Any lessee holding a preference right lease on any of the public lands of this state shall have the preference right to purchase all of the lands so leased by the lessee at the highest bid at the time of the sale, or in case of no bid, then to take the same at the appraised value.
R.L. 1910, § 7147. Amended by Laws 1915, c. 210, § 5, emerg. eff. April 2, 1915; Laws 2010, c. 41, § 31, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010. Renumbered from § 184 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 95, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010.