SDCL § 5-2-14: Conveyance or exchange of reserved minerals with United States--Appraisal.

When any board, commission, or department of the state having control of any lands belonging to the state, shall in its judgment be satisfied that it is meet and proper to convey to or exchange with the United States of America or any of its departments any mineral rights now held by it or heretofore reserved to it, they shall so declare by proper resolution and direct the necessary instrument of conveyance to be executed upon the payment of the consideration to be determined by a board of appraisers comprised of the commissioner of school and public lands, the state geologist and the state auditor. Said conveyance shall be executed by the Governor and attested by the secretary of state.