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LA Rev Stat § 41:672 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§672. Settler to be paid value of improvements less value of the use of the land

RS 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 cash payment is not sufficient to pay for the improvements the parish treasurer shall cause the purchaser to execute his note for the balance due in favor of the settler, his or her heirs or assigns, with personal security to the satisfaction of the person entitled to receive the money, which shall be deducted from the amount of the first installments due on account of the purchase.
LA Rev Stat § 41:673 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§673. Lease to pay for improvements where sale refused

RS 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 lease shall be given to the person who may purpose to take the land for the shortest time on paying the settler for the improvements.
LA Rev Stat § 41:711 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§711. Election for sale of school lands

RS 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 authorized by an act of congress, approved February the fifteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-three, entitled: "An Act to authorize the Legislatures of the States of Illinois, Arkansas, Louisiana and Tennessee, to sell the lands heretofore appropriated for the use of schools in those states."  Polls shall be opened and held in each township, after advertisement for thirty days at three of the most public places in the township and at the courthouse door, and the sense of the legal voters therein shall be taken within the usual hours, and in the usual manner of holding elections. The elections shall be held and votes received by a school board member or a justice of the peace. If a majority of the legal voters are in favor of selling the school lands therein, they may be sold, but not otherwise. The result of all elections shall be transmitted to the parish treasurer, and by him to the state superintendent of education.
LA Rev Stat § 41:712 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§712. Election and sale of a sixteenth section divided by parish line

RS 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 sell the section as provided by law, as if the whole section lay in his parish; provided that the sale shall be advertised at the courthouses of both parishes as provided by law.
LA Rev Stat § 41:713 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§713. Resurvey of obliterated or uncertain lines

RS 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 or uncertain; and for this purpose he may employ the parish surveyor, or on his default, any competent surveyor. The lines thus surveyed shall be marked in such manner as to enable those interested to make a thorough examination before sale, and all advertisements made for the sale of the lands shall contain a full description thereof, according to the original survey and that required by this Section. The expenses of making the survey shall be paid by the State Auditor out of the proceeds of the sale of the lands on the warrant of the parish treasurer.
LA Rev Stat § 41:714 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§714. Manner, terms and conditions of sale

RS 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 before the courthouse door, by the sheriff, or an auctioneer to be employed by the treasurer. The sale shall be made after thirty days advertisement and after the land has been appraised by three sworn appraisers selected by the parish treasurer and recorder of the parish. The land shall be sold to the highest bidder, in quantities not less than forty acres, nor more than one hundred and sixty. B. In no case shall the land be sold at a less sum than the appraised value, payable on a credit of ten years, as follows:  (1) Ten per cent in cash, and the balance in nine annual installments, the interest to be paid on the whole amount, annually, at the rate of eight per cent per annum. (2) The notes shall be made payable to the State Auditor, secured by special mortgage on the land sold, and personal security, in solido, until final payment of the principal and interest. C. If the purchaser neglects or refuses to pay any of the installments or interest at maturity, the mortgage shall be forthwith closed, and the parish treasurer shall advertise and sell the land as before provided for, and shall execute all acts of sale on behalf of the state, for any such lands sold. D. The parish treasurer shall receive the cash payments and notes given for the purchase, which shall be made payable to the State Treasurer, and shall place them in the office of the State Auditor for collection. E. All cash received, either for principal or interest, from the sales shall be transmitted by the parish treasurer to the State Treasurer, and any moneys thus received into the state treasury from sales shall bear interest at the rate of six per cent per annum, and be credited to the township to which the money belongs. F. The result of all sales made by the parish treasurer shall be forthwith notified by him to the state superintendent of education. The parish treasurer may receive the whole amount bid for the lands, deducting the eight per cent interest which the credits would bear.
LA Rev Stat § 41:715 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§715. Compensation of parish treasurer

RS 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 be full compensation of his services.
LA Rev Stat § 41:716 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§716. Lease of lands

RS 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 the land, or any part thereof, according to the provisions of the act of congress referred to in R.S. 41:711 as amended by Act of Congress, approved June 12th, 1884, and shall inform the state superintendent of education thereof. B. The lease shall be made only after due notice has been given by advertisement, for at least thirty days, in the official journal of the parish, or in any paper published regularly in the parish containing the land to be leased, of the time and place when the land will be offered for lease to the highest bidder. In all cases ample security shall be required, not only for the punctual payment of the rent but for the protection of the lands from all kinds of waste and injury. The parish school board may reject any and all bids offered for the lease, if in its judgment the bids do not reach a just and fair value of the lease.
LA Rev Stat § 41:717 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§717. Sale of timber; time allowable for removal

