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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 13 - ELECTION CRIMES (§§ 97-13-1 — 97-13-45) › Section 97-13-35 - Voting; by unqualified person, or at more than one place, or for both parties in same primary

(1)
Any person who shall vote at any election, not being legally qualified, or who shall vote in more than one (1) county, or at more than one (1) place in any county or in any city, town, or village entitled to separate representation, or who shall vote out of the district of his legal domicile, or who shall vote or attempt to vote in the primary election of one (1) party when he shall have voted on the same date in the primary election of another party, shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned in the county jail not more than one (1) year, or be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both.
(2)
Any person who shall vote in the second primary election of one (1) party when he voted in the first primary election of another party preceding the same regular, special, or general election shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor and be imprisoned in the county jail not more than six (6) months, or be fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or both.
Codes, 1857, ch. 64, art. 73; 1871, § 2537; 1880, § 2772; 1892, § 1044; 1906, § 1122; Hemingway's 1917, § 848; 1930, § 873; 1942, § 2099; Laws, 1964, ch. 348, eff. 5/22/1964.
Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 430, HB 866, 15, eff. 1/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 13 - ELECTION CRIMES (§§ 97-13-1 — 97-13-45) › Section 97-13-36 - Multiple voting; penalties

Any person who shall knowingly vote at any election in more than one (1) county or at more than one (1) place in any county, municipality or other political subdivision with the intent to have more than one (1) vote counted in any election shall be guilty of the crime of multiple voting and, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned in the State Penitentiary not more than five (5) years, or be fined not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both; or in a county jail not more than one (1) year, or be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both.
Laws, 2002, ch. 590, § 2, eff. 7/22/2002 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965).
Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 430, HB 866, 16, eff. 1/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 13 - ELECTION CRIMES (§§ 97-13-1 — 97-13-45) › Section 97-13-37 - Intimidating, boycotting, etc., elector to procure vote

Whoever shall procure, or endeavor to procure, the vote of any elector, or the influence of any person over other electors, at any election, for himself or any candidate, by means of violence, threats of violence, or threats of withdrawing custom, or dealing in business or trade, or of enforcing the payment of a debt, or of bringing a suit or criminal prosecution, or by any other threat or injury to be inflicted by him, or by his means, or shall violate any provision of Section
23-15-871
or
23-15-874
, shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned in the county jail not more than one (1) year, or be fined not more than Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00), or both.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 6 (4); 1857, ch. 64, art. 39; 1871, § 2516; 1880, § 2732; 1892, § 986; 1906, § 1062; Hemingway's 1917, § 790; 1930, § 806; 1942, § 2032.
Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 430, HB 866, 17, eff. 1/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 13 - ELECTION CRIMES (§§ 97-13-1 — 97-13-45) › Section 97-13-39 - Intimidating elector to prevent voting

(1)
If any person shall, by illegal force, or threats of force, prevent, or endeavor to prevent, any elector from giving his vote, he shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned in the county jail not more than one (1) year, or be fined not more than Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00), or both.
(2)
If any person shall, utilize the requirements to provide voter identification to intimidate a voter, or to prevent a person from voting who is otherwise qualified to vote shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned in the State Penitentiary not more than five (5) years, or fined not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 6 (12); 1857, ch. 64, art. 80; 1871, § 2544; 1880, § 2779; 1892, § 1051; 1906, § 1129; Hemingway's 1917, § 855; 1930, § 880; 1942, § 2106.
Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 430, HB 866, 18, eff. 1/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 13 - ELECTION CRIMES (§§ 97-13-1 — 97-13-45) › Section 97-13-41 - Penalty for false entry, unauthorized revision, removal or alteration in Statewide Elections Management System or poll book

Any person who shall knowingly make a false entry, unauthorized revision, removal, or alteration in the Statewide Elections Management System or poll book, shall, upon conviction thereof, be imprisoned in the State Penitentiary for a term not exceeding ten (10) years, and be liable to the action of the aggrieved party.
Added by Laws, 2016, ch. 430, HB 866, 19, eff. 1/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 13 - ELECTION CRIMES (§§ 97-13-1 — 97-13-45) › Section 97-13-43 - Penalty for willfully tampering with or damaging voting machine, tabulating computer or other device used in connection with election or preventing correct operation of said machine or device

