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MS Code § 51-33-33 (2020)
2020 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|§ 51-33-33. Irrigation of farm lands

 All drainage districts of this state may, in the discretion of the drainage commissions of said district, permit the use of water from the drainage canals and the putting into drainage canals of water from natural bodies of water or streams, for the purpose of irrigation of farm lands, under such restrictions as the districts may impose when, in the judgment of the commissioners acting on the advice of the engineer of the district or any other competent engineer employed by it, such permit or permits will not be detrimental to the district or injurious to the landowners therein.
MS Code § 51-33-35 (2020)
2020 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|§ 51-33-35. Contract for irrigation funds

 The drainage commissioners of all drainage districts of this state are hereby authorized, for the purpose of irrigation of farm lands as set out in Section 51-33-33, to contract with the users thereof for the funds with which to provide the water and maintain the ditches for irrigation purposes authorized by Sections 51-33-33 and 51-33-35. However, no contract shall be made whereby the drainage of the lands composing the drainage district, the canals or ditches of which are used for irrigation purposes as herein authorized, shall be destroyed or impaired, it being the purpose and intent of said sections to authorize the use of said canals and ditches for irrigation purposes only in such manner as will not destroy or impair the original and primary purpose of the district to afford drainage to the lands within the district.
MS Code § 51-33-39 (2020)
2020 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|§ 51-33-39. Refunding bonds

 For the purpose of refunding bonded indebtedness, now or hereafter outstanding, of any drainage district organized and existing under any law or laws of the state of Mississippi or that may be hereafter organized under any law of the state, whenever such drainage district is or may hereafter become unable to pay all or any part of the principal and interest on its bonds, or whenever the best interest of the district may require, the drainage commissioners and court for such district may issue refunding bonds of such district in an amount which shall not exceed the aggregate of the amount of bonds to be refunded and accrued interest thereon. Such refunding bonds shall be of such denomination, shall mature at such time or times not exceeding fifty (50) years from their date, shall be issued in such manner, amount or amounts, and shall not bear a greater overall maximum interest rate to maturity than that allowed in Section 75-17-101, payable semiannually, as the administrative or governing authority of the district may determine. Such refunding bonds may be exchanged for the bonds to be refunded, upon consent of the holders thereof, or may be sold at such price and in such manner as the administrative or governing authority may determine, subject however to the approval of the court. Any discount or expense resulting from the sale of such refunding bonds may be paid out of any available funds of the district. If the outstanding bonds shall not have matured, they may be refunded only with the consent of the holder or holders thereof, which consent shall be sufficiently evidenced by the surrender of the bonds to be refunded. Such refunding bonds shall be signed and executed by the drainage commissioners in charge of the district. However, before issuing any refunding bonds hereunder, the administrative and governing authority of such district shall give notice of its intention to do so and shall cause such notice to be published in some newspaper having a general circulation in the county of such district. Such publication shall be made once each week for three (3) consecutive weeks prior to the date, to be named therein, when the administrative or governing authority shall meet to hear the objections of any interested person as to why such refunding bonds should not be issued and taxes levied, in addition to the assessed benefits, for the purpose of paying interest on such bonds. At the time and place fixed for the holding of such hearing, the administrative or governing authority of such district shall hear and dispose of all such objections in a summary manner, and its disposition thereof shall be final and conclusive on all parties.
MS Code § 51-33-41 (2020)
2020 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|§ 51-33-41. Payment of refunding bonds

 The administrative or governing authority of each such district issuing refunding bonds as above provided and the board of supervisors of the county or counties shall annually levy a tax upon all lands and property subject thereto in such district, in proportion to the benefits originally assessed and sufficient to pay the interest on the bonds and the principal of any such bonds becoming due the ensuing year, and shall certify the amount of such tax to the tax collector or tax collectors of the county or counties in which the lands are situated and assessed. In levying the tax, account shall be taken of all payments theretofore made for taxes on each specific tract of land in the district, so that each tract of land within the district may ultimately be made to bear its equitable and just proportion of taxes for the district according to the original assessment against it. Such taxes shall be collected and the levy and payment thereof enforced at the time and in the manner and by the means now or hereafter provided for the collection of drainage and levee taxes in such district. The total of such taxes, exclusive of taxes levied for interest on such bonds and on the bonds to be refunded, shall not exceed the benefits assessed upon any tract of land in said district.
MS Code § 51-33-43 (2020)
2020 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|§ 51-33-43. State sale of tax lands

 No sale of tax lands in any drainage district organized under any of the laws of this state shall be made unless and until the state land commissioner is furnished by the applicant with a certificate signed by the president or secretary of the board of commissioners or other governing authority of the said drainage district in which such land is situated, certifying that arrangements, satisfactory to said board of commissioners for the payment of the drainage taxes accruing upon said land subsequent to the sale for delinquent taxes have been made with the applicant.
MS Code § 51-33-45 (2020)
2020 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|§ 51-33-45. District may purchase tax lands

