PUBLIC NOTICE
OF INVITATION FOR BIDS
FOR HUNTING AND FISHING RIGHTS
Notice is hereby given by the Board of Education of Scott County School District that sealed bids will be received by said Board until 9:00 a.m. on the 13th day of October, 2025, in the Office of the Superintendent of Education of Scott County School District, at 110 Commerce Loop, Forest, Mississippi, for a lease of hunting and fishing rights on the following described Sixteenth Section Public School Trust Lands situated in Scott County, Mississippi, to wit:
SECTION 16, TOWNSHIP 6 NORTH, RANGE 6 EAST
W 1/2 of E 1/2 of SW 1/4 and SW 1/4 of SW 1/4. Containing 80.00 acres, more or less Parcels 24 and 25, in Scott County Mississippi.
The lease shall be for a term of five (5) years. The form of the lease has been prescribed by the Board of Education and is now on file in the Office of the Superintendent of Education, and interested parties may inspect the same during regular office hours.
Bid proposal forms may be obtained from the Office of the Superintendent of Education. Bids shall be submitted for the entire parcel (s) advertised. Only the annual rental shall be subject to bid. A certified check for the amount of the annual rental should be included with the bid when submitted. Bids shall be submitted in sealed envelopes, addressed to the Board of Education of Scott County School District and plainly marked on the outside of the envelope "BID
FOR HUNTING AND FISHING LEASE on approximately 80.00 acres, Parcel 28, in Section 16, Township 6 North, Range 6 East."
The Board of Education of Scott County School district will meet at 110 commerce Loop, Scott County School Board Room, Forest, Mississippi on the 14th of October. 2025 at 9:00 a.m. Sealed bids that are received by the October13, 2025, then opened in public, considered by the Board of Education of Scott County School District.
The Board of Education of Scott County School District reserves the right to reject any and all bids submitted.
The aforesaid land is being offered for lease under the provisions of Section 29-341 of the MS Code Annotated (1972) as amended. Published by order of the Board of Education of Scott County School District.
Alan Lumpkin, Superintendent of Education
Publish Two (2) Times: October 1st and October 8th, 2025.
