Mississippi Code Title 77. Public Utilities and Carriers § 77-5-47

All associations or corporations formed and operating under this article are hereby authorized and empowered to construct electric lines on and over all of those lands matured in the State of Mississippi through tax sale, and also on and over unimproved sixteenth sections, and lands granted in lieu of sixteenth sections.

The right and power to construct and maintain said lines shall be during the existence of said corporation or association, and without payment to the state for said easement.