklahoma Attorney General Reports
Decided August 19, 2002Published
1Opinion of the Court
Dear Senator Rabon,
¶ 0 This office has received your request for an official Attorney General Opinion in which you ask the following questions:
1. May the Commissioners of the Land Office lawfully utilizethe permanent school funds to purchase timberland or other realestate? 2. If so, are there any restrictions imposed by law on suchpurchases?
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Nature Of The School Land Trust And Oklahoma's Acceptance Of The Trust Property
¶ 1 In 1906 Congress passed the Oklahoma Enabling Act, providing that upon admission of the State of Oklahoma into the Union certain property and monies would be granted by the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Oklahoma Education Ass'n, Inc. v. NighSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1982
- Betts v. Commissioners of the Land OfficeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1910
- State Ex Rel. Commissioners of the Land Office v. ButlerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1988
- State ex rel. Williamson v. Commissioners of Land Office of the StateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1956
- State ex rel. Com'rs of Land Office v. WallSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1951
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