US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

§510.  Homestead by discharged veterans; deduction of service time

Any honorably discharged veteran of World War II may homestead land under the provisions of R.S. 41:501 through 509, and the time served in the armed service of the United States in time of war shall be deducted from the time required to perfect title; provided that no patent shall issue until the entryman has resided upon, improved and cultivated his homestead for a period of at least one year, and provided further that any such patent when issued shall expressly reserve all of the mineral rights in the lands so patented to the state of Louisiana, in pursuance of Article IV, Section 2 of the Constitution.*

Acts 1958, No. 444, §1.

*Reference is to 1921 Constitution; see, now, Const. Art. 9, §4.