The state board of land commissioners from time to time shall make selection and location of the lands to which the state is entitled under the several grants of land from congress by including in its minutes a proper resolution, particularly designating all such pieces, parcels, or tracts of land so selected and located, and thereupon from time to time said board shall promptly take all necessary and proper steps to effectually secure the approval thereof by the proper officers of the general government.
C.R.S. § 36-1-107