RS 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 the official journal of the parish. In the case of sixteenth sections located in townships which extend into two parishes, such timber sales shall be made by the joint action of the school boards of the two parishes, after public notice, as above provided, in the official journals of both parishes. B. In all cases where a sale of timber is made under the provisions of this Sub-part and deferred payments are allowed, the notes representing the deferred payments shall be made payable to the order of the State Auditor, and their punctual payment shall be secured by at least two good and solvent sureties who shall be liable in solido. C. In all cases where a sale of timber is made under the provisions of this Sub-part the purchaser thereof or his vendees, shall be allowed a period of not more than ten years in which to remove the timber. Amended by Acts 1956, No. 374, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 41:718 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§718. Proceeds of lease of land or sale of timber

RS 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 lease, shall be credited to the account of the current school fund of the parish where the sixteenth section school lands are located. Notes representing deferred payments shall be placed in the hands of the parish school treasurer for collection, and when collected also credited to the current school fund of the parish, to be used for general school purposes. B. The term "general school purposes" as used in the last sentence of the preceding part of this section shall include, but not be limited to, fencing, drainage, fire prevention, insect and pest eradication, reforestation and timber management of the sixteenth section from which the funds were derived. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 537, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 41:719 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§719. Disposition of proceeds of sale of land; interest

RS 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 placed to the credit of the township, and should the people of any township desire to receive for the use of the schools therein the annual interest payable by the state on funds deposited to their credit, or the annual proceeds of the loans, the parish treasurer shall, on the petition of five legal voters in any such township, order an election to be held in the township, as provided for the sale of township lands; and if a majority of any number of votes above seven are in favor of receiving annually the accruing interest it shall be paid to the treasurer of the parish for the use of the townships or districts; otherwise the interest shall be an accumulating fund to their credit until so called for.
LA Rev Stat § 41:720 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§720. Annulment of sale by purchaser

RS 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 following conditions: (1) that the judgment of nullity shall be obtained at the cost of the applicant and contradictorily with the district attorney and the school board of the district; (2) that it shall appear upon the trial thereof that the value of the land has not been impaired by any act of the purchaser. The purchaser shall not be entitled to the repayment of any part of the purchase money paid at the time of his purchase.
LA Rev Stat § 41:721 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§721. Collection of notes given for purchase price

RS 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, whenever any installment of the purchase price becomes due, and the treasurer of the parish school board shall receive and receipt for them.
LA Rev Stat § 41:722 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§722. Treasurer's duties on receipt of notes due

RS 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 due and unpaid; provided the lands for which the notes were given are still in the possession of the original purchaser. If the lands are in the possession of other parties, the possessor shall also be notified of all the demands, principal and interest, against the lands, and if all demands against them are not satisfied within thirty days from the notice, the treasurer of the parish school board shall turn over the notes to the district attorney for the district, or other attorney selected by the school board, for suit. The notice shall serve as a bar to prescription, which shall only begin to run from the service of the notice.
LA Rev Stat § 41:723 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§723. Attorney's duties

RS 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. If any of the conservatory writs should be found to be necessary in order to aid in the collection, it shall be lawful to issue the same, without giving bond as required in other cases.
LA Rev Stat § 41:724 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§724. Disposition of moneys collected

RS 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 the lands are situated. The treasurer shall transmit the moneys through the State Auditor, to the State Treasurer. Any moneys thus received into the state treasury from the collections, shall bear interest at the rate of four per cent per annum, and shall be credited to the township to which the moneys belong.
LA Rev Stat § 41:725 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§725. Terrebonne Parish School Board; transfer of certain sixteenth section lands

