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§ 29-1-91. Taxes remain a charge on redeemed land

If the state’s title to any land certified into the land office fail, and the land be reclaimed or redeemed before or after sale by the state, the taxes for which it was sold and the taxes for each subsequent year and all officers’ fees shall remain and become a charge upon the land as […]

§ 29-1-93. Fees of county officers

The fees of all county officers allowed by law in connection with land sold to the state for taxes shall be paid by the state when such land shall be sold by the state. Upon such sale the land commissioner shall carefully calculate said fees and shall certify the same to the auditor who, if […]

§ 29-1-95. County, municipality, public school district, drainage district and levee board taxes; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund and use of monies so deposited

All taxes due the county, municipality, public school district, drainage district or levee board on lands sold to the state for taxes and listed into the Secretary of State’s office shall remain in abeyance until the land be sold, and thereafter such taxes shall be paid out of the purchase money; but state, county, municipality, […]

§ 29-1-97. Lien of drainage district or municipality not abated

When any land is situated in a drainage district and is subject to any special drainage district assessment which is secured by a lien on said land, such lien shall not be abated or cancelled on account of the sale of such land to the state for delinquent taxes, but such lien shall be held […]

§ 29-1-99. Easements for flood control, etc.

The land commissioner of the State of Mississippi, with the approval of the governor, is hereby authorized and empowered to grant or donate easements in and to the public lands of the state to any drainage district, flood control district, or to any county in this state, or to the United States or to any […]

§ 29-1-101. Easements for pipe lines

The Secretary of State, for and on behalf of the state, may convey an easement or easements for the construction and maintenance of pipe lines in, on, under, and across all of the state land owned (including that submerged or wherever the tide may ebb and flow) now or hereafter acquired, excepting, however, state highway […]

§ 29-1-103. Liability for damages in construction of pipe lines

No such pipe line shall be built or constructed in a manner to be dangerous to persons or property, nor in a manner to interfere with the common use of public lands, and the owner of any such pipe line shall be responsible in damages for any injury caused by construction or use of such […]

§ 29-1-105. Restrictions on construction or use of pipe lines

The right to construct or use any such pipe line in, on, under, or across land which is submerged or whereover the tide may ebb and flow shall be subject to the following: The paramount right of the United States to control commerce and navigation; and The right of the public to make free use […]

§ 29-1-107. Leasing or renting of surface and submerged lands

The Secretary of State with the approval of the Governor shall, as far as practicable, rent or lease all lands belonging to the state, except as otherwise provided by law for a period of not exceeding one (1) year, and account for the rents therefrom in the same manner as money received from the sale […]