Subject only to the provisions hereinafter contained, it shall be unlawful for any person, acting privately or in any official capacity or as an employee of any subdivision of the state, to charge or collect any toll or other charge from any person for the privilege of traveling on any part of any highway which has been heretofore or may hereafter be designated as a state highway, and being a part of the state highway system, or on or across any bridge wholly within this state, which is a part of any such highway.
For a violation of this section, any judge or chancellor may, in termtime or vacation, grant an injunction upon complaint of the Mississippi Transportation Commission.
The provisions of this section shall be inapplicable to any toll road or bridge built or operated under the authority of Section 65-43-1 or Section 65-43-3.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries
Chapter 3 - State Highway System
General Provisions; Additions to and Deletions from State Highway System, 1954-1971
§ 65-3-1. Collection of tolls on state highway forbidden; exception
§ 65-3-3. State highways designated
§ 65-3-34. Additional lanes along Mississippi Highway 552 in Jefferson and Claiborne Counties
§ 65-3-35. Certain highways designated as scenic route
§ 65-3-36. Additional designation of highways as scenic route