Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the boards of supervisors of each county and the mayors and boards of aldermen, or mayors and councilmen, as the case may be, of each municipal corporation are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to lease in the name of the county or municipal corporation any or all lands or minerals owned by the county or by the municipality for oil, gas and mineral exploration and development, upon such terms and conditions and for such consideration as the boards of supervisors or the mayors and the boards of aldermen or the mayors and councilmen, in their discretion, shall deem proper and advisable.
Structure 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
§ 17-9-1. Powers of governing authorities of counties and municipalities
§ 17-9-3. Bonus consideration, delay drilling rentals, term, and royalties; rights of lessees
§ 17-9-5. Terms permissible in mineral lease
§ 17-9-7. Payment of bonus consideration, delay drilling rentals and royalties
§ 17-9-9. Chapter inapplicable to sixteenth section or in lieu lands