State v. Edwards
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of, first district, Yalobusha county.. Hon. Samuel C. Cook, Judge. Edwards, the appellee, was convicted before a justice of the peace of a misdemeanor, under sec. 7, Laws 1900, p. 153, because of his failure to work' on the public roads or pay a road tax. He appealed to the circuit court and was there acquitted, and the state appealed to the supreme court.
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From the circuit court of, first district, Yalobusha county.. Hon. Samuel C. Cook, Judge. Edwards, the appellee, was convicted before a justice of the peace of a misdemeanor, under sec. 7, Laws 1900, p. 153, because of his failure to work' on the public roads or pay a road tax. He appealed to the circuit court and was there acquitted, and the state appealed to the supreme court. At its June, 1901, meeting, the board of supervisors of Yalobusha county took steps to put the act of March 12, 1900 (Laws 1900, p. 153), in operation in said county from and after August 1st following. At this…
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, C. J.
The adoption, by resolution, of the board of supervisors of the act of March 12, 1900 (Laws 1900, p. 153), merely declared that the county chose to come under that law. It was still necessary, in order that its provisions should be legally effectual and practically operative, that its essential provisions should be complied with. Among the provisions that are essential to the practical operation of the law are that the roads shall be divided into convenient links ; that the working of the roads shall be let out upon a competitive bidding ; that the bond of the contractor, shall be in double…
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