City of Biloxi v. Borries
Mississippi Supreme Court
City of Biloxi v. Borries, 78 Miss. 657 (Miss. 1900)
Whitfield
City of Biloxi v. Borries
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.'
The case of Greenwood v. Delta Bank, 75 Miss., 162, controls the case. Section 2935, code of 1892, must be construed in connection with §§ 3370, 2972, 3412.
The city had power to levy only fifty per centum of the state tax.
Affi/rmed.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- City of Biloxi v. Polite Borries
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- Syllabus
- 1. Municipalities. Privilege taxes. Meat market. Code 1893, gg 3935, 3973, 3370, 3413. Laws 1898, oh. 5, see. 55. Municipalities are not empowered, by code 1893, £ 3935, to impose a greater privilege tax on meat markets than fifty per centum of the state license tax on the samej as provided by code 1893, 3973, 3413, as amended, laws 1898, eh. 5, sec. 55. 3. Statutory Construction. Pari materia. Statutes in pari materia must be construed together.