Sixteenth section sales made prior to 1921; Act of 1956
La. R.S. 41:1323.2
in effect41:1323.2. Sixteenth section sales made prior to 1921; Act of 1956
A. Sales of the sixteenth section school lands in the State of Louisiana made prior to the first day of July, 1921, are hereby ratified and confirmed, notwithstanding any informalities in the said sales relative to holding elections to authorize said sales, appraisements, and offering the said lands in lots of forty acres, and any other informalities, regardless of whether any such sale was made by the treasurer of the parish in which any such sixteenth section was located or made by the treasurer of any other parish, where it is affirmatively shown by the records of the offices of State Auditor, or State Superintendent of Education or Register of State Land Office, that such lands were offered for sale and sold, whether the execution of a deed therefor can be proved or not.
B. All defects and informalities in such sales, subject to the above proviso are hereby cured and such sales if indicated by the records of the offices above referred to are hereby ratified as complete divestiture of title from the State of Louisiana.
Acts 1956, No. 580, §§1, 2.
Source: Louisiana State Legislature (legis.la.gov)URL: https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=98998Fetched: 10/20/2026