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oraUsaR s0a35 en or 1191.
No. 68.] AN ACT
e no nforce off etualy the OaUtutlional Amend
monte propot MJanua twenty.fourth
aighteen biirend ted een.tlyor, ratilied
rt the general electlo held the second of
.Nvdmbr, eightei n hue ndr and enty
• joi . relyets to tke B51, debM mnd the
fu ng thereof;toro e4h the lateremt. of
t,.4he statend the holders fthe bond. le med
by virtue of said amendments; and for that
r.o,, ngse, to ·atend sad nr4nat an nlt en
e ittl "An sot to provide for funding obliga.
-to r0 of the Slate b.y ehange for bonds; to
nhrid for prnolpal and interest of maid
de; to establbh a Board of Liquidation;
to authorise oertals jadital proc.uadbls
t .rintit; to deflde an punish olatons of
thi aot; toprevent eortn oinere diverting
Pndus oenept an provided by law, and to
p dniah violationa theretor; toIevy a ontiou
tngt i, ano previde i ooantiing approprla
tion for raid bond; to mikes on at be
tween thr Btate and hboder ofaid bonda
to prohibit iejunotionl n certain oases- to
lam.t the indebtednmes s o the State aaB to
limit State taxze to annul eortain Pgrant of
State aid; to prohibit the modiation. nova
tion or etenshon of any oon rait iretonfore
made for State aid; to provide for the ro
a t o certain wrtan.ut for certain tazte,
rd to rpet all oonfliotlg laIa, being 'Aot
iNO. 8,' approved twenty-fourth of January,
eighteen hundred and seventy-four; to ore
ate a PFael Agent and to define the duties of
maid agent; to presaribe ond defq fthe dutiUe
S and powers o the Board of Liquidation of
S the State Treasurer and of the Auditor of
Publio Account; and matkiug certain epe
Slda appropriations."
Bswriorl 1. 1B i enactedl by tes Hnea and.
soBwk Qf Representatives rt th!e tlate qf Louasi
ino, itn Gleneral Assemnbly convrene'te, 'bat act
atmabered three, approved January twenty
'Iltth, eighteen hundred and ,sventylfour, pages.
bttrty .nne to forty-two itol.clre, Itatutes nf
i ghteen hundred and soventy-rour, commonly
w" aS the funding bill, entitledt "An act to
Elde for funding obligations of the Iatte by
~s a for bonds; to provide for prinolpal and
. tof said bonds; to establish i Board of
S fidatimn; to authorise certain jalicial pro
adeing. against it; to ddefle and punish v ols
1iU 0o tbi actl; to prevent certan etBoere.n l.
:veting ftane, except as provided by law, and to
plah violatinos thertor; to levy a continuing
and provide a oontinang a propiton for
boars; to problit liunenlson in certain
;to ltmit the indebteddet of the State and
tlState ta. e; to eangt eetal grants of
- te aid; to prohibit the omodlSatlOn, aoration
extension of any oontret hreteefbre .m ade f. J
tBBt id; to prd for the reedipt of certain
-wafrrtaor certain tax; anto repe r all eon.
S laws," be and the ame Is hereby amenda
eanD re-enacted as follow, to wit: Sedliol two
hereby amended and re.eeaotd so that it shall
Ilfeeftr read as flllows, to wit:
S. Be it further enacted, ao. That the
. r deignated in esotion vis., the Goete
the Lieutenant Governor the Auditor, the
r, e etere ot a State and theM
skr f the Mouse of pteeatathiea shall
titute a Board of Ltqaldation; the said
er of the House of preentatves, for
Sof this act, remaltnga member of
Board until his sonesso hall have been
and inducted lteo ofce, A majorlty of
Board shall select and elect one of the
national or State, situated sad located in
cily of New Orleans a the General Fiseal
. t of the State. the Iresldent of which nsti
I shall hkewise be a member of the Board of
dation, the duties of which Fiscal Agent
e at follows, viz:
irst-The said Fisoal Agent shall receive,
;be.eand hold in its possession and be responsi
le .ir all the bonds prepared aooording to law
fa fundlag the Itate debt in conformity to this
i.iltand shall deliver the same toeno pe.on or
roexcept upon the written re ultlon of
board, lssue in the form of a resolution
Id b the board, atteate4 and ligqed by the
,. R aneldeat and Secretaty tdlgtiltmouet
1d denominations of she bds reqrie, and
s iluteljy the bends of the State, or
I:" lsbir.,rrs) sphwb wa for whiio it
ded to use the s wboh inch
iion has bred leased. Should the
t A t deliver any of the said bonds
dokaand dee iequieiton, h
sit tagent shall be held, ipso faito, re*
e ,d from the said aegeoy, aad be responsible
SState for allr nJsg bonds, and for the
itng, i ll be the duty or the Board
E i.q ~tt on forthwith to selset and elect an
sal Agent, and inform the Attorney Gen
of the change, and the reason therefor; and
Shall be the duty of the Attorney General,
any delay, to institute an actione against
l removed aget, ocopled with such conser
process as myo be neoeaotr for
reovery of the amount of al the
which may have been given
without proper suthorityby said agent, and
the transfer to the newly selected agent, of
t property and effects held by the said des
assat, belonging to the Stite. That it
the duty of the Fiscal Agent, immedi
the passage of tai law to publish in
Sjournal of the Statea flhl statement,
Sow expense, of all the unused tilank bonds
't, specifying their denominations, and the
of each denomination; and thereafter, an
on the Irst day of Januar to publish in
anner, similar statenste oi the then an
bonds, and so Oontne to do until the
ate debt shall have been liquidated anad
in conformity to this aot.
