The Kansas state board of regents is hereby authorized and empowered to exchange the university lands as defined in K.S.A. 76-452 for the association lands as defined in K.S.A. 76-452, of the Kansas state university endowment association. The instruments of conveyance of the university lands shall be executed in the name of the Kansas board of regents by its chairman and secretary. Before such university lands shall be conveyed, the attorney general shall approve the instruments of conveyance of the association land by the Kansas state university endowment association to Kansas state university and the title to said association lands.
K.S.A. 76-453