Any person who willfully tampers with or damages any voting machine or tabulating computer or device to be used or being used at or in connection with any election or who prevents or attempts to prevent the correct operation of any voting machine or tabulating computer or device shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, or be fined Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both.
Added by Laws, 2016, ch. 430, HB 866, 20, eff. 1/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 13 - ELECTION CRIMES (§§ 97-13-1 — 97-13-45) › Section 97-13-45 - Penalty for unlawfully showing ballot to another, making false statement as to inability to mark ballot, or marking ballot so as to identify voter

Any voter who shall, except as provided by law, allow his ballot to be seen by any person, or who shall make a false statement as to his inability to mark his ballot, or who shall place any mark upon his ballot by which it can afterwards be identified as the ballot voted by him, shall be punished by a fine of not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).
Added by Laws, 2016, ch. 430, HB 866, 21, eff. 1/1/2017.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 15 - OFFENSES AFFECTING HIGHWAYS, FERRIES AND WATERWAYS (§§ 97-15-1 — 97-15-51) › Section 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

(1)
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 less than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or be imprisoned in the county jail not more than six (6) months, or be punished by both such fine and imprisonment. If the offender is a minor, the parents of such minor shall be civilly liable in accordance with Section
93-13-2
for the actual cost of replacing or repairing the sign, signal or device.
(2)
The penalties prescribed in subsection (1) of this section shall also be applicable to any person, and to the parents of any minor, who willfully defaces, mars or damages any bridge, underpass or overpass.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 10. art. 7(19); 1857, ch. 64, art. 159; 1871, § 2622; 1880, § 2870; 1892, § 1144; 1906, § 1222; Hemingway's 1917, § 952; 1930, § 979; 1942, § 2209; Laws, 1977, ch. 323, § 2; Laws, 1993, ch 483, § 2, eff. 7/1/1993.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 15 - OFFENSES AFFECTING HIGHWAYS, FERRIES AND WATERWAYS (§§ 97-15-1 — 97-15-51) › Section 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 procure to be promised, offered or given, either directly or indirectly to any member of said commission, or to any engineer, agent, or other employee acting for and on behalf of the commission, any monies, or any contract, promise, undertaking, obligation, gratuity or security for the payment of money, or for the delivery or conveyance of anything of value or of any political appointment or influence, present, or reward of any employment or any other thing of value, with the intent to have his decision or action on any question, matter, cause or proceeding which may at the time be pending, or which may by law be brought before him in his official capacity or in his place of trust or profit, influence thereby, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than one nor more than five years, and shall forever after be disqualified from holding any office of trust or profit under the constitution or laws of this state.
Codes, 1930, § 5017; 1942, § 8049; Laws, 1930, ch. 47; Laws, 1948, ch. 332, § 26.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 15 - OFFENSES AFFECTING HIGHWAYS, FERRIES AND WATERWAYS (§§ 97-15-1 — 97-15-51) › Section 97-15-5 - Highway commission members, employees or highway contractors; conspiracy to violate contracts and defraud state

Any member of the state highway commission or any person employed by the state highway commission, in connection with the carrying on of the work outlined in Title 65, Mississippi Code of 1972, who shall knowingly perform any act with intent to injure the state, or any contractor or his agent, or employee, or any other person, who shall conspire with the director or with any member of the state highway commission, or employee thereof or with any state official, to permit a violation of any contract with intent to injure or defraud the state, or any contractor or agent, or employee of any contractor who shall knowingly do any work on any state highway in violation of contract, and with intent to defraud the state, the member of the state highway commission, or employee thereof, state official or contractor, or employee or agent of such contractor, or any other person so conspiring or so doing, shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction thereof shall be confined in the state penitentiary not less than one year, nor more than five years, or be fined not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) and not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) or both. In addition, any such person shall be liable to the state highway commission for double the amount the state may have lost by reason thereof, such liability to be covered by any bond that may have been executed by such official, contractor, or employee, the liability hereunder of the bondsmen, however, being limited to the total amount of said bond and not more.
Codes, 1930, § 5016; 1942, § 8048; Laws, 1930, ch. 47; Laws, 1948, ch. 332, § 25.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 15 - OFFENSES AFFECTING HIGHWAYS, FERRIES AND WATERWAYS (§§ 97-15-1 — 97-15-51) › Section 97-15-7 - and 97-15-9 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1990, ch. 306, § 1, eff. 5/4/1990 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection).
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 15 - OFFENSES AFFECTING HIGHWAYS, FERRIES AND WATERWAYS (§§ 97-15-1 — 97-15-51) › Section 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 or employee of any corporation, convicted of this offense shall be punishable by a fine of not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) or by imprisonment not exceeding twelve months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
Codes, 1930, § 5018; 1942, § 8050; Laws, 1930, ch. 47; Laws, 1948, ch. 332, § 27.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 15 - OFFENSES AFFECTING HIGHWAYS, FERRIES AND WATERWAYS (§§ 97-15-1 — 97-15-51) › Section 97-15-15 - Keeper of ferry, toll-bridge or causeway; charging excessive toll

