29-1-125 - Collection of sums due state arising from mineral interests. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 29-1-125. Collection of sums due state arising from mineral interests.
 

The State Tax Commission is authorized, empowered, and directed to collect and receive any and all sums of money due the State of Mississippi as royalties or other returns arising as a result of the ownership of tax-forfeited lands, title to which is vested in the state and which lands have not been sold; and the commission is further authorized, empowered and directed to determine the interest of the state in any royalties or other mineral interests due it and accruing or arising from ownership, lease, or otherwise, excepting only lands owned by the state and its institutions which are under the control of a legally constituted board of trustees or other agency having the power to enforce all the rights of the state. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 4078-01; Laws,  1950, ch. 560, § 1.