MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972
As Amended

SEC. 77-9-383. Penalty for defacing posted matter.

Any person who shall tear down, deface, or mutilate the tariffs of charges for transportation of freight or passengers, classifications, circulars, rules and regulations posted by any railroad in compliance with law, or the rules and regulations of the public service commission, or who shall erase or alter, without proper authority, the marks on the bulletin board, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding thirty days.

SOURCES: Codes, 1892, Sec. 4295; 1906, Sec. 4847; Hemingway's 1917, Sec. 7632; 1930, Sec. 7100; 1942, Sec. 7876.

1997 Amendment:

Repealed.

SOURCE: 1997 Laws, Chapter 460, Sec. 19, SB2997, Effective July 1, 1997. 

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