Any keeper of any public ferry, toll-bridge, or causeway, who shall demand or receive from any person any rate of toll not allowed by the order of the board of supervisors of the county in which the same may be kept, shall, for each offense, on conviction thereof, be fined not more than fifty dollars.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 10, art. 7(38); 1857, ch. 64, art. 155; 1871, § 2618; 1880, § 2865; 1892, § 1139; 1906, § 1217; Hemingway's 1917, § 947; 1930, § 974; 1942, § 2204.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 15 - OFFENSES AFFECTING HIGHWAYS, FERRIES AND WATERWAYS (§§ 97-15-1 — 97-15-51) › Section 97-15-17 - Keeper of ferry, toll-bridge or causeway; failure to give bond; suffering bridge, etc. to be out of order

If any owner or keeper of a public ferry, toll-bridge, or causeway, shall fail to give bond as required by law, or shall suffer said ferry, bridge, or causeway, or any part or appurtenance thereof, to be out of good repair for more than five days at any one time, such owner or keeper, or both, shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not more than fifty dollars.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 10, art. 7(39); 1857, ch. 64, art. 156; 1871, § 2619; 1880, § 2866; 1892, § 1140; 1906, § 1218; Hemingway's 1917, § 948; 1930, § 975; 1942, § 2205.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 15 - OFFENSES AFFECTING HIGHWAYS, FERRIES AND WATERWAYS (§§ 97-15-1 — 97-15-51) › Section 97-15-19 - Keeper of ferry, toll-bridge or causeway; unreasonable detention of person

If any person shall be unreasonably detained, at any time, at any public ferry, toll-bridge, or causeway, by the carelessness, negligence, or wilfulness of the owner or keeper thereof, such owner or keeper, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than fifty dollars.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 10, art. 7(36); 1857, ch. 64, art. 154; 1871, § 2617; 1880, § 2864; 1892, § 1138; 1906, § 1216; Hemingway's 1917, § 946; 1930, § 973; 1942, § 2203.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 15 - OFFENSES AFFECTING HIGHWAYS, FERRIES AND WATERWAYS (§§ 97-15-1 — 97-15-51) › Section 97-15-21 - Levees; breaking enclosures; depositing trash, etc., or storing commodities; damaging

If any person shall willfully cut, break down, remove, destroy or damage any cattle gap or any fence or part thereof erected by any board of levee commissioners or the agents or employees of said board of levee commissioners for the purpose of enclosing any levee right-of-way under the control of said board of levee commissioners or who shall break down, remove or destroy any gate in any such fence, or shall willfully leave unclosed and open any such gate after having opened same, or make said levee or said levee right-of-way a place of deposit or storage for any woodpiles or refuse, garbage or dead animals or any cotton, lumber, bricks or any other commodities, or who shall willfully do any material damage injurious to said levee, such person or persons shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be fined not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each offense. In addition to the penalties herein provided for, if any levee board is required to remove any such forbidden objects herein described, the owner or owners of such forbidden objects shall be liable in damages to the levee board for the cost of removing such objects, which damages may be recovered in a court action brought for that purpose; and the said levee board shall have a right of action against any person for any other damage sustained to the levee or levee right-of-way by reason of a violation of this section.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 1006; 1930, § 1035; 1942, § 2267; Laws, 1906, ch. 126; Laws, 1948, ch. 357; Laws, 1968, ch. 353, § 1; Laws, 1999, ch. 433, § 1; Laws, 2008, ch. 386, § 2, eff. 7/1/2008.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 15 - OFFENSES AFFECTING HIGHWAYS, FERRIES AND WATERWAYS (§§ 97-15-1 — 97-15-51) › Section 97-15-23 - Levees; disfiguring, etc., or excavating dirt or sand on levee right-of-way

If any person or persons shall willfully cut into, mutilate or disfigure any levee or excavate dirt or sand from the right-of-way owned by any board of levee commissioners or any part thereof, or trespass upon said levee in violation of posted regulations, without being authorized to do so by the said board of levee commissioners, such person or persons shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be fined not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each offense, or shall be confined in the county jail for a term not exceeding thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 1005; 1930, § 1034; 1942, § 2266; Laws, 1906, ch. 129; Laws, 1979, ch. 395; Laws, 1999, ch. 433, § 2; Laws, 2008, ch. 386, § 3, eff. 7/1/2008.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 15 - OFFENSES AFFECTING HIGHWAYS, FERRIES AND WATERWAYS (§§ 97-15-1 — 97-15-51) › Section 97-15-25 - Levees; maliciously cutting, destroying, etc