 The board of drainage commissioners of any drainage district organized under any of the drainage laws of this state are hereby authorized to purchase from the state any lands lying within such drainage district which have been sold to the state for delinquent taxes and the title to which, at the time of the filing of the application to purchase, has matured in the state. The board of drainage commissioners of any such drainage district desiring to purchase any such lands from the state shall file an application for the purchase of such lands with the land commissioner. The land commissioner with the approval of the governor may sell any such lands to the board of drainage commissioners of such drainage district at such price as may be authorized by law for the sale of lands to individuals, and such sale shall be made upon the same terms and conditions as are provided by law for the sale of lands to individuals. However, the limitation imposed by law upon the quantity of state forfeited tax lands which may be sold to a single individual shall not apply to sales of lands in drainage districts to the board of drainage commissioners under the provisions of this section. The board of drainage commissioners of such drainage districts are hereby authorized to appropriate money out of any funds on hand belonging to the drainage district for the payment of the purchase price of such land.   The patents to such lands shall be issued to the board of drainage commissioners of such drainage district in the form and manner prescribed by law; and the proceeds of all such sales shall be paid into the state treasury in the manner provided by law.
MS Code § 51-33-47 (2020)
2020 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|§ 51-33-47. Lands conveyed to drainage district liable for state and county taxes

 When lands are purchased by the board of drainage commissioners of any drainage district under the provisions of Section 51-33-45, such land shall be liable thereafter for the state and county taxes levied and assessed against the same to the same extent as if such lands were owned by a natural person or private corporation. It shall be the duty of the tax assessor to assess such lands for taxes in the same manner as other lands are assessed; and if the taxes are not paid when due, it shall be the duty of the tax collector to sell said land for the delinquent taxes due and unpaid at the time and in the manner provided by law for the sale of lands for delinquent taxes.
MS Code § 51-33-49 (2020)
2020 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|§ 51-33-49. Sale or lease of tax lands

 The board of commissioners of any drainage district operating under any of the laws of this state may sell, lease, or rent, on the terms and conditions as hereinafter set out, the lands located within the limits of said district which have been heretofore purchased or may hereafter be purchased from the State of Mississippi, or such lands heretofore or hereafter purchased at any tax sale after the time for redemption has expired.
MS Code § 51-33-51 (2020)
2020 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|§ 51-33-51. Sale price of tax lands

 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.
MS Code § 51-33-53 (2020)
2020 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|§ 51-33-53. Terms of sale of tax lands

 The lands authorized to be sold under the terms of Sections 51-33-49 through 51-33-57 may be sold by the commissioners of the district acquiring the same on such terms and conditions as the board of commissioners of the drainage district selling said lands may designate for the sale thereof in an order to be duly adopted by them and spread on their minutes; however, the said lands shall not be sold for less than the amount set out under Section 51-33-51, and at least one third of the purchase price of said lands shall be paid in cash to the district on the day that the deed is executed and delivered by the commissioners of said district to the purchaser thereof. The board of commissioners of any drainage district selling any lands which are authorized to be sold under the terms of said sections may accept at par value as payment or as part payment of the purchase price thereof any outstanding past-due bonds or coupons of said district selling said lands.
MS Code § 51-33-55 (2020)
2020 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|§ 51-33-55. Terms of lease of tax lands

 The lands authorized to be leased or rented under the terms of Sections 51-33-49 through 51-33-57 may be leased or rented by the board of commissioners of the drainage district owning the same for a term not to exceed three years at such annual rental and on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed and designated for the lease or rental thereof by an order to be duly adopted by the board of commissioners of said district and entered on their minutes.
MS Code § 51-33-57 (2020)
2020 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|§ 51-33-57. Seal required for conveyance of tax lands

 The deed conveying any lands authorized to be sold by any drainage district under the terms of Sections 51-33-49 through 51-33-57 and any lease contract leasing any lands of any drainage district authorized to be leased under the terms of said sections shall be made under the seal of the drainage district selling or leasing the same, and the same shall be signed for said drainage district by the president and secretary, respectively, of the board of commissioners of the drainage district so selling or leasing the same.
MS Code § 51-33-59 (2020)
2020 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|§ 51-33-59. Release of land by lump sum payment

 Any owner of land situated in any drainage district of the State of Mississippi, which has an outstanding bonded indebtedness, may secure the release of his land or any part thereof from the lien of the assessment of benefits thereon for drainage purposes by paying to the drainage commissioners the full amount of the outstanding assessed benefits against his property or any part thereof. The drainage commissioners or their duly authorized officer, upon receipt of said fund, shall execute to the property owner a full release of his land from the lien of said assessment and acknowledge said release, which may be recorded by the owner in the office of the chancery clerk of the county where said land is situated. However, nothing herein shall have the effect of releasing any land situated in a drainage district from its liability for annual maintenance taxes as now or which may hereafter be levied.
MS Code § 51-33-61 (2020)
2020 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|§ 51-33-61. Release of lands where indebtedness refinanced through Reconstruction Finance Corporation

