Section 40-9-17
Property owned and used or held by colleges for certain purposes.
All property owned and used by a college for the purpose of housing students, members of the faculty or other employees of the college is exempt from taxation.
All property owned by a college and held for the bona fide purpose of being used for enlargement of a campus or for the development of a new campus is exempt from taxation.
(Acts 1950, 5th Ex. Sess., No. 40, p. 85.)