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Mississippi Road Law Answers and Immigrant Land Plan
The Mississippi attorney general explains that the 1910 law creates permanent roads via county bond districts, allowing districts to build roads at their own expense. It clarifies no per capita tax, and property owners in municipalities must pay municipal and road taxes. The article also outlines a Mississippi land development push to attract homeseekers, detailing plans to offer two forty acre farms per county at cost with easy financing and outreach to agricultural schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. S. Hudson
Jas. R. M’dowell
Laurel, Miss
Mississippi
Paul H. Saunders
Laurel
Mississippi Land Development Association
Jackson
Saunders
Middle West
Land Development Association
Executive Committee
Agricultural College
Iowa
Wisconsin
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Department of Commerce
Washington
Canada