Creator: Planning Commission (RG 15).

Collection Summary: Individual descriptions of sixteenth section and lieu lands as described by county assessment rolls for four Mississippi counties:  Humphreys, Jefferson, Leake, and Pearl River.  The descriptions appear on data collection forms for the Sixteenth Section and Lieu Lands Survey. 

Access Restrictions: None.

Date(s): 1940.

Volume: 0.50 Cubic Feet.

Finding Aid Created By: Colby Cox in August 2024.

Related Materials: Series 419: Sixteenth Section & Lieu Lands Conveyance Forms, Series 421: Sixteenth Section & Lieu Lands Subject Files, Series 422: Sixteenth Section & Lieu Lands Description Forms.

Record Group History: The Mississippi Planning Commission was created by the Mississippi Senate via Senate Bill 551 in 1936. The Commission was tasked with creating a master plan for the physical development of the state and prepare a program for the continued development of major improvements in the state. Additional duties of the commission were the preparation of maps and surveys for the use of state agencies and the performance of administrative and engineering work throughout Mississippi. In 1940, the commission was abolished, and its duties were transferred to the newly created Board of Development.

Collection Inventory:
Box Content 

Box Number

Sixteenth section & lieu lands assessment roll descriptions.

640