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La. Rev. Stat. § 41:637 Use of property for educational purposes; stipulation, abandonment and use as dedication
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§637. Use of property for educational purposes; stipulation, abandonment and use as dedication Wherever any real property has been acquired by any association, organization or non-profit corporation by virtue of a deed which contains a stipulation that such property is to be used…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:638 Dedication of property for public school purposes; administration
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§638. Dedication of property for public school purposes; administration Whenever any real property has been acquired by the state of Louisiana, any municipality, parish school board, or any other subdivision or agency of the state of Louisiana by virtue of a deed, act of sale, do…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:639 Sale or disposition of property with no right of reverter
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§639. Sale or disposition of property with no right of reverter Unless the deed, act of sale, donation, or other form of transfer by which said property is conveyed, contains specific provisions prohibiting the same, such school board may sell or dispose of any such property whic…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:640 Sixteenth section lands; adjustments; distribution of proceeds; lease and use
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§640. Sixteenth section lands; adjustments; distribution of proceeds; lease and use A. Where sixteenth section or indemnity lands granted by Congress for public school purposes have been erroneously sold by the state or paid by the state as fees for services rendered, such defici…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:641 Free school fund; seminary fund; agricultural and mechanical college fund; state indebtedness; interest
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§641. Free school fund; seminary fund; agricultural and mechanical college fund; state indebtedness; interest A. The debt due by the state to the free school fund arising from the sale of lands granted by Congress for school purposes may remain a perpetual loan to the state on wh…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:642 Sixteenth section lands; erosion; title and revenues
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§642. Sixteenth section lands; erosion; title and revenues A.(1) The trustee title of the state of Louisiana to those sixteenth section or indemnity lands granted by congress to the state of Louisiana as trustee for the benefit of the school children of the township in which such…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:643 Vermilion Parish; Sixteenth section land; distribution of mineral proceeds, and ownership of minerals and mineral revenues
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§643. Vermilion Parish; Sixteenth section land; distribution of mineral proceeds, and ownership of minerals and mineral revenues A. The state of Louisiana, the State Mineral and Energy Board may enter into and execute a compromise and settlement with the Vermilion Parish School B…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:671 Determining value of improvements and of the use of the land
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§671. Determining value of improvements and of the use of the land When the sale of the sixteenth section is legally ordered, and it appears to the satisfaction of the parish treasurer that any person had settled and improved the section or any part thereof prior to the extension…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:672 Settler to be paid value of improvements less value of the use of the land
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§672. Settler to be paid value of improvements less value of the use of the land The settler shall receive the value of his improvements out of the proceeds of the sale, except that the value of the use of the land shall be deducted from the value of the improvements. When the ca…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:673 Lease to pay for improvements where sale refused
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§673. Lease to pay for improvements where sale refused Whenever any person has settled and improved the sixteenth section, and the inhabitants of the township refuse to sell the section, as provided by law, then the parish treasurer shall cause the section to be leased, and the l…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:7 Annual list of lands entered or sold to be sent to parish assessors
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§7. Annual list of lands entered or sold to be sent to parish assessors The commissioner shall furnish, annually, on or before March first, to the assessors of each parish, the list of all the lands that may have been entered or sold during the preceding year, together with the n…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:711 Election for sale of school lands
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§711. Election for sale of school lands The parish treasurer shall take the sense of the inhabitants of the township with reference to whether or not any lands heretofore reserved and appropriated by congress for the use of schools shall be sold, and the proceeds invested as auth…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:712 Election and sale of a sixteenth section divided by parish line
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§712. Election and sale of a sixteenth section divided by parish line When the sixteenth section of any township is divided by a parish line, the treasurer of the parish in which a greater portion of the section lies, shall take the sense of the people of the township, and shall …
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:713 Resurvey of obliterated or uncertain lines
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§713. Resurvey of obliterated or uncertain lines Before selling the school lands belonging to the state, the parish treasurer, or other persons whose duty it may become, to superintend the sales, shall cause a resurvey of the lines which from any cause may have become obliterated…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:714 Manner, terms and conditions of sale
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§714. Manner, terms and conditions of sale A. If the majority of the voters in a township give their assent to the sale of the lands, the parish treasurer shall notify the State Auditor of the vote thus taken, and upon his order, the parish treasurer shall have the land sold befo…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:715 Compensation of parish treasurer
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§715. Compensation of parish treasurer The parish treasurer may retain, out of the proceeds of the sales of sixteenth sections effected by him, a compensation of two and one-half per cent on the amount of the sales, which shall be deducted from the cash payment, and which shall b…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:716 Lease of lands
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§716. Lease of lands A. Should a majority of the legal voters be against the sale of the lands, then the school board of the parish in which the lands are located shall secure them from injury and waste, shall prevent illegal possession or aggression of any kind and shall lease t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:717 Sale of timber; time allowable for removal
