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.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 49 - Conservation and Ecology
Chapter 19 - Forests and Forest Protection
§ 49-19-3. Selection and qualifications of state forester; other duties and powers of the commission
§ 49-19-5. Acquisition and disposal of property
§ 49-19-11. Land adjacent to protective areas, etc.
§ 49-19-13. Part of severance tax may be donated by county
§ 49-19-17. Study of forestry in schools and colleges
§ 49-19-21. How moneys contributed by government spent
§ 49-19-23. Federal funds; apportionment
§ 49-19-33. Southern Regional Fire Training Center renamed the Richard (Dick) Allen Building