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Home » US Law » 2020 Mississippi Code » Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities » Chapter 9 - Lease of Mineral Lands other than Sixteenth Section or "In Lieu" Lands

§ 17-9-1. Powers of governing authorities of counties and municipalities

Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the boards of supervisors of each county and the mayors and boards of aldermen, or mayors and councilmen, as the case may be, of each municipal corporation are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to lease in the name of the county or municipal corporation any or […]

§ 17-9-5. Terms permissible in mineral lease

Any such oil, gas and mineral lease may provide that the lessee therein shall have the right and power to pool and consolidate the land covered by said lease in its entirety, or as to any stratum or strata or any portion or portions thereof, with other lands and leases in the immediate vicinity thereof, […]

§ 17-9-7. Payment of bonus consideration, delay drilling rentals and royalties

The bonus consideration, delay drilling rentals, and royalties accruing under any lease executed with the authority of this chapter shall be paid by the lessee to a county depository to the credit of the county or to a municipal depository to the credit of the municipal corporation, said depository to be selected and designated in […]