Any lands purchased by any drainage district from the State of Mississippi shall not be sold by said district so purchasing the same for less than the amount paid by said district to said state therefor. However, except as provided in Section 51-29-81, any lands purchased by any drainage district at any delinquent tax sales, title to which has matured in the district, shall not be sold by said district so purchasing the same for less than the amount paid therefor by said district at said tax sale plus the amount of all other taxes (exclusive of interest, damages, penalties, and costs) which would have accrued to said lands during the two-year period immediately following the date of sale of said lands for delinquent taxes had the same not been sold therefor.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 51 - Waters, Water Resources, Water Districts, Drainage, and Flood Control
Chapter 33 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts and Swamp Land Districts
Article 1 - Provisions Common to Drainage Districts
§ 51-33-1. Soil and water conservation and utilization
§ 51-33-3. Additional powers for conservation
§ 51-33-5. Petition for conservation powers
§ 51-33-7. Creation of district for conservation purposes
§ 51-33-9. Construction of conservation program
§ 51-33-11. Additional powers for beneficial use of water
§ 51-33-13. Cooperative agreements for conservation programs
§ 51-33-15. Water management district
§ 51-33-17. Borrowing funds from government agencies
§ 51-33-19. Funds for repairs and restoration
§ 51-33-21. Certificates of indebtedness for repairs
§ 51-33-23. Tax levy for repairs
§ 51-33-25. Hearing on indebtedness for repairs
§ 51-33-27. Authority for indebtedness for repairs
§ 51-33-29. Cooperative agreements with U.S. Corps of Engineers
§ 51-33-31. Borrowing from Farmers' Home Administration
§ 51-33-33. Irrigation of farm lands
§ 51-33-35. Contract for irrigation funds
§ 51-33-37. Bond issue to fund legal indebtedness
§ 51-33-41. Payment of refunding bonds
§ 51-33-43. State sale of tax lands
§ 51-33-45. District may purchase tax lands
§ 51-33-47. Lands conveyed to drainage district liable for state and county taxes
§ 51-33-49. Sale or lease of tax lands
§ 51-33-51. Sale price of tax lands
§ 51-33-53. Terms of sale of tax lands
§ 51-33-55. Terms of lease of tax lands
§ 51-33-57. Seal required for conveyance of tax lands
§ 51-33-59. Release of land by lump sum payment
§ 51-33-63. Procedure to release lands from Reconstruction Finance Corporation
§ 51-33-65. Release of lands by agreement with commissioners and bondholders
§ 51-33-67. Procedure to release lands from bondholders
§ 51-33-71. Procedure to release lands in districts with more than fifty percent tax-forfeited lands
§ 51-33-73. Payment for release
§ 51-33-75. Receivership for certain districts
§ 51-33-77. Proceedings for appointment of receiver
§ 51-33-79. Duties of receiver; oath; bond; records
§ 51-33-83. Payment of assessments by landowners or sale of property
§ 51-33-85. Compromise of assessments between landowners and bondholders
§ 51-33-87. Disposition of funds and discharge of receiver
§ 51-33-89. Receivership as additional management method
§ 51-33-93. Dissolution of district without construction; petition; notice
§ 51-33-95. Dissolution of district without construction; proceedings; chancery court jurisdiction
§ 51-33-97. Dissolution of district without construction; claims
§ 51-33-99. Dissolution of district with construction not requiring maintenance
§ 51-33-101. Dissolution of district with construction not requiring maintenance; petition; notice
§ 51-33-105. Dissolution of district by cumulative method
§ 51-33-107. Dissolution of district by cumulative method; petition
§ 51-33-109. Dissolution of district by cumulative method; notice and summons
§ 51-33-111. Dissolution of district by cumulative method; claims
§ 51-33-117. Dissolution of district by cumulative method; surplus funds; effect of dissolution
§ 51-33-119. Dissolution of district by cumulative method; appeals