d-To receivesnd hold on deposit all the
Sassete and mobes 6of the 8ta te, classi
M1 distinct aco~uatsfor eah ud i
State, in the name of the State rsurer
Treasarer is hereby require to deposta
'x ntion, licensee and everysst p
, as well as all'h a
SAgency; sad he, " ,'teabiaeruaail
te and is hereby aut ho beit nty to
w a to draw for or h t a onlye ft ach1u
,. g eify non the has fe bcfd
sim is to be paid; sb
e shall always be kIA
that the S'at..
of Liquidation or ar
be informed ofte
of the
committee a
, andbs eekledtd ,.tV~t atfle
on the iubtjet.
d during budnese.s h.t
eo thebo of said agent teltig to said
ajusante, with a view of examining the same and
i icorrectness. That before entering
L ewb is, of its duties the Fuscal Agent
give bond, with adequate security, in the
sum of one hubrndred thousand dollars, in
vor of the Governor of the State and his su,
~eConr In office, for the faithful performancee of
aUl the duties now or which may hereafter be im
posed by law on the sad agent, and for the
rmpt payment and delivery, when legally called
on, of all funds, assets and moneys of the
which security shall be either personal or
by deposit of asee's to an amount sufficient to
sies the ecunrity required; which bond shall be
-soepted by the Goivernor, and, whenso accepted,
be by him deposited for safe keeping with the
aseta, if any are accepted, in the office of the
lArdntua-.
Itrd-T be said Fiscal Agent shall be remora
for cuse, by a majority or the Board of
ion, end upon such removal. the said
agent ehall immediately transfer and
to its designated auooeseor in the office of
Agent, all funds, assets and effects in its
or under its control belonging to the
pan the order of the said Board of Liqui
stued and atteeosd by the president and
said B ard of Liquidation; and fail
shali be sutJect to a penalty and fine
d douara or every day of delay,
aeeepted by sai agent as liqui
Srecoverable befow. any court of
U such removal, the
- Use Auditor
t~b
ilfltloltº r uA - .due and liquimaU d
Urig the drat ar of the fiscal
yea, to~wats from the ArM of bJa y to the
h arstyfinst of March of eac yh a, the issd lot
~lot rerll end obligates itself to do to the
irt on eauh credit aeount, to be drawn e ,againet
upro onidse ntbylw, for tees omeat or the o ro
diem end mnrmr et of the mio uWm on olee
eonthe aen at of the General ssemnbly of the
thk herore eooah adv le anote ooffiers for
maid quarter; and the appropriation herein made
forthe eontingnet expenses the tard of
tieuration, the sum, o three Lhond otho.oad
dollars to the credit of the general fnd of the
State, or so muoh thereof altm be neeear to
be evidenced by the lpp riti5t bill or bills
which may have been or may be passed at
eabch session by the le arlature, at an interest
which shall not exeed Y.e eir cent. per annum,
to be reimbursed out of the fet moneys oolieeted
for the State at credit of the general fund. Ifthe
Fimcol Agency shall hale been removed to another
bank before such advance and over draft shall
have been covred, it shall be the duty ofthe
state Treasurer to continue depositing with said
removed agent to the credit of the eneral fund
ontil the said adtvance rad the interest
accrued thereon shall have been reimbursed and
paid in full, and no longer. No warrant, sxcpt
as above provided shall be drawn against the
general fund of a yepar until a sum shall have
been thus deposite adequate in amount to liqui
date and pay in full the amount which may have
been so advanced and the accrued interest. For
the purpose of complying with article one hun
dred and eleven of the State oonstitutilon, and of
seouring to the maid Fiscal Agent the reimburse
ment of whatever amount may be advanced, as
aforesaid, and the interest ancruolui thereon, an
appropriation of three hundred aon fifty thou.
sand dollars or so much thereof as may be nees.
ary, is heremby made annually, payable out of the
frt moneps collected by the sto o ste credit of
the general fund. For the purpoe of enabl
the said Board of Liquidation to continue its
operation and iomplete the funding of the re
mainder of the outstanding debt tL the State
legally undable an appropriation of five thou
sand aollar is hereby made, or so much thereof
am may be necessary, payable oat of the general
fund, annually to meet and ccver the contingent
expenses which may be incurred by said board.
of which expenses the said board shall annually
make and submit to the General Assembly on the
irst Wiek of its session a full and detailed state
meat accompanied by proper vouche rs.