If any person shall wilfully or maliciously cut, break, injure, or destroy any levee constructed by authority of law, he shall, on conviction, be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than five years.
Codes, 1857, ch. 64, art. 198; 1871, § 2705; 1880, § 2914; 1892, § 1196; 1906, § 1274; Hemingway's 1917, § 1004; 1930, § 1033; 1942, § 2265.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 15 - OFFENSES AFFECTING HIGHWAYS, FERRIES AND WATERWAYS (§§ 97-15-1 — 97-15-51) › Section 97-15-27 - Levees; hunting or engaging in target practice upon mainline levee structure or right-of-way

If any person shall hunt or engage in target practice upon any levee structure erected by any board of levee commissioners, the entire landside right-of-way of the levee structure or the riverside right-of-way of the levee structure within a distance of two hundred (200) feet from the toe of the levee structure, the person or persons shall, upon conviction, be punished as provided in Section
49-7-141(1)
for Class I violations of the game and fish laws.
Codes, 1942, § 2267.1; Laws, 1968, ch. 353, § 2; Laws, 1999, ch. 433, § 3; Laws, 2008, ch. 386, § 4, eff. 7/1/2008.
Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 408, SB 2405, 1, eff. 7/1/2014.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 15 - OFFENSES AFFECTING HIGHWAYS, FERRIES AND WATERWAYS (§§ 97-15-1 — 97-15-51) › Section 97-15-31 - Littering highways, streets, sidewalks, etc. with tacks, glass or other damaging objects

It shall be unlawful for any person, or corporation acting through any employee or agent, to knowingly or wilfully or carelessly place glass, nails, tacks, or other objects which may damage the property of another, in any public street, highway, alley-way, or sidewalk. If said person or corporation shall not immediately gather up and remove same, he or it shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not less than five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each offense, and in addition shall be liable to any person injured thereby, or injury to his property, for two times the amount of actual damage sustained.
Codes, Hemingway's 1921 Supp. § 1142i; 1930, § 984; 1942, § 2214; Laws, 1920, ch. 204.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 15 - OFFENSES AFFECTING HIGHWAYS, FERRIES AND WATERWAYS (§§ 97-15-1 — 97-15-51) › Section 97-15-32 - Dumping of dead wildlife, wildlife parts or waste in or on highways, private property, lakes, navigable waters, etc.; penalties

(1)
Anyone who puts, throws or dumps on the streets, roads or highways within this state, or within the limits of the rights-of-way of such streets, roads or highways, or in the lakes, streams, rivers or navigable waters or upon any private property without permission of the owner of such property, any dead wildlife, wildlife parts or waste, in addition to being civilly liable for all damages caused by such act, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided in this section.
(2)
Any person found guilty of the violation of this section shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) nor more than Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00).
(3)
A person convicted for a first offense under this section may be required to perform the following, and a person convicted for a second or subsequent offense shall be required to:
(a)
Remove the unlawfully discarded dead wildlife or waste;
(b)
Restore property damaged by, or pay damages for any damage arising out of the unlawfully discarded dead wildlife or waste;
(c)
Perform community public service relating to the removal of any unlawfully discarded dead wildlife or waste or to the restoration of any area polluted by unlawfully discarded dead wildlife or waste; and
(d)
Pay all reasonable investigative and prosecutorial expenses and costs to the investigative and/or prosecutorial agency or agencies.
(4)
It shall be the duty of all law enforcement officers to enforce the provisions of this section.
Laws, 2007, ch. 509, § 2, eff. 7/1/2007.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 15 - OFFENSES AFFECTING HIGHWAYS, FERRIES AND WATERWAYS (§§ 97-15-1 — 97-15-51) › Section 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 by such wrongful act.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 10, art. 10(1); 1857, ch. 64, art. 157; 1871, § 2620; 1880, § 2867; 1892, § 1141; 1906, § 1219; Hemingway's 1917, § 949; 1930, § 976; 1942, § 2206.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 15 - OFFENSES AFFECTING HIGHWAYS, FERRIES AND WATERWAYS (§§ 97-15-1 — 97-15-51) › Section 97-15-35 - Obstructing or injuring plank-road, covered, or other roads

