31-19-3 - Penalty on officials for violations. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 31-19-3. Penalty on officials for violations.
 

For failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter by any officer, any taxpayer may institute a suit for damages on the bond of such official who is required to give a bond; and in addition thereto, such official may be punished for such failure as for a misdemeanor, and on conviction be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned in the county jail for six (6) months, or both. 
 

Sources: Codes, Hemingway's 1921 Supp. § 6662e; 1930, § 5981; 1942, § 4323; Laws,  1918, ch. 209.