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urn: urn:us-la:rs:41:761
citation: "R.S. 41:761"
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breadcrumb: "Title 41 › Chapter 6 › Part III › Subpart B"
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# 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 one-half 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.