If any person shall wantonly or negligently obstruct or injure any plank-road, or any covered road, or other roads, on conviction thereof, he shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not longer than six months in the county jail, or both.
Codes, 1857, ch. 64, art. 163; 1871, § 2626; 1880, § 2873; 1892, § 1147; 1906, § 1225; Hemingway's 1917, § 955; 1930, § 982; 1942, § 2212.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 15 - OFFENSES AFFECTING HIGHWAYS, FERRIES AND WATERWAYS (§§ 97-15-1 — 97-15-51) › Section 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 dollars or be imprisoned not more than one week.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 10, art. 7(32); 1857, ch. 64, art. 160; 1871, § 2623; 1880, § 2871; 1892, § 1145; 1906, § 1223; Hemingway's 1917, § 953; 1930, § 980; 1942, § 2210.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 15 - OFFENSES AFFECTING HIGHWAYS, FERRIES AND WATERWAYS (§§ 97-15-1 — 97-15-51) › Section 97-15-39 - Obstructing waterways; felling tree or bush into stream or canal or obstructing in any way

If any person shall fell any bush or tree into a stream or canal not less than one hundred and fifty (150) feet wide, or obstruct the same in any way 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 dollars or be imprisoned not more than one week.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 10, art. 7(32); 1857, ch. 64, art. 160; 1871, § 2623; 1880, § 2871; 1892, § 1145; 1906, § 1223; Hemingway's 1917, § 953; 1930, § 980; 1942, § 2210.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 15 - OFFENSES AFFECTING HIGHWAYS, FERRIES AND WATERWAYS (§§ 97-15-1 — 97-15-51) › Section 97-15-41 - Obstructing waterways; felling trees in excess of six inches in diameter into running stream

It shall be unlawful and a misdemeanor for any person, firm, corporation, association or organization to push, fell or cut trees, in excess of six (6) inches in diameter, into a running stream, or deposit or leave in a running stream, trees, in excess of six (6) inches in diameter, logs in excess of six (6) inches in diameter or tree tops, without removing the same immediately, in such cases where such will materially impede the flow of or navigation upon such running stream.
Any violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and not more than two hundred dollars ($200.00).
Provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to the rafting and movement of logs in a running stream in the customary manner and for commercial purposes. Provided, however, the provisions of this section shall not be construed to affect in any way the riparian rights of any person, firm, corporation, association or organization.
Codes, 1942, § 2415.5; Laws, 1966, ch. 394, § 1, eff. 6/3/1966.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 15 - OFFENSES AFFECTING HIGHWAYS, FERRIES AND WATERWAYS (§§ 97-15-1 — 97-15-51) › Section 97-15-43 - Obstructing waterways; navigable channel

If any captain or master of a vessel, or any person, shall obstruct, or cause to be obstructed, any navigable bay, river, creek, or other navigable channel or pass thereof, in any manner whatever, or shall discharge any ballast in any harbor or place other than that designated by the harbor commissioners therefor, on conviction thereof, the offender shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not longer than six months, or both.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 10, art. 7(41); 1857, ch. 64, art. 161; 1871, § 2624; 1880, § 2872; 1892, § 1146; 1906, § 1224; Hemingway's 1917, § 954; 1930, § 981; 1942, § 2211.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 15 - OFFENSES AFFECTING HIGHWAYS, FERRIES AND WATERWAYS (§§ 97-15-1 — 97-15-51) › Section 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.
Codes, 1892, § 1326; 1906, § 1397; Hemingway's 1917, § 1140; 1930, § 1171; 1942, § 2414; Laws, 1898, ch. 89; Laws, 1932, ch. 239.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 15 - OFFENSES AFFECTING HIGHWAYS, FERRIES AND WATERWAYS (§§ 97-15-1 — 97-15-51) › Section 97-15-47 - Road overseers; refusing or neglecting duty

All overseers of roads who shall refuse or neglect to do their duty, in any respect, as required by law, after notice of their appointment as such, shall, on conviction, for each neglect be fined not more than fifty dollars.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 10, art. 7(15); 1857, ch. 64, art. 158; 1871, § 2621; 1880, § 2868; 1892, § 1142; 1906, § 1220; Hemingway's 1917, § 950; 1930, § 977; 1942, § 2207.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 15 - OFFENSES AFFECTING HIGHWAYS, FERRIES AND WATERWAYS (§§ 97-15-1 — 97-15-51) › Section 97-15-49 - Road overseers; suffering road to remain out of repair

