77-2-101. Easements for public uses. (1) The board may grant easements in state lands for schoolhouse sites and grounds, public parks, community buildings, cemeteries, and other public uses upon proper applications accompanied by accurate and duly verified plats from the lawfully constituted authorities having charge of those properties.
     (2) The board may grant an easement for right-of-way across or upon any portion of state lands for any public highway or street, any ditch, reservoir, railroad, private road, telegraph or telephone line, or any other public use as defined in 70-30-102. This subsection shall not be construed to grant authority to convey any such land, except for the purposes above set forth.

     History: (1)En. Sec. 57, Ch. 60, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 1805.57, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 257, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 53, Ch. 428, L. 1973; Sec. 81-802, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 62, Ch. 60, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 1805.62, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 108, L. 1939; Sec. 81-804, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 81-802, 81-804(part).