37-243. Payment of rent in arrears; payment for
use of land


If the owner of improvements upon leased school or university lands sold as provided
by this article is the purchaser of the lands and is in arrears for rent due under a
permit or lease, or if he has failed to take out a permit or to pay rent, then before a
certificate of purchase is issued to him he shall, in addition to the payments required
by this article, pay to the department all rent for which he is in arrears, and if no
rent has been stipulated, he shall be charged for the use and occupation of the
land. Interest at the rate of five per cent per annum shall be charged on all such
amounts, and added to the amount to be paid. A like charge shall be made against the
occupant, if some other party is the purchaser of the land and improvements.