49-19-13 - Part of severance tax may be donated by county. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 49-19-13. Part of severance tax may be donated by county.
 

The boards of supervisors of the several counties are hereby authorized, in their discretion, to appropriate and pay to the state forestry commission from the general fund of the county each year a sum of money not exceeding twenty-five per cent of the forest severance tax received by the county the preceding year. Such money so appropriated shall be used by the state forestry commission for forestry work and protection in such county. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 6043; Laws,  1942, ch. 220.