2016 Mississippi Code
Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities
Chapter 9 - Lease of Mineral Lands Other Than Sixteenth Section or "In Lieu" Lands
§ 17-9-7. Payment of bonus consideration, delay drilling rentals and royalties
The bonus consideration, delay drilling rentals, and royalties accruing under any lease executed with the authority of this chapter shall be paid by the lessee to a county depository to the credit of the county or to a municipal depository to the credit of the municipal corporation, said depository to be selected and designated in the order authorizing said lease, and all of said funds so accruing shall go into the general fund of the county or municipality, as the case may be.
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