97-7-47 - Legislature; disturbing proceedings.
§ 97-7-47. Legislature; disturbing proceedings.
Every person who wilfully disturbs the legislature, or either of the houses composing it, while in session; or who commits any disorderly conduct in the view and presence of either house, tending to interrupt its proceedings, or impair the respect due to its authority, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be punished by fine, not less than twenty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, and by imprisonment in the county jail not more than three months.
Sources: Codes, 1892, § 1190; 1906, § 1268; Hemingway's 1917, § 998; 1930, § 1027; 1942, § 2259.