Goodstein v. Board of Mississippi Levee Com'rs.

Under section 5, chapter 128, Laws of 1906, it is provided that: “It shall be unlawful for any one to remove or cause to be removed from the Mississippi Levee District any cotton grown therein without first paying the levee tax thereon, and any one so removing' such cotton without paying such tax and without the consent of the levee board of said district, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined; . . . and in addition the board of Mississippi levee commissioners shall be entitled to recover from the person so removing such cotton a tax of ten.…