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Home » US Law » 2020 Mississippi Code » Title 97 - Crimes » Chapter 15 - Offenses Affecting Highways, Ferries and Waterways

§ 97-15-1. Destroying, defacing, etc., milepost, signboard, etc., or bridge, underpass or overpass prohibited; penalties; liability for cost of repair; liability of parents of minor

Any person who shall willfully destroy, deface, mar, damage, pull down or remove any milepost, signboard, or index board, or road number, or railroad crossing sign or flasher signal, or other traffic control device shall, on conviction thereof, be liable for the actual cost of replacing or repairing such sign and shall be fined not […]

§ 97-15-11. Highway contractors, materialmen, etc.; collusion to raise prices

It shall be unlawful for any contractors, material dealers, individuals, manufacturers, producers, or corporations, to enter into collusion, private agreement, or secret understanding, to raise the price of construction work or of equipment, supplies or materials for any state highway work. Any contractor, material dealer, manufacturer, producer or their agent or employee, or officer, agent […]

§ 97-15-3. Highway commission members and employees; bribery

Whoever being a member of the state highway commission, or any engineer, agent, or other employee, acting for or on behalf of the commission, shall accept, or agree to accept, receive or agree to receive, ask or solicit, either directly or indirectly, and any person who shall give or offer to give, or promise or […]

§ 97-15-33. Obstructing, injuring, destroying bridge, causeway or ferry

If any person shall wilfully obstruct, break, injure, or destroy any bridge, causeway, or ferry, or any appurtenances thereof which shall have been established for the convenience of the public by the proper authority, he shall, on conviction, be fined not more than one hundred dollars, and shall be liable, further, for all damages occasioned […]

§ 97-15-37. Obstructing public highway

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 […]