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§717. Sale of timber; time allowable for removal A. The parish school boards may sell the timber on sixteenth section school lands to the highest bidder for said timber, after public notice of the proposed timber sale has been given by advertisement for at least thirty days in th…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:718 Proceeds of lease of land or sale of timber
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§718. Proceeds of lease of land or sale of timber A. In all cases of the lease of sixteenth section school lands, or of the sale of the timber thereon, the cash payment after deducting sufficient amount to cover the actual expenses incurred by the election and making the sale or …
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:719 Disposition of proceeds of sale of land; interest
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§719. Disposition of proceeds of sale of land; interest All moneys received into the state treasury, and the interest accrued thereon from the sale of any sixteenth section of school lands or the school land warrants belonging to the various townships in the state, shall be place…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:720 Annulment of sale by purchaser
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§720. Annulment of sale by purchaser In all cases of the sale of school lands known as sixteenth sections, where the purchase money has not been paid, the purchaser may annul the sale, upon application to the district court of the parish where the land is situated subject to the …
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:721 Collection of notes given for purchase price
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§721. Collection of notes given for purchase price The State Auditor shall forward for collection to the treasurer of the school board in their respective parishes throughout the state, all the notes given for the purchase price of sixteenth sections, or any part thereof, wheneve…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:722 Treasurer's duties on receipt of notes due
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§722. Treasurer's duties on receipt of notes due The treasurer of the parish school board, on the receipt of the notes due and given for the sixteenth sections, shall immediately notify the principal and his sureties, in writing, of the amount of the notes, principal and interest…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:723 Attorney's duties
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§723. Attorney's duties The attorney shall proceed without delay, by all necessary legal processes, and without depositing clerk's or sheriff's costs, or giving security therefor, to collect all such notes as may be turned over to him by said treasurer of the parish school board.…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:724 Disposition of moneys collected
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§724. Disposition of moneys collected The attorney shall receive ten per cent of all moneys collected by him on notes given for sixteenth sections, and after deducting the ten per cent he shall turn over the remainder to the treasurer of the school funds, for the parish in which …
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:725 Terrebonne Parish School Board; transfer of certain sixteenth section lands
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§725. Terrebonne Parish School Board; transfer of certain sixteenth section lands A. The Legislature of Louisiana hereby finds that as a result of the holding in Liner v. Terrebonne Parish School Board, 519 So.2d 777 (La. App. 1 Cir. 1987)(rehearing and writ denied in February an…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:726 Bienville Parish School Board; transfer of certain sixteenth section lands
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§726. Bienville Parish School Board; transfer of certain sixteenth section lands A. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, whenever the Bienville Parish School Board, on behalf of the state of Louisiana, determines that the sixteenth section lands located within Bienville…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:727 Vermilion Parish School Board; transfer of certain sixteenth section lands
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§727. Vermilion Parish School Board; transfer of certain sixteenth section lands A.(1) The legislature finds that as a result of the holding of the Louisiana Supreme Court in Abshire v. Vermilion Parish School Board, there are persons in Vermilion Parish who purchased sixteenth s…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:727.1 Vermilion Parish School Board; transfer of certain sixteenth section lands
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§727.1. Vermilion Parish School Board; transfer of certain sixteenth section lands A.(1) The Vermilion Parish School Board may sell, convey, transfer, assign, and deliver any interest, excluding mineral rights, the state or the school board has or may have to a certain tract or p…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:728 St
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§728. St. Tammany Parish School Board; unused school lands; sell, exchange, disposition; proceeds A. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, whenever the St. Tammany Parish School Board, on behalf of the state of Louisiana, determines that any unused school lands, includin…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:729 Cameron Parish School Board; sale or exchange of sixteenth section lands
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§729. Cameron Parish School Board; sale or exchange of sixteenth section lands A. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, if the Cameron Parish School Board, on behalf of the state of Louisiana, determines that any sixteenth section lands located within Cameron Parish are …
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:761 Sale of swamp or sea marsh lands
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§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…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:762 Procedure
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§762. Procedure When a sale of a sixteenth section is ordered, the sale shall be made by the parish treasurer of the parish in which the sixteenth section is located, in person or by the sheriff or any auctioneer of the parish, designated by the treasurer. The sale shall be made …
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:763 Deed; disposition of proceeds
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§763. Deed; disposition of proceeds A. The deed of the parish treasurer shall be full and complete evidence of the sale, shall convey a good and valid title to the property sold and shall have all the force and effect of a notarial act. B. All monies or notes received under and b…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:8 Fees of the commissioner
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§8. Fees of the commissioner The commissioner shall promulgate regulations establishing reasonable fees, not to exceed the cost of providing the services, for: (1) Redemption certificates. (2) Cancellation certificates. (3) Original patents executed by the commissioner and the go…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:801 Sale of lands received as indemnity for school lands
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§801. Sale of lands received as indemnity for school lands All lands owned by, or which may hereafter inure to the state from the United States government as indemnity for school lands, shall be disposed of as provided in this Subpart.
