State+Lands

The Constitution provided for the Governor, Secretary of State, and Superintendent of Public Instruction to constitute the Board of Land Commissioners; to have direction, control, disposition, and care of all lands which had been, and would thereafter be, granted to the State.
 * State Lands **

The First State Legislature, 1890-1891, established the Board of Land commissioners, to consist of the Governor, Secretary of State, and Superintendent of Public Instruction; the Governor to be president of the board and the Superintendent of Public Instruction to be the secretary, to be known as "The Register of the Board of Land Commissioners."

The register, on or before the tenth day of December immediately preceding the convening of the State legislature, was required to make a report of the business of the office, transactions of the board, and the land affairs of the State.

By the Constitution, the State of Wyoming agreed to accept all land grants, heretofore or thereafter made by the United States to the State.

Congress passed an act, "Grants of Desert Lands to States for Reclamation (Carey Act Lands)," on August 18, 1894.

The Third State Legislature, 1895, provided for the acceptance of arid, or desert lands, with the provisions as set forth in the Carey Act. This Legislature also vested the selection, management, and disposal of said lands in the Board of Land Commissioners, the board to select one of its members as secretary.

The Eighth State Legislature, 1905, created the office of Commissioner of Public Lands, the commissioner to be appointed by the governor with consent of the senate for a term of two years, to supervise all State lands, sales, leases, mineral deposits; to collect rentals, royalties, etc., therefrom; to make a report on or before the tenth day of December immediately preceding the meeting of t h e State legislature.

The Fifteenth State Legislature, 1919, provided for the commissioner of public lands to be the secretary of the Carey Act lands.

The Sixteenth State Legislature, 1921, created the Wyoming Farm Loan Board, naming the commissioner of public lands as the chief executive officer, and to have the general supervision of the Wyoming Farm Loan Board.

By constitutional amendment number eight, a the Board of Land Commissioners was composed of the Governor, Secretary of State, State Auditor, State Treasurer, and Superintendent of Public Instruction; under the direction of the State Legislature, as limited by the Constitution, has direction, control, care, leasing and disposal of all land of the State.

The commissioner of public lands makes a biennial report, "on or before the first day of November immediately preceding the meeting of the State legislature.

=Commissioners of Public Lands=
 * ~ Name ||~  ||~ Start Date ||~   ||~ End Date ||
 * Robert P. Fuller ||  || Feb 20 1905 ||   || Feb 14 1911 ||
 * S. G. Hopkins ||  || Feb 14 1911 ||   || Feb 17 1916 ||
 * Ray E. Lee ||  || Feb 17 1916 ||   || Mar 1 1919 ||
 * A. Delbert B. Baker ||  || Mar 1919 ||   || Feb 15 1923 ||
 * Campbell H. McWhinnie ||  || Feb 15, 1923 ||   || April 1 1927 ||
 * Carl M. Cox ||  || April 1 1927 ||   || Feb 10 1933 ||
 * C. H. Fitzpatrick ||  || Feb 10 1933 ||   || Dec 31 1934 ||
 * O.O. Natwick ||  || Dec 31 1934 ||   || Feb 21 1935 ||
 * C. H. McWhinnie ||  || Feb 21 1935 ||   || April 1 1939 ||
 * O.O. Natwick ||  || April 1 1939 ||   || 1948 ||
 * Gerald J Kellogg ||  || 1948 ||   || 1949 ||
 * John Riedel ||  || 1949 ||   || 1956 ||
 * Ben D Cossman ||  || 1956 ||   || 1959 ||
 * Kenneth Bell ||  || 1959 ||   || 1963 ||
 * Albert E King ||  || 1963 ||   || 1979 ||
 * Oscar E Swan ||  || 1979 ||   || 1984 ||
 * Howard M Schriner ||  || 1984 ||   ||   ||
 * Howard M Schriner ||  || 1985 ||   || 1994 ||
 * Jim Magagna ||  || 1995 ||   || 1997 ||
 * Vacant ||  || 1998 ||   ||   ||
 * Stephen Reynolds ||  || 1999 ||   ||   ||
 * Lynn Boomgaarden ||  || 2004 ||   || 2008 ||
 * Missing Data ||  || 2009 ||   || 2010 ||
 * Ryan Lance ||  || 2011 ||   || 2013 ||