If any person shall fell any bush or tree and leave any portion thereof in any stream or on any public highway, road, or ditch draining the roadway or obstruct the same in any manner whatever, and not immediately remove the obstruction, the overseer of the road shall remove the same, and the person so felling the tree or bush, or otherwise obstructing the road or water shall forfeit and pay all expenses of removing the same, to be recovered before any justice of the peace of the county, in the name of the county. It is the duty of the overseer to cause suit to be commenced therefor, and such person shall be liable for all damages occasioned to another by the obstruction. However, no cattle gap placed on a county road, subject to overflow by the Mississippi River and not protected by levees, shall be considered an obstruction in the public road if such cattle gap is installed with the permission of the board of supervisors and the person installing same also provides a gate adjacent to the road for the passage of stock.
Any violation of this section shall also, upon conviction, be punishable as provided under Section 99-19-31.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries
Chapter 7 - Public Roads and Streets; Private Way
Article 1 - Public Roads and Streets
§ 65-7-3. Standard for working roads
§ 65-7-4.1. Legislative intent
§ 65-7-5. Order of board of supervisors necessary to change road
§ 65-7-7. Road not to be obstructed
§ 65-7-9. Dangerous trees to be removed from road
§ 65-7-11. Hedges on roadside to be trimmed
§ 65-7-13. Public highways to be marked
§ 65-7-15. Board of supervisors to erect signs
§ 65-7-17. Color and construction of sign or guide boards
§ 65-7-19. Mandamus available to erect signs
§ 65-7-21. Signs not to be damaged
§ 65-7-25. Signal boards for highway "danger zones."
§ 65-7-27. Specifications for signal boards
§ 65-7-29. Double boards for dangerous places
§ 65-7-31. Payment of signal board expenses
§ 65-7-33. Vehicles to sound warnings in danger zone
§ 65-7-35. Penalty for violating danger zone laws
§ 65-7-37. Regulation of use of certain roads
§ 65-7-39. Traveling on public roads
§ 65-7-41. Rate of travel over bridges
§ 65-7-43. Prevent damage and protect public roads
§ 65-7-45. Maximum loads of vehicles
§ 65-7-47. Penalty for violating load and tire regulations
§ 65-7-53. Use of roads while under construction
§ 65-7-53. Use of roads while under construction
§ 65-7-55. Penalty for forbidden use of roads
§ 65-7-57. Petition to have roads laid out or changed
§ 65-7-59. Report of committee
§ 65-7-61. Damages for taking land
§ 65-7-63. Water to be drained from roads
§ 65-7-65. Damages paid from county treasury
§ 65-7-67. Review by circuit court
§ 65-7-69. Roads on rights of way of drainage districts
§ 65-7-71. Payment for right of way so taken
§ 65-7-73. Roads into experiment stations
§ 65-7-74. Roads, driveways and parking areas on public school property
§ 65-7-77. Counties may work roads in adjoining counties
§ 65-7-79. Counties may join with municipalities in keeping up roads
§ 65-7-81. State highways within or without municipalities
§ 65-7-81. State highways within or without municipalities
§ 65-7-85. Construction and maintenance by county of streets within municipalities
§ 65-7-87. Certain counties may construct village streets
§ 65-7-89. Eminent domain, generally
§ 65-7-91. Supervisors may establish stations for work
§ 65-7-91. Supervisors may establish stations for work
§ 65-7-92. Authorization to borrow money and issue notes to finance establishment of work stations
§ 65-7-93. Counties authorized to match federal funds
§ 65-7-95. Methods of construction and maintenance
§ 65-7-97. Installment buying prohibited
§ 65-7-99. Acquisition of gravel beds and sale of excess supply
§ 65-7-99. Acquisition of gravel beds and sale of excess supply
§ 65-7-101. Timber and gravel for bridges and causeways
§ 65-7-101. Timber and gravel for bridges and causeways
§ 65-7-105. Plans and specifications
§ 65-7-105. Plans and specifications
§ 65-7-107. Contracts in vacation
§ 65-7-109. Roads built with oyster shells
§ 65-7-111. Penalty for violating provision for shell surfacing
§ 65-7-113. Working roads with convicts