5-3-6. Selection of indemnity lands for land in lake or navigable river.
When the commissioner of school and public lands ascertains that what, if surveyed, would be sections sixteen and thirty-six, or any part thereof, granted to the state, falls upon any lake or navigable river, and that the quantity of land intended to be conveyed as sections sixteen or thirty-six is lost to the state thereby, it shall be the duty of such commissioner to apply to the secretary of the interior for permission to select indemnity lands in lieu of the loss, in quantity so sustained by the state.
Source: SL 1917, ch 336, §6; RC 1919, §5725; SDC 1939, §15.0206.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 5 - Public Property, Purchases and Contracts
Chapter 03 - Selection, Exchange And Classification Of School And Public Lands
Section 5-3-1 - Attorney general to examine titles and protect state's interest.
Section 5-3-2 - Acceptance of federal indemnity lands in lieu of statehood grants.
Section 5-3-3 - Selection of indemnity lands for land disposed of before statehood.
Section 5-3-4 - Selection of indemnity lands for land settled before survey.
Section 5-3-6 - Selection of indemnity lands for land in lake or navigable river.
Section 5-3-7 - Exchange of common school, indemnity, or endowment land--Conditional exchange.
Section 5-3-7.1 - Conservation easement for state land exchanged or sold.
Section 5-3-11 - Classification of school and endowment lands according to best use.
Section 5-3-12 - List for county auditor of unsold endowment lands in county.