Creator: Planning Commission (RG 15).

Collection Summary: Subject files pertaining to the Sixteenth Section and Lieu Lands Survey.  Materials include a procedure manual for the project, sample data collection forms, historical and legal background information on sixteenth section lands, and data on the funding of public education. Many of the files seem to pertain to special problems or unique cases related to the survey. For example, one file contains a number of lot ownership maps for Columbus, Mississippi; another contains lease contracts for lands in Quitman County. Files relating specifically to lands in Issaquena, Pearl River, Adams, Holmes, Jefferson, and Warren counties are similarly included. 

Access Restrictions: None.

Date(s): 1935-1942.

Volume: 0.50 Cubic Feet.

Finding Aid Created By: Colby Cox in August 2024.

Related Materials: Series 418: Sixteenth Section & Lieu Lands Assessment Roll Forms. Series 419: Sixteenth Section & Lieu Lands Conveyance Forms. 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:
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