City of McComb City v. Pike County

Citations

• 86 Miss. 647

Syllabus

<p>Municipalities. Laws 1900, ch.. 119, p. 155, secs. 6 and 7. Public roads.</p> <p>Municipalities which work the streets “at the expense of the municipal treasury,” within the meaning of secs. 6 and 7, ch. 119, p. 155, Laws 1900, exempting such municipalities from the statute — -a scheme for working the public roads — are those which work their streets with money collected by taxation, and not those which work their streets with funds made up of commutation taxes collected under an ordinance and fines imposed on street delinquents and for obstructing streets.</p>