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.