All damages recovered for trespass or other injury upon or to any of the lands mentioned in this chapter must be paid to the state treasurer for the benefit of the fund to which the same properly belongs.
15-08-25. Lease or sale of public lands traversed or bisected by a highway, road, railroad, canal, river, or lake. All boards, departments, and officials of government are authorized and permitted to lease or sell school and public lands traversed or bisected by a highway, road, or railroad, canal, river, or lake as two or more separate parcels, each of which may be leased or sold separately or together with an adjoining tract. Lands consisting of less than one hundred usable acres [40.47 hectares] may either be leased or sold separately or with tracts in the same section or adjacent section.