Repealed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 27-17-63
repealedRepealed by Laws of 1988, ch. 505, § 11, eff from and after July 1, 1988.
§ 27-17-63 . [Codes, 1942, § 9696-30; Laws, 1940, ch. 120; Laws, 1944, ch. 137, § 30] § 27-17-65 . [Codes, 1942, § 9696-31; Laws, 1940, ch. 120; Laws, 1944, ch. 137, § 31; Laws, 1976, ch. 365, § 1] §§ 27-17-67 through 27-17-141 . [Codes, 1942, §§ 9696-32 to 9696-68; Laws, 1940, ch. 120; Laws, 1942, ch. 118; Laws, 1944, ch. 137, §§ 32-68; Laws, 1946, ch. 392; Laws, 1948, ch. 455; Laws, 1958, ch. 563] §§ 27-17-143 through 27-17-161 . [Codes, 1942, §§ 9696-68.5 to 9696-77; Laws, 1940, ch. 120; Laws, 1944, ch. 137, §§ 69-77; Laws, 1948, ch. 422; Laws, 1950, ch. 532; Laws, 1952, ch. 412; Laws, 1964, ch. 518; Laws, 1968, ch. 361, § 31] Editor’s Notes — Former § 27-17-63 pertained to the operation and prohibition of billiard halls. Former § 27-17-65 pertained to the prohibition against gambling on billiard games. Former §§ 27-17-67 through 27-17-141 imposed a local privilege tax on businesses such as bowling alleys, blue print and photostat shops, brick or concrete plants, broom factories, candy factories, sellers of appliances, casket factories, check rooms, cheese plants, circuses, cleaning and pressing shops, second hand clothing dealers, coal dealers, coffee roasting plants, coffin dealers, cold storage plant, collection agencies, credit reporting agency, confectioneries, concrete-curing, cement manufacturing, cotton buyers, oil mills, creameries, creosoting plants, detective agencies, domino parlors, drainage, and drays. Former §§ 27-17-143 through 27-17-161 imposed a local privilege tax on businesses such as drilling rigs, dry docks, electricians, engineers, manufacturers of pottery, exhibitions, feed mills, toll bridges or ferries, fertilizer factor, and fireworks.
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