Section 97-15-25 - Levees; maliciously cutting, destroying, etc

If any person shall wilfully or maliciously cut, break, injure, or destroy any levee constructed by authority of law, he shall, on conviction, be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than five years.Codes, 1857, ch. 64, art. 198; 1871, § 2705; 1880, § 2914; 1892, § 1196; 1906, § 1274; Hemingway's 1917, § 1004; 1930, § 1033; 1942, § 2265.