RS 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 and March of 1988), the North boundary of Section 16 of Township 20 South, Range 16 East now lies approximately two thousand feet North of where it previously was thought to lie. Many families constructed homes and resided for generations, in some cases, on the affected lands in Terrebonne Parish near Bayou Dularge which they thought in good faith to be theirs, paying taxes as required by state and local governments, only to learn that due to an ancient surveying error in the original government survey of 1838 their titles describe lands in Section 9 whereas their homes rest on Section 16 land. As a result of the inability of the families and the school board to reach a compromise, these families continue to live in homes they built but are subject to eviction and at least one family has been notified of the school board's intent to evict. While, due to the passage of time, these same families are blocked by prescription which has run against them, preventing them from seeking ownership of the lands in Section 9 which their titles specify they own. B. Therefore, notwithstanding the provisions of this Chapter, or the provisions of Part II of Chapter 1 of Title 17, and pursuant to Section 4 of Article IX of the Constitution of Louisiana, the Terrebonne Parish School Board shall take all actions necessary for the transfer of title and ownership of such affected property in Section 16 near Bayou Dularge located in T20S-R16E in Terrebonne Parish to those persons who have possessed such property under good faith and just title for at least ten years or to those persons who have acquired from such possessors in good faith, provided that as just and sole compensation the mineral rights upon such lands shall be reserved to the Terrebonne Parish School Board. Acts 1990, No. 209, §1; Acts 1992, No. 816, §1, eff. Nov. 5, 1992.
LA Rev Stat § 41:726 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§726. Bienville Parish School Board; transfer of certain sixteenth section lands

RS 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 Parish, and as more specifically described in any agreements entered into and documents executed by the Bienville Parish School Board, is no longer needed for school purposes and that the best interests of the Bienville Parish school system would be served by the sale of the property, the Bienville Parish School Board shall have authority to order the disposition of such sixteenth section lands at public auction or under sealed bids. The procedure for disposition of the sixteenth section lands shall be the same as for unused school lands under R.S. 41:892. The Bienville Parish School Board shall reserve to the state all of the mineral rights and minerals in accordance with law. Any sale of sixteenth section lands which occurs as authorized by this Subsection shall be executed by the state land office on behalf of the Bienville Parish School Board. B. All proceeds from the sale, less expenses of the sale, shall be used for the support of the schools located in Bienville Parish in furtherance of the purpose of the dedication of the sixteenth section lands by the United States by acts of Congress of April 21, 1806, and March 3, 1811, to the territories of Orleans and Louisiana in anticipation of statehood. Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 129, §1, eff. April 19, 2000.
LA Rev Stat § 41:727 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§727. Vermilion Parish School Board; transfer of certain sixteenth section lands

RS 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 section lands in good faith, but because of the conveyance of less than full ownership in a 1909 property transaction, have only apparent title to such property; actual title remains with the school board. It is the intent of the Louisiana Legislature, as expressed by the enactment of this Section, that each person who holds apparent title to any portion of the tract described in Subsection B of this Section have conveyed and transferred unto him, his heirs, successors, and assigns, with all legal warranties and with full substitution and subrogation, ownership of and actual and complete title to any portion of said tract to which he holds apparent title. (2) Such transfers shall be executed without an election and notwithstanding any provision of this Chapter or of Part II of Chapter 1 of Title 17 to the contrary. B. The Vermilion Parish School Board is authorized to convey, transfer, assign, and deliver any interest, excluding mineral rights, the state or the school board may have to a certain tract or parcel of land located in Section Sixteen (16), Township Twelve (12) South, Range Two (2) East, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, lying within the following boundaries: Beginning at a point on the South line of Parish Road Number P-9-23 (now Cheneau Road) along the North line of Section Sixteen (16), Township Twelve (12) South, Range Two (2) East on the East End of the existing Flume and running East in the South line of said P-9-23 (now Cheneau Road), a distance of 4,839.4 feet, to the East line of said Section 16; thence, running South, in the East line of said Section 16, a distance of 200 feet; thence West, parallel to the South line of said P-9-23 (now Cheneau Road) a distance of 4,839.4 feet; thence North, parallel to the East line of Section 16 a distance of 200 feet to the point of beginning; said tract containing 22.22 acres. C. The school board, on behalf of the state of Louisiana, is hereby authorized to enter into such agreements, covenants, conditions, and stipulations and to execute such documents as are necessary to properly effectuate the delivery of complete title, excluding mineral rights, to the various portions of the property described in Subsection B of this Section, and as more specifically described in any such agreements entered into and documents executed by and between the school board and the apparent title holders of said property or their assigns, heirs, or legatees, in exchange for payment of consideration proportionate to the appraised value of the property in accordance with Article VII, Section 14 of the Constitution of Louisiana.  Acts 2005, No. 417, §1, eff. July 11, 2005.