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Man charged with 16th Section timber theft

Associated Press — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:21:04 +0000

SAUCIER — A Saucier man has been charged with three counts of stealing timber from school-owned lands in Pearl River County. Authorities say 54-year-old Harold Edwin Simmons is accused of stealing $375,000 in timber from three 16th Section land sites. Two of the parcels belong to the Poplarville school district and the third is the [...]

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Sixteenth Section lease info now online

Wally Northway — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:19:13 +0000

JACKSON — The Secretary of State’s Office has unveiled a new feature to the agency’s website designed to allow citizens to obtain information easily regarding 16th Section hunting and fishing leases. “This is truly an amazing new product,” said Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann. “Mississippians interested in leasing hunting and fishing land from the state [...]

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16th Section land revenues soar by 42 percent

MBJ Newswires — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:53:48 +0000

JACKSON — In just one year, the Secretary of State’s Office reports that 16th Section land revenues have skyrocketed 42 percent and put $22.8 million additional into the hands of Mississippi’s school children. “These numbers show our new system of posting the leases on the secretary of state’s website, arming our school boards with current [...]

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