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49-16A-58. Issuance of certificate reserving school and public lands for railroad. The commissioner of school and public lands shall, upon the filing in his office by any railroad of a map of its road across any of the school or public lands, issue to that railroad a certificate stating that such lands have been reserved for its use. The certificate shall operate as authority to the railroad to take, hold, and use such lands for the purposes of its railroads.

Source: SDC 1939, § 52.0816; SDCL, § 49-20-7; SL 1980, ch 322, § 57.