77-2-307. Limitation on acreage. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), no person or corporation may purchase more than one section of state land, and this area shall not include more than 160 acres of land susceptible of irrigation.
     (2) The limitations in subsection (1) as to area and irrigability do not apply to:
     (a) lands within a federal irrigation project wherein the Congress of the United States of America authorizes water to be furnished to an area exceeding 160 irrigable acres; or
     (b) lands to be sold to a tribal government as provided in 77-2-306.

     History: En. Sec. 71, Ch. 60, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 1805.71, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 95, L. 1949; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 10, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 184, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 19, Ch. 240, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 31, Ch. 94, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 81-908(part); amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 628, L. 1985.