29-1-67 - Sale of lands in municipalities. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 29-1-67. Sale of lands in municipalities.
 

Land situated within municipalities which has once been patented either by the United States government or the State of Mississippi, and the title to which has thereafter, by escheat, tax sale, or otherwise become vested in the State of Mississippi, may be sold or contracted for sale by the land commissioner, with the approval of the governor, at such price and under such terms and conditions as they may fix, even though it may have been subdivided into lots, blocks, divisions, or otherwise and escheated, or was sold to the state by such description. In selling such lands and the improvements thereon, if any, the land commissioner shall take into consideration the location thereof and the improvements situated thereon, and may ask and obtain greater prices therefor than for other lands. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1930, § 6035; 1942, § 4124; Laws,  1926, ch. 185; Laws, 1936, ch. 174.