If any person shall suffer any public road of which he is the overseer to remain out of repair for more than ten days at any one time, unless hindered by extreme bad weather, or other unavoidable cause, on conviction thereof he shall be fined not more than fifty dollars.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 10, art. 7(15); 1857, ch. 64, art. 162; 1871, § 2625; 1880, § 2869; 1892, § 1143; 1906, § 1221; Hemingway's 1917, § 951; 1930, § 978; 1942, § 2208.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 15 - OFFENSES AFFECTING HIGHWAYS, FERRIES AND WATERWAYS (§§ 97-15-1 — 97-15-51) › Section 97-15-51 - Corporation convicted for failure to keep road, etc., in repair; consequences of failure to pay fine

When a corporation shall be convicted, on indictment for a nuisance, for not repairing or keeping in repair any road, causeway, bridge, or ferry, and shall neglect to pay the fine and costs awarded against it therefor for the space of three months after an execution shall have been issued for the same, then it shall not be lawful for such corporation, its officers, agents, or any other person, to demand or take any toll upon any part of its road, or any causeway, bridge, or ferry not kept in repair, until the fine and costs be paid.
Codes, 1857, ch. 64, art. 272; 1871, § 2772; 1880, § 3022; 1892, § 1371; 1906, § 1443; Hemingway's 1917, § 1200; 1930, § 1223; 1942, § 2466.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-1 - Arson; first degree; burning dwelling house or outbuilding

(1)
Any person who willfully and maliciously sets fire to or burns or causes to be burned or who aids, counsels or procures the burning of any dwelling house, whether occupied, unoccupied or vacant, or any kitchen, shop, barn, stable or other outhouse that is parcel thereof, or belonging to or adjoining thereto, or any state-supported school building in this state whether the property of himself or of another, shall be guilty of arson in the first degree, and upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to the penitentiary for not less than five (5) nor more than twenty (20) years and shall pay restitution for any damage caused.
(2)
Any person convicted under this section shall be subject to treble damages for any damage caused by such person.
(3)
Any property used in the commission of the offense of arson in the first degree shall be subject to forfeiture as provided in Section
97-17-4
.
Codes, 1942, § 2006; Laws, 1932, ch. 272; Laws, 1997, ch. 473, § 1, eff. 3/27/1997.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-3 - Arson; first degree; place of worship; failure to report accidental fires; juvenile offenders

(1)
Any person who willfully and maliciously sets fire to, or burns, or causes to be burned, or who is a party to destruction by explosion from combustible material, who aids, counsels, or procures the burning or destruction of any church, temple, synagogue or other established place of worship, whether in use or vacant, shall be guilty of arson in the first degree and, upon conviction therefor, shall be sentenced to the penitentiary for not less than five (5) nor more than thirty (30) years and shall pay restitution for any damage caused.
(2)
Any person observing or witnessing the destruction by fire of any state-supported school building or any church, temple, synagogue or other established place of worship, whether occupied or vacant, which fire was the result of his or her act of an accidental nature, and who willfully fails to sound the general alarm or report such fire to the local fire department or other local authorities, shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction therefor, shall be sentenced to the penitentiary for not less than two (2) nor more than ten (10) years and shall pay restitution for any damage caused.
(3)
Any person, who by reason of his age comes under the jurisdiction of juvenile authorities and who is found guilty under subsection (1) of this section, shall not be eligible for probation unless and until at least six (6) months' confinement has been served in a state reform school.
(4)
Any person convicted under this section shall be subject to treble damages for any damage caused by such person.
(5)
Any property used in the commission of arson in the first degree shall be subject to forfeiture as provided in Section
97-17-4
.
Codes, 1942, § 2006.5; Laws, 1958, ch. 256; Laws, 1997, ch. 473, § 2, eff. 3/27/1997.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-5 - Arson; second degree; other buildings or structures

Any person who wilfully and maliciously sets fire to or burns or causes to be burned, or who aids, counsels or procures the burning of any building or structure of whatsoever class or character, whether the property of himself or of another, not included or described in Section
97-17-1
or Section
97-17-3
, shall be guilty of arson in the second degree, and upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than ten years.
Codes, 1942, § 2007; Laws, 1932, ch. 272.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-7 - Arson; third degree; personal property

Any person who wilfully and maliciously sets fire to or burns or causes to be burned, or who aids, counsels or procures the burning of any personal property of whatsoever class or character; (such property being of the value of twenty-five dollars and the property of another person), shall be guilty of arson in the third degree and upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than three years.
Codes, 1942, § 2008; Laws, 1932, ch. 272.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-9 - Arson; fourth degree; attempt to burn

