In any criminal or civil action growing out of a trespass upon any public lands, the certificate of the Secretary of State under the Great Seal of the State of Arkansas that any specified piece or tract of land belongs to the state or is mortgaged to the state or that the state has any interest legal or equitable in the piece or tract of land shall be presumptive evidence of the facts stated therein.Acts 1883, No. 83, § 23, p. 140; C. & M. Dig., § 7014; Pope's Dig., § 8994; A.S.A. 1947, § 54-213.
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