§ 97-11-47. Tax collector; failure to make settlement
Any tax collector who shall wilfully fail or refuse for ten days after the time appointed by law for any monthly payment or final settlement, to make the same, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, he shall be removed from office and fined not exceeding one thousand dollars.
§ 97-11-49. Tax collector; collecting privilege tax without issuing license
If any tax collector, or deputy or agent of any tax collector, shall collect any privilege tax without issuing to the party from whom the tax is collected the auditor’s license therefor as provided for by law, he shall, on conviction, be fined not less than double the amount of the tax, and be imprisoned […]
§ 97-11-51. Trustees of state institutions not to incur liability in excess of income
It shall be unlawful for the board of trustees or other authority of any state-owned institution maintained in whole or in part by the state, or any state department, having charge of the disbursement or expenditure of the income provided by legislative appropriation and otherwise for such institution or department to expend, contract for the […]
§ 97-11-53. Offer of inducements to influence public official’s action on award of contracts or accomplishment of official acts
As used in this section the following words shall have the following meaning: Person: individual, firm, corporation, association, partnership or other legal entity. Public official: Any elected official of the State of Mississippi or of any political subdivision thereof, or Any officer, director, commissioner, supervisor, chief, head, agent or employee of: The State of Mississippi, […]
§ 97-11-33. Extortion; collecting unauthorized fees and fees for services not actually rendered
If any judge, justice court judge, sheriff, deputy sheriff, sheriff’s employee, constable, assessor, collector, clerk, county medical examiner, county medical examiner investigator, employee of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, employee of any contractor providing incarceration services or any other officer, shall knowingly demand, take or collect, under color of his office, any money fee or […]
§ 97-11-35. Failure to return known offenders; purposeful avoidance of knowledge of offense
If any judge, justice court judge, constable, member of the board of supervisors, sheriff, or other peace officer, shall wilfully neglect or refuse to return any person committing any offense against the laws, committed in his view or knowledge, or of which he has any notice, or shall wilfully absent himself when such offense is […]
§ 97-11-37. Failure to perform any duty
If any person, being sheriff, clerk of any court, constable, assessor, or collector of taxes, or holding any county office whatever, or mayor, marshal, or constable, or any other officer of any city, town, or village, shall knowingly or wilfully fail, neglect, or refuse to perform any of the duties required of him by law, […]
§ 97-11-39. Military officers; resigning to evade obedience to order prohibited
Any officer who shall offer to resign in order to evade obedience to a lawful order of his superior officer, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed sixty days, or […]
§ 97-11-41. Oath of office and bond; elected officials not to exercise duties before taking oath or giving bond, as required
If any person elected to any office shall undertake to exercise the same or discharge the duties thereof without first having taken the oath of office or given bond as required by law, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned […]
§ 97-11-43. Railroad fares; government officials to pay same fare as general passengers; accepting and using free pass
If any officer, state, county, district, or municipal, except the Public Service Commissioners when in the actual discharge of official duties, shall travel or ride upon any railroad without paying absolutely and without any guile, trick, subterfuge, or evasion whatsoever, the same fare required of passengers generally, or if any railroad company, or officer or […]