Mississippi Code § 97-15-37

Obstructing public highway
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If any person shall fell any bush or tree into any public highway, or obstruct the same in any manner whatever, and shall not remove the obstruction immediately, it shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof the offender, in addition to the penalty recoverable by law, shall be fined not more than fifty dollars or be imprisoned not more than one week. Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 10, art. 7(32); 1857, ch. 64, art. 160; 1871, § 2623; 1880, § 2871; 1892, § 1145; 1906, § 1223; Hemingway's 1917, § 953; 1930, § 980; 1942, § 2210.
If any person shall fell any bush or tree into any public highway, or obstruct the same in any manner whatever, and shall not remove the obstruction immediately, it shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof the offender, in addition to the penalty recoverable by law, shall be fined not more than fifty dollars or be imprisoned not more than one week. Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 10, art. 7(32); 1857, ch. 64, art. 160; 1871, § 2623; 1880, § 2871; 1892, § 1145; 1906, § 1223; Hemingway's 1917, § 953; 1930, § 980; 1942, § 2210.
If any person shall fell any bush or tree into any public highway, or obstruct the same in any manner whatever, and shall not remove the obstruction immediately, it shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof the offender, in addition to the penalty recoverable by law, shall be fined not more than fifty dollars or be imprisoned not more than one week. Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 10, art. 7(32); 1857, ch. 64, art. 160; 1871, § 2623; 1880, § 2871; 1892, § 1145; 1906, § 1223; Hemingway's 1917, § 953; 1930, § 980; 1942, § 2210.
If any person shall fell any bush or tree into any public highway, or obstruct the same in any manner whatever, and shall not remove the obstruction immediately, it shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof the offender, in addition to the penalty recoverable by law, shall be fined not more than fifty dollars or be imprisoned not more than one week.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 10, art. 7(32); 1857, ch. 64, art. 160; 1871, § 2623; 1880, § 2871; 1892, § 1145; 1906, § 1223; Hemingway's 1917, § 953; 1930, § 980; 1942, § 2210.

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