La. Stat. tit. 41 § 761
Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session effective on or before 7/1/2024, from Acts 1-3, 6-671
Whenever a sixteenth section donated to the state by Congress for school purposes is located in a township not habitable by reason of the township being swamp or sea marsh, the school board may, upon the petition of the land owners owning in area more than one-half of the land in the township, order the sale of the sixteenth section by resolution or motion passed by a majority of the members of the board present and voting.
La. R.S. § 41:761