TITLE 41. PUBLIC LANDS

CHAPTER 6. SCHOOL LANDS

PART III. SALE OF SCHOOL LANDS

SUBPART B. SWAMP OR SEA MARSH LANDS

41:761        Sale of swamp or sea marsh lands

Whenever a sixteenth section donated to the state by Congress for school purposes is located in a township not habitable by reason of the township being swamp or sea marsh, the school board may, upon the petition of the land owners owning in area more than onehalf of the land in the township, order the sale of the sixteenth section by resolution or motion passed by a majority of the members of the board present and voting.