 In any drainage district of the State of Mississippi which has an outstanding bonded indebtedness which has been refunded through the Reconstruction Finance Corporation of the United States, and in which all of said refunded indebtedness is owned by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation of the United States, any landowner may secure the release of his lands, or any part thereof, from the lien of the assessment of benefits thereon for drainage purposes by paying to the drainage commissioners, to be by them paid to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, such an amount as may be agreed upon by the said drainage commissioners and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
MS Code § 51-33-63 (2020)
2020 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|§ 51-33-63. Procedure to release lands from Reconstruction Finance Corporation

 Any landowner desiring to take advantage of Sections 51-33-61 and 51-33-63 shall first make application to the drainage commissioners of the district in which his land is located, and it shall thereupon be the duty of the drainage commissioners of such drainage district to enter such application on the minutes of such drainage district and to apply to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to determine the amount required to be paid for the release of such lands from the lien of said assessment of benefits thereon. After the amount required to be paid for the release of such lands from the lien of said assessment of benefits shall have been determined and agreed upon by the commissioners and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, the commissioners, with the approval of the chancery court or other court in which the affairs of the drainage district are being administered, or with the approval of the chancellor in vacation, shall be authorized to accept the amount thus agreed upon in full satisfaction and settlement of the lien of said assessment of benefits on said land. Upon said amount being paid by such landowner to the drainage commissioners, such land shall be released from such assessment of benefits by proper order spread upon the minutes of said drainage district, and the amount paid shall be immediately remitted by the drainage commissioners to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to be applied by it to such bonded indebtedness. The written consent of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation shall also be spread upon the minutes of such drainage district. Nothing herein shall have the effect of releasing any land situated in a drainage district from its liability for annual maintenance taxes as now or which may hereafter be levied.
MS Code § 51-33-65 (2020)
2020 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|§ 51-33-65. Release of lands by agreement with commissioners and bondholders

 In any drainage district of the State of Mississippi which has an outstanding bonded indebtedness, any landowner may secure a release of his lands, or any part thereof, from the lien of the assessment of benefits thereon for drainage purposes by paying to the drainage commissioners such an amount as may be agreed upon by the drainage commissioners and the owners of all outstanding bonds of such drainage district.
MS Code § 51-33-67 (2020)
2020 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|§ 51-33-67. Procedure to release lands from bondholders

 Any landowner desiring to take advantage of Sections 51-33-65 and 51-33-67 shall first make application to the drainage commissioners of the drainage district in which his land is located, and it shall thereupon be the duty of the drainage commissioners of such drainage district to enter such application on the minutes of such drainage district and to apply to the owners of all outstanding bonds of such drainage district to determine the amount required to be paid for the release of such lands from the lien of said assessment of benefits thereon. After the amount required to be paid for the release of such lands from the lien of said assessment of benefits shall have been determined and agreed upon by the commissioners and the owners of all outstanding bonds, the commissioners, with the approval of the chancery court or other court in which the affairs of the drainage district are being administered, or with the approval of the chancellor in vacation, shall be authorized to accept the amount thus agreed upon in full satisfaction and settlement of the lien of said assessment of benefits on said land, and to execute and deliver to the landowner a release and quitclaim deed releasing the land from the lien of the assessment of benefits of such drainage district upon payment by the landowner of the amount agreed upon, which amount shall be deposited in the bond and interest fund of such drainage district. The written consent of all owners of the outstanding bonds of such drainage district, together with the order of the board of commissioners authorizing the execution and delivery of the release and quitclaim deed for and on behalf of the drainage district, shall be spread upon the minutes of such drainage district. Nothing herein shall have the effect of releasing any land situated in a drainage district from its liability for annual maintenance taxes as now or which may hereafter be levied.
MS Code § 51-33-69 (2020)
2020 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|§ 51-33-69. Release of lands in districts with more than fifty per cent of lands forfeited to state for taxes

 In any drainage district in the State of Mississippi in which more than fifty per cent of the land in such drainage district has prior to March 31, 1944, been forfeited to the state for taxes, the title thereto has matured in the state, and title to which is on said date in the State of Mississippi, and which has an outstanding bonded indebtedness, any landowner may secure the release of his lands, or any part thereof, from the lien of the assessment of benefits thereon for drainage purposes by paying to the drainage commissioners, either in cash, bonds, or interest coupons of such drainage district, or by credit on judgments rendered against the district for bonds and interest coupons, such an amount as may be determined as herein provided.