§ 41:717 — Sale of timber; time allowable for removal

Louisiana § 41:717

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 41: Public Lands

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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 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
Subpart 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
Subpart the purchaser thereof or his vendees, shall be allowed a period of not more
than ten years in which to remove the timber.

Legislative History

Amended by Acts 1956, No. 374, §1.