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.