▁app ra ised ▁price ▁of ▁one ▁hundred ▁dollars . ▁The ▁sale ▁of ▁the ▁land ▁was ▁advert ised ▁in ▁the ▁Id aho ▁States man , ▁Bo ise ' s ▁daily ▁newspaper , ▁week ly ▁for ▁six ▁weeks . ▁The ▁Jay ce es ▁and ▁a ▁man ▁named ▁Paul ▁Kim ball ▁signed ▁up ▁as ▁b idd ers , ▁though ▁Kim ball ▁did ▁not ▁place ▁a ▁bid . ▁ ▁The ▁land ▁was ▁sold ▁to ▁the ▁Jay ce es ▁for ▁$ 1 0 0 , ▁and ▁the ▁cross ▁has ▁been ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁on ▁private ▁property . ▁ ▁On ▁December ▁ 1 6 , ▁ 1 9 9 4 , ▁the ▁American ▁Civil ▁Libert ies ▁Union ▁( AC L U ) ▁p enn ed ▁a ▁letter ▁to ▁the ▁Land ▁Board ▁as ser ting ▁the ▁sale ▁of ▁the ▁par cel ▁of ▁land ▁was ▁both ▁un const itution al ▁and ▁a ▁viol ation ▁of ▁state ▁law . ▁The ▁letter ▁stated ▁the ▁Land ▁Board ▁had ▁taken ▁the ▁liberty ▁of ▁ref using ▁b ids ▁other ▁than ▁the ▁Jay ce e ’ s . ▁It ▁also ▁accused ▁the ▁Land ▁Board ▁of ▁restrict ing ▁media ▁coverage , ▁which ▁they ▁claimed ▁had ▁left ▁the ▁general ▁public ▁in ▁the ▁dark . ▁In ▁March ▁ 1 9 9 5 , ▁Land ▁Board ▁members ▁voted ▁and ▁rejected ▁the ▁A CL U ’ s ▁request ▁to ▁void ▁the ▁sale . ▁ ▁Cont ro vers y ▁es cal ated ▁in ▁November ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁when ▁( self - des cribed ) ▁at he ist ▁human ▁rights ▁activ