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Miss. Code Ann. § 17-9-1 Powers of governing authorities of counties and municipalities
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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…
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-9-3 Bonus consideration, delay drilling rentals, term, and royalties; rights of lessees
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(a) No lease authorized by this chapter shall be made:(a) For an original bonus consideration of less than One Dollar ($1.00) per acre,(b) For a delay drilling rental of less than One Dollar ($1.00) per acre per annum,(c) For a primary term of more than six years and as long ther…
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-9-5 Terms permissible in mineral lease
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Any such oil, gas and mineral lease may provide that the lessee therein shall have the right and power to pool and consolidate the land covered by said lease in its entirety, or as to any stratum or strata or any portion or portions thereof, with other lands and leases in the imm…
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-9-7 Payment of bonus consideration, delay drilling rentals and royalties
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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 corporati…