§ 36-12-101 — Legislative determinations

Wyoming § 36-12-101

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 36: Public Land
• Ch. 12: STATE CONTROL OF CERTAIN LAND

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(a) The legislature determines:
(i) The intent of the framers of the constitution of
the United States was to guarantee to each of the states
sovereignty over all matters within its boundaries except for
those powers specifically granted to the United States as agent
of the states;
(ii) The attempted imposition upon the state of
Wyoming by the congress of the United States of a requirement in
the Statehood Act that the state of Wyoming and its people
"disclaim all right and title to any lands or other property not
granted or confirmed to the state or its political subdivisions
by or under the authority of this act, the right or title to
which is held by the United States or is subject to disposition
by the United States", as a condition precedent to acceptance of
Wyoming into the Union, was an act beyond the power of the
congress of the United States and is thus void;
(iii) The purported right of ownership and control of
the unappropriated public land in the state of Wyoming by the
United States is without foundation and violates the clear
intent of the constitution of the United States; and
(iv) The exercise of that dominion and control of the
public land in the state of Wyoming by the United States works a
severe, continuous and debilitating hardship upon the people of
the state of Wyoming.