Any tax collector who shall wilfully fail or refuse for ten days after the time appointed by law for any monthly payment or final settlement, to make the same, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, he shall be removed from office and fined not exceeding one thousand dollars.
Structure Mississippi Code
Chapter 11 - Offenses Involving Public Officials
§ 97-11-1. Alteration of records
§ 97-11-3. Attorney general and district attorney not to advise or defend criminals
§ 97-11-9. Bond; approving worthless official bond
§ 97-11-13. Bribery; penalty when officer, agent or trustee accepts bribe
§ 97-11-15. Circuit clerk; penalty for failure or refusal to send up certificate of appeal
§ 97-11-17. Clerk refusing to give certified copy of papers
§ 97-11-23. Drunkenness in office
§ 97-11-25. Embezzlement; officers, trustees and public employees converting property to own use
§ 97-11-31. Embezzlement; fraud committed in public office
§ 97-11-33. Extortion; collecting unauthorized fees and fees for services not actually rendered
§ 97-11-35. Failure to return known offenders; purposeful avoidance of knowledge of offense
§ 97-11-37. Failure to perform any duty
§ 97-11-39. Military officers; resigning to evade obedience to order prohibited
§ 97-11-47. Tax collector; failure to make settlement
§ 97-11-49. Tax collector; collecting privilege tax without issuing license
§ 97-11-51. Trustees of state institutions not to incur liability in excess of income