Colorado Revised Statutes Title 36. Natural Resources General § 36-1-137. Sale of lands to procure irrigation

(1), (2) Repealed by Laws 1997, S.B.97-206, § 30, eff. May 21, 1997.

(3) If any person, other than the person making application for the purchase of the lands, is the highest bidder at the public sale thereof, such bidder shall, within such reasonable time as the board may fix, enter into a contract and bond, as required by the provisions of this article, for the construction of the ditch and for the furnishing of water therefrom; and, in the event of his failure to furnish a satisfactory bond and enter into the said contract within the time fixed, then such bid shall be disregarded, and such public sale shall be void and of no effect. The board shall make the sale upon like conditions as other state lands are sold, and shall require a good and sufficient bond from the party desiring to construct such ditch, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the contract, and the conditions of the sale, and in no case shall the title to any of said lands pass from the state until the ditch has been completed and accepted by the board.