49-7-16. Certificate issued by commissioner.The commissioner of school and public lands shall, upon the filing in his office by any pipeline company of a map of its pipeline across any of the school or public lands, issue to the pipeline company a certificate stating that such lands have been reserved for its use. The certificate shall operate as authority to the pipeline company to take, hold, and use such lands for the purposes of its pipelines. Source: SL 1980, ch 321, §6.
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