(1)
Any person who wilfully and maliciously attempts to set fire to or attempts to burn or to aid, counsel or procure the burning of any of the buildings or property mentioned in the foregoing sections, or who commits any act preliminary thereto, or in furtherance thereof, shall be guilty of arson in the fourth degree and upon conviction thereof be sentenced to the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than two years or fined not to exceed one thousand dollars.
(2)
The placing or distributing of any flammable, explosive or combustible material or substance, or any device in any building or property mentioned in the foregoing sections in an arrangement or preparation with intent to eventually, wilfully and maliciously set fire to or burn same, or to procure the setting fire to or burning of same shall, for the purposes of this section constitute an attempt to burn such building or property.
Codes, 1942, § 2009; Laws, 1932, ch. 272.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-11 - Arson; insured property

Any person who wilfully and with intent to injure or defraud the insurer sets fire to or burns or attempts so to do or who causes to be burned or who aids, counsels or procures the burning of any building, structure or personal property, of whatsoever class or character, whether the property of himself or of another, which shall at the time be insured by any person, company or corporation against loss or damage by fire, shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to the penitentiary for not less than one (1) nor more than ten (10) years.
Codes, 1942, § 2010; Laws, 1932, ch. 272; Laws, 1986, ch. 377, eff. 7/1/1986.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-13 - Arson; willfully or negligently firing woods, marsh, meadow, etc.; restitution of fire suppression costs

(1)
If any person willfully, maliciously, and feloniously sets on fire any woods, meadow, marsh, field or prairie, not his own, he is guilty of a felony and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to the State Penitentiary for not more than two (2) years nor less than one (1) year, or fined not less than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both, in the discretion of the court.
(2)
(a)
If any person recklessly or with gross negligence causes fire to burn any woods, meadow, marsh, field or prairie, not his own, he is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, on conviction, be fined not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or imprisoned in the county jail not more than three (3) months, or both, in the discretion of the court.
(b)
If a person has a brush or debris pile or other material which is or was being burned and reasonable and prudent efforts were not taken to prevent the spread of the fire onto the lands of another shall be evidence that such person recklessly or with gross negligence caused the land to burn.
(3)
In addition to the penalties provided in this section, upon conviction, a person shall be ordered to reimburse and pay in restitution directly to any organized fire suppression agency recognized by the Mississippi Forestry Commission all the costs the agency incurred related to the suppression and abatement of the fire.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 13, art. 5(1); 1857, ch. 28, art. 1; 1871, § 2741; 1880, § 2816; 1892, § 1091; 1906, § 1172; Hemingway's 1917, § 901; 1930, § 928; 1942, § 2157; Laws, 1954, ch. 222, §§ 1, 2; Laws, 1960, ch. 243; Laws, 2005, ch. 495, § 2, eff. 7/1/2005.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-14 - Aggravated assault upon fire fighter, law enforcement officer or emergency medical personnel by injury-causing arson

Any person or persons who willfully, feloniously and maliciously set fire to or burn or cause to be burned or who aid, counsel or procure the burning of any commercial or residential building, whether occupied, unoccupied or vacant or any kitchen, shop, barn, stable, outhouse, vehicle, or wood, meadow, marsh, field or prairie, whether the property of the person or persons setting the fire or of another, and thereby cause serious bodily injury to a firefighter, law enforcement officer or any emergency medical personnel while said firefighter, law enforcement officer or emergency personnel is acting within the scope of his duty and office, whether said injury shall be intentional or unintentional, shall be guilty of aggravated assault and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years in the Penitentiary or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Laws, 1986, ch. 394; Laws, 2001, ch. 402, § 1, eff. 7/1/2001.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-15 - Boundary landmarks; altering or destroying

If any person shall knowingly cut, fell, alter, remove, or destroy, or shall cause to be cut, felled, altered, removed, or destroyed, any boundary tree, or other boundary landmark, to the wrong of another person, he shall, on conviction, be fined not more than two hundred dollars nor less than fifty dollars.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 1(64); 1857, ch. 64, art. 189; 1871, § 2711; 1880, § 2900; 1892, § 1172; 1906, § 1250; Hemingway's 1917, § 980; 1930, § 1008; 1942, § 2239.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-17 - Brands of saw-logs; altering or defacing

