Sixteenth Section Land Program

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Sixteenth Section Land Program
DELBERT HOSEMANN Secretary of State
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MS Code Ann 29-3-39

• It shall be the duty of the board of education to
  survey periodically the classification of all
  sixteenth section land under its jurisdiction and
  to reclassify said land as it may deem advisable
  because of changes of conditions, and when any
  land is so reclassified, the board of education
  shall file a report thereof with the state land
  commissioner.

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MS Code Ann 29-3-39

• From time to time the state land commissioner may
  institute proceedings to reclassify any sixteenth
  section lands which he may deem advisable and
  when any land is so reclassified, the state land
  commissioner shall file a report thereof with the
  board of education.

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Miss. Code Ann. 29-3-1(1)

• Sixteenth section school lands, or lands granted
  in lieu thereof, constitute property held in
  trust for the benefit of the public schools and
  must be treated as such. The board of education
  under the general supervision of the state land
  commissioner, shall have control and jurisdiction
  of said school trust lands and of all funds
  arising from any disposition thereof heretofore
  or hereafter made. It shall be the duty of the
  board of education to manage the school trust
  lands and all funds arising therefrom as a trust
  property

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Miss. Code Ann. 29-3-1 (1) cont.

• Accordingly, the board shall assure that adequate
  compensation is received for all uses of the
  trust lands, except for uses by the public
  schools.

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State Lease Average

• Lease Classfication
• Catfish
• Residential
• Farm Residential
• Commercial
• Industrial
• Agricultural
• Recreational
• Forestry (Hunting Fishing)
• Other

• Average Rent Per Acre
• 31.56
• 114.92
• 12.84
• 530.94
• 312.12
• 60.50
• 53.16
• 9.47
• 55.94

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16th Section Land Revenues

• Surface
• 14,982,516.76
• Investment
• 6,713,875.57
• Timber
• 9,460,997.27
• Mineral Oil and Gas
• 14,652,596.46
• Other
• 4,846,839.72
• -----------------------------
• TOTAL 50,656,825.78

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16th Section Land Revenues

• Surface
• 15,808,821.51
• Investment
• 10,130,102.70
• Timber
• 9,144,849.81
• Mineral Oil and Gas
• 14,440,639.89
• Other
• 4,768,210.11
• -----------------------------
• TOTAL 54,292,624.02

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Example Areas
Sunflower Leflore Humphreys
Leake Attala Winston
Jones Jasper Wayne
Walthall Marion Lamar
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Agriculture

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• County High Low Average
• Sunflower 76.00 15.00 49.14
• Leflore 141.11 18.07 89.20
• Humphreys 133.82 19.86 76.53

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Farm Residential

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• County High Low Average
• Attala 50.85 2.55 6.40
• Leake 129.74 3.04 8.29
• Winston 24.51 1.97 4.24

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Hunting Fishing

• ____________________________________
• County High Low Average
• Attala 10.00 3.25 5.00
• Leake 10.25 3.50 5.17
• Winston 7.50 4.39 5.63

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Farm Residential

• ____________________________________
• County High Low Average
• Jones 100.00 8.60 24.24
• Jasper 125.00 2.37 9.09
• Wayne 20.77 14.00 17.83

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Hunting Fishing

• ____________________________________
• County High Low Average
• Jones 12.50 4.76 5.69
• Jasper 27.00 3.50 5.07
• Wayne 6.00 4.50 4.96

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Farm Residential

• ____________________________________
• County High Low Average
• Walthall 134.00 1.00 7.32
• Marion 90.00 5.25 6.68
• Lamar 187.60 5.31 16.96

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Hunting Fishing

• ____________________________________
• County High Low Average
• Walthall (only one) 4.12
• Marion 30.01 2.39 10.34
• Lamar 6.09 5.00 5.27

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Sixteenth Section Land Program
DELBERT HOSEMANN Secretary of State