All salaries and expenses of the state land office as authorized by annual appropriation of the legislature shall be paid from the state lands maintenance fund upon vouchers in duplicate, approved by the commissioner, numbered consecutively, setting forth the accounts covered and duly itemized. One copy of the voucher shall be retained in the state land office and the other copy shall be filed with the department of finance and administration. Warrants for the payment of the voucher shall be drawn by the secretary of finance and administration upon the state lands maintenance fund. History: Laws 1912, ch. 82, § 7; Code 1915, § 5184; C.S. 1929, § 132-107; 1941 Comp., § 8-110; 1953 Comp., § 7-1-11; Laws 1977, ch. 247, § 84; 1989, ch. 15, § 2. ANNOTATIONSThe 1989 amendment, effective March 9, 1989, inserted 'as authorized by annual appropriation of the legislature' in the first sentence, and made minor stylistic changes throughout the section. Abandoned wells. — The commissioner of public lands should plug abandoned oil and gas wells to protect lands under his control and pay costs out of state lands maintenance fund if they cannot be recovered from owner or operator. 1931 Op. public lands should plug abandoned oil and gas wells to protect lands under his control and pay costs out of state lands maintenance fund if they cannot be recovered from owner or operator. 1931 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 31-20.
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