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Statutes > Mississippi > Title-51 > 9 > 51-9-161§ 51-9-161. Overflow of school lands not to constitute waste.
It is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination that the overflow and inundation of sixteenth section lands or in lieu lands shall not constitute legal waste of such lands. The district shall pay a reasonable rental for the use of such lands to be overflowed, to be determined as provided by law in such cases. Any sixteenth section lands that have been flooded shall be reforested before this project shall ever be abandoned.
Sources: Codes, 1942, § 5956-81; Laws, 1958, ch. 197, § 31, eff from and after passage (approved May 5, 1958).
