Title to Sixteenth Section Land is vested in the State of Mississippi, in trust for the support of public education. Sixteenth Section Lands are not ordinary public lands. They are trust land, and legal principles regarding the management of trust apply. Law imposes on those responsible for the management of trusts, the highest standards of care and attention.

Income from Sixteenth Section Land is considered as a local funding source, and the expendable income may be spent for any educational purposes authorized by law.

Upon leasing, the law requires that all timber be reserved to the local school district. No timber may be cut and used by the lessee except for fuel and necessary repairs and improvements on the lease premises. However, before cutting any timber for firewood, repairs or improvements the lessee should obtain written permission from the Mississippi Forestry Commission.

Sixteenth Section Land cannot be sold or swapped for other lands. The only exception is that land may be sold for industrial development. Where land is sold for industrial development, the school district must purchase replacement land of like acreage and value. Sixteenth Section Lands classified as Forest Land are not open to hunting by the general public. Only the holder of a valid lease of the hunting and fishing rights may hunt on Sixteenth Section Forest Land.

Rents for leases of Agricultural Land, hunting and fishing rights on Forest Land and mineral exploration and mining rights on all land classifications are set by competitive bids solicited through public notices published in the legal advertising section of newspapers. Fair market rental value on all other land classifications is determined by appraisal of the land.

Yes, once Sixteenth Section is leased, it is subject to property taxes in the same way that privately owned land is taxed. The lessee is responsible for paying the property tax. The lease may be canceled for failure to pay the taxes. When the land is not leased, the local school district is not required to pay the usual property taxes on the land, although it may be responsible for certain drainage district taxes.

The local school district having jurisdiction and control of the land may use Sixteenth Section Land as a site for school buildings without paying fair market rental. However all other persons and entities, including federal, state, and local governments must pay fair market rental for the use of Sixteenth Section Land.

The treaty with the Chickasaw Indian Nation ceding their land to the United States failed to specifically reserve Sixteenth Sections and when the lands were later sold by the government, no provision was made for the reservation of school trust lands. Later the United States granted the State of Mississippi lieu land as compensation for this error. However, this lieu land was sold by the state, and the money invested in railroad bonds. The investment was lost during the Civil War.

You should report abuses of Sixteenth Section Land to the land manger or superintendent of education of the local school district and to the Public Lands Division of the Mississippi Secretary of State's office (below).

On the Stroudwater - three landowners in the missing mile. All the rest is owned by The Company of Proprietors of Stroudwater Navigation who have granted British Waterways a very long lease. (999 years.) The Thames and Severn Canal is in multi-ownership. Gloucestershire County Council Stroud to Chalford, Bathurst Estate, Cooperative Wholesale Soc. etc. There are some small ownerships at Kempsford.

The community as a whole owns all land and buildings, including homes. However, a person's home will, within certain bounds, be theirs to occupy for as long as they desire once they move into it, providing there is no conflict with the continuation of that arrangement. By a conflict, we mean consensus agreement that there is a compelling reason that the situation must change. We do not anticipate having the need to make people change housing involuntarily.

Response: Grambling Alumni owns the house which sits on .3 acres and Bro. Staff owns the surrounding 1.7 acres. Our plan is to ask Bro. Staff to donate the land to the fraternity or present him with a reasonable offer to sell it back to us.

Please contact the Land Registry in Swansea on 01792 355000. If you think the land is owned by the Council, contact the Property Planning Section at Crown Buildings, Chester Street on 01978 297213, where the Register of Council Owned Land is kept. For further information contact our Helpline 01978 292016 or visit our homepage to see the range of services we offer.

For details on the ownership of any piece of land contact: The Information Centre, HM Land Registry, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH Telephone: 0207 917 8888.

Landowners who subport the aims of the Carbon Consultancy and are prepared to commit land for tree planting subject to agreements to protect their future, own the land. The Carbon Consultancy does buy land for plantings on behalf or corporate clients. The aim of the Carbon Consultancy is to reduce atmospheric carbon, not to create a land bank, and it therefore uses partnerships as a cost effective and environmentally sound solution for reforestation.

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The land upon which the pipeline is located is referred to as the TAPS right-of-way. Right-of-way land ownership is:

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