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:802 Advertisement
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§802. Advertisement The Register of the State Land Office shall cause to be advertised for sale at public auction, for thirty clear days, a list of the lands to be sold, which have not already been advertised, and the publication shall be made in a newspaper published in the pari…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:803 Sale at public auction; withdrawal
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§803. Sale at public auction; withdrawal The register shall adjudicate the lands at public auction to the last and highest bidder at his office and in case the land so offered for sale fails to bring at auction the price of five dollars per acre the land shall be withdrawn from s…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:804 Patent not to issue until purchase price is paid
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§804. Patent not to issue until purchase price is paid The register shall not issue a patent to the purchaser of the land until he has paid into the hands of the state treasurer the purchase price of the lands.
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:805 Disposition of purchase price
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§805. Disposition of purchase price Out of the purchase price paid, the State Treasurer shall pay the cost of advertisement and shall place the balance to the credit of the various school boards entitled to receive the money.
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:806 Fees
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§806. Fees In addition to the purchase price paid for the lands, the purchaser shall pay to the register the same fees as in other cases where a patent is issued.
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:841 Free school fund
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§841. Free school fund A. The proceeds of all lands heretofore granted by the United States to this state for the use or support of schools, except the sixteenth section in the various townships of the states specially reserved by Congress for the use and benefit of the people th…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:842 Investment in levee bonds
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§842. Investment in levee bonds In addition to the investments now authorized by law, the State Auditor and State Treasurer, with the approval of the governor, may invest in levee bonds of this state yielding not less than four per cent per annum interest net, the proceeds of the…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:843 Registration of bonds
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§843. Registration of bonds The State Auditor and the State Treasurer shall keep a distinct book wherein to register all bonds which are acquired by investment of proceeds of the sales of sixteenth section school lands, and shall write or stamp in legible characters on the face o…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:844 Interest due townships
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§844. Interest due townships The State Auditor shall ascertain the amount of capital that may be due the several townships from the proceeds of the sales of sixteenth sections, made since the first of January, 1880, and actually paid into the state treasury. The amount thus ascer…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:881 School board presidents may issue correction deeds
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§881. School board presidents may issue correction deeds The presidents of the school boards of the several parishes shall enter into and execute deeds correcting the description in various deeds to sixteenth sections or parts thereof where the original of the deed was executed p…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:882 Resolution of the school board
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§882. Resolution of the school board The school boards of the several parishes may enact and adopt, either at a regular meeting or a special meeting called for the express purpose, a resolution authorizing and requesting the president of the school board to execute a correction d…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:883 Resolution when land is in more than one parish
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§883. Resolution when land is in more than one parish If the sixteenth section of any township is divided by a parish line, the school board for the parish in which the greater portion of the section lies may authorize the correction deed and the president of the school board in …
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:884 Action to enforce issuance of correction deed
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§884. Action to enforce issuance of correction deed If any school board refuses to enact and adopt a resolution authorizing the execution by the president of the school board of correction deed pertaining to sixteenth sections or parts thereof in the parish of the school board, t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:891 Sale of unused school lands
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§891. Sale of unused school lands Whenever the school board of any parish or city determines that any school lands or other immovable property under its control are no longer needed for school purposes and that the best interest of the public school system would be served by the …