SDCL § 5-9-36: Sale of improvements on school and public lands authorized.

Whenever the right, title, and interest in improvements upon school and public lands shall have vested in the state, the commissioner of school and public lands is authorized, whenever in his judgment it shall be for the best interest of the state to sell and dispose of such improvements for cash at public auction to the highest bidder at the courthouse of the county in which the improvements are situated.