97-15-45 - Obstructing waterways; permanently obstructing navigable waters. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 97-15-45. Obstructing waterways; permanently obstructing navigable waters.
 

If any person shall, in any manner, permanently obstruct any of the navigable waters, or shall place any obstruction therein and not remove the same within a reasonable time, the person offending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail not more than thirty days, or both. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1892, § 1326; 1906, § 1397; Hemingway's 1917, § 1140; 1930, § 1171; 1942, § 2414; Laws,  1898, ch. 89; Laws, 1932, ch. 239.