If any person shall knowingly and wilfully alter or deface the mark or brand of any saw-log, the property of another, without his consent, and with intent to deprive the owner of his property, he shall, on conviction, be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the county jail not more than three months, or both.
Codes, 1892, § 980; 1906, § 1056; Hemingway's 1917, § 784; 1930, § 800; 1942, § 2026; Laws, 1882, p. 144.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-19 - and 97-17-21 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1996, ch. 519, §§ 2-3, eff.4/11/1996.
§ 97-17-19. [Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 4(11); 1857, ch. 64, art. 45; 1871, § 2522; 1880, § 2738; 1892, § 991; 1906, § 1068; Hemingway's 1917, § 796; 1930, § 812; 1942, § 2038] § 97-17-21. [Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 4(10); 1857, ch. 64, art. 44; 1871, § 2521; 1880, § 2737; 1892, § 990; 1906, § 1066; Hemingway's 1917, § 794; 1930, § 810; 1942, § 2036]
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-23 - Burglary; breaking and entering inhabited dwelling; home invasion

(1)
Every person who shall be convicted of breaking and entering the dwelling house or inner door of such dwelling house of another, whether armed with a deadly weapon or not, and whether there shall be at the time some human being in such dwelling house or not, with intent to commit some crime therein, shall be punished by commitment to the custody of the Department of Corrections for not less than three (3) years nor more than twenty-five (25) years.
(2)
Every person who shall be convicted of violating subsection (1) under circumstances likely to terrorize any person who is actually occupying the house at the time of the criminal invasion of the premises shall be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not less than ten (10) years nor more than twenty-five (25) years.
Codes, 1906, § 1067; Hemingway's 1917, § 795; 1930, § 811; 1942, § 2037; Laws, 1996, ch. 519, § 1; Laws, 2008, ch. 307, § 1, eff. 7/1/2008.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-25 - Burglary; breaking out of dwelling

Every person who, being in the dwelling house of another, shall commit a crime, and shall break any outer door, or any other part of said house, to get out of the same, shall be guilty of burglary, and be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than ten years.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 4(12); 1857, ch. 64, art. 46; 1871, § 2523; 1880, § 2739; 1892, § 992; 1906, § 1069; Hemingway's 1917, § 797; 1930, § 813; 1942, § 2039.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-27 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1996, ch. 519, § 4, eff. 4/11/1996.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 4(14); 1857, ch. 64, art. 47; 1871, § 2524; 1880, § 2740; 1892, § 993; 1906, § 1070; Hemingway's 1917, § 798; 1930, § 814; 1942, § 2040.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-29 - Burglary; breaking inner door of dwelling by one lawfully in house

Every person who, being lawfully in the dwelling house of another, shall break an inner door of the same house, with intent to commit a crime, shall be guilty of burglary, and imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than ten years.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 4(15); 1857, ch. 64, art. 48; 1871, § 2525; 1880, § 2741; 1892, § 994; 1906, § 1071; Hemingway's 1917, § 799; 1930, § 815; 1942, § 2041.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-31 - Burglary; dwelling house defined

Every building joined to, immediately connected with, or being part of the dwelling house, shall be deemed the dwelling house.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 4(16); 1857, ch. 64, art. 49; 1871, § 2526; 1880, § 2742; 1892, § 995; 1906, § 1072; Hemingway's 1917, § 800; 1930, § 816; 1942, § 2042.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 17 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-207) › IN GENERAL (§§ 97-17-1 — 97-17-103) › Section 97-17-33 - Burglary; breaking and entering building other than dwelling; railroad car; vessels; automobiles

(1)
Every person who shall be convicted of breaking and entering, in the day or night, any shop, store, booth, tent, warehouse, or other building or private room or office therein, water vessel, commercial or pleasure craft, ship, steamboat, flatboat, railroad car, automobile, truck or trailer in which any goods, merchandise, equipment or valuable thing shall be kept for use, sale, deposit, or transportation, with intent to steal therein, or to commit any felony, or who shall be convicted of breaking and entering in the day or night time, any building within the curtilage of a dwelling house, not joined to, immediately connected with or forming a part thereof, shall be guilty of burglary, and imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than seven (7) years.
(2)
Any person who shall be convicted of breaking and entering a church, synagogue, temple or other established place of worship with intent to commit some crime therein shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not more than fourteen (14) years.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 4(17); 1857, ch. 64, art. 50; 1871, § 2527; 1880, § 2743; 1892, § 996; 1906, § 1073; Hemingway's 1917, § 801; 1930, § 817; 1942, § 2043; Laws, 1940, ch. 243; Laws, 1960, ch. 241; Laws, 1989, ch. 347, § 1; Laws, 1997, ch. 473, § 4, eff. 3/27/1997.