27-35-71 - School lands taxable when leased. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 27-35-71. School lands taxable when leased.
 

All school lands known as the sixteenth sections, reserved for the use of schools, or lands reserved or granted in lieu of or as a substitute for the sixteenth sections, shall be liable, after the same shall have been leased, to be taxed as other lands are taxed during the continuance of the lease; but in case of sale thereof for taxes, only the title of the lessee or his assignee shall pass by the sale. 
 

Sources: Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 8, art 17 (21); 1857, ch. 3, art 20; 1871, § 1679; 1880, § 494; 1892, § 3780; 1906, § 4289; Hemingway's 1917, § 6923; 1930, § 3156; 1942, § 9780.