Miss. Code § 97-17-79

Current through the 2024 Regular Session
Section 97-17-79 - Trees; boxing pine trees

If any person shall box for turpentine, or cut or cause to be cut, a box or boxes in a pine tree growing on land known to belong to another, without the consent of the owner, he shall, on conviction, be fined not less than five dollars nor more than twenty dollars for each tree so cut or boxed, or be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding three months, or both.

Miss. Code § 97-17-79

Codes, 1892, § 1317; 1906, § 1391; Hemingway's 1917, § 1134; 1930, § 1165; 1942, § 2408; Laws, 1890, p. 70.