Section 5-4-7 - Purposes for which land may be placed under local administration--Rules andregulations. - South Dakota Statutes

5-4-7. Purposes for which land may be placed under local administration--Rules and regulations. Whenever it shall be the opinion of the commissioner of school and public lands, after presentation of the petition provided in § 5-4-6, and upon investigation of the facts therein contained he shall if, in his opinion, the interests of the citizens of the community can best be served, provide for the setting aside and withholding from regular leasing any such tract not to exceed six hundred forty acres in one tract for soil conservation purposes, public parks or for the purpose of providing a children's recreational playground to be used by the general public under such rules and regulations as the local governing board shall provide and which are approved by the commissioner of school and public lands.

Source: SL 1941, ch 71, § 2; SDC Supp 1960, § 15.0420.