BaO. 2. Bs ii further acled, etc., That sec.
tion nine of said act No. 3 be and tbs same is
hereby amended end re.enacted, so that section
nine of said aot No. 8 shall read as follows, to
wit:
soc. 9, Board of Liquidation. Be it further
enactedete. First-It shall be and is hereby
made the duty of the Board of Liquidation, im.
mediately after the pasage orf this sot, to inves
tigate and ascertain aesnrately the exact amouut,
character and deteription of the valid bends,
warrants and other liablities of the State con
timplated in tat No. 8 of eighteen hundred and
seventy-ftour to be funded and exchanged for con
solidated tonds which have not yet been funded
an converted, and to publish the same in the
official Journal of the St for the aspace.he of ten
ooseeoutive days with a statement of the to th
mount of consolidated bonds already issued, to
the end thatthet tota debt of the State may be
of leilly etbstalhed, known and romulga ted.
Second-Thereafter, and urb tith liquidation
and funding bshall have been ompleted, it shall
be the dutyof the Board of Llqkidon to publish
in the ofiolal journal o the State, on the first
ays o January, Apri, July end Q ober of each
year a flY tnd detsledestatement of all the'con
eolahdoed bonds Issued under this at for the qUar
ltr preceding the statementgiving their numbers
and dnomintations; andr a ike statement of all the
bonds and other valid obligatiers o, the State
which have been funded and converted in lieu
-andplaoe of the oonsolidated bonds issued during
the preceding quarter.
Th rd--Immediately after the passage of this
act the Board of Liquidation shall ascertain, by
examination of the books of the Auditor and
Treasurer, what have been the proceeds sepa
rately, eachb year, eof the five and a half mills tax
imposed for the years eighteen hundred and
severty-four, eighteen hundred and seventy-five
and eighteen hundred and seventy-six, respet
iely of which various taxes it shall be the duty
of the Treaurer, the Auditor and the Fisesi
Agent to keep separate and distinct accounts for
oeah year. It shall be and is hereby made the
duty of the State Treasurer to report mmediate
ly in writing, to the said board the amount and
a detailed description of the coupons which have
been paid out of the proceeds of the tax of each
of said years. This investigation completed and
report received from the reasurer; the said
board shall publish in the official journal ol the
State, for ten consecutive days, a condensed
statement of the result or their examination,
sbowing the surplus or deficit, uas the caue may
be, in the colleotion of the annual interest tax
for each year, sompared with and taking into ac
count the matured interest of the unpaid con
pons of consolidated bonds alreadiy issued and
those yet to be issued In exchange for valid out
standing debts of the Btate intended to be fund
ed according to this aot and the constitutional
amendments. Annually thereafteron the first day
of January, the said board shall publish a similar
statement. The said Board of Liquidation is here
by authorized, whenever deemed necessaury to
Ocarryl out the provisions of the orlginal law and
this supplementary law, to employ and pay such
aooonnts.te and olerical fore as may be required.
For affixlng the seal of the State to the bonds to
be issued under the provisions of this act, the
said board shall pay to the Secretary of State ten
cents for each bond seailed and delivered and no
more.
*reasrer--First-In addition to the duties
already prescribed, it shall be the duty of
the Treasurer to set apart annua ly out
of the proceeds of the five and
a half mills tax, an amount equal to the interest
coupons maturmg on the firt day of July of said
year and the first day of January next following
and the surplu , if any, remaining after said
amounts shall have been collected and set aside,
as well as the surplus, if any. resulting from the
provisions of the third amendment to the consti
tatlon of the Btate, proposed January twenty
fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and
atified at the general election held on the second
November, eighteen hundred and seventy.
rhall be deposited with the Fiscal Agent at
c of t separate and distinct fund. to be called
nd 'known as the "Redemption ck the Public
~btonad," and shall be used exclusively, ufndr
the direction of said Board of Liquidation, for
the tirement and sinking of Oonsomldaled
be aod.p st due interest coupons, to be pur
,had from' bidders offering the same at the
lsielt priors, after thirty days notice in th.
mial journal of the State, and such other pS
pers as may be selected by the Board, whsoI
notie hall be given whenever said redempi..,
fand shell amountto one hundred thousand dol
lcel. If any deficit occur in the colleo'ion
ef the fie and a half ilels interest tax of
dnyyor, lhaving interest conpon of said year
u l.d, then, and only then, tt portion of the
*ap, revenue deposlted in chuformity to this
Aot at hedit of the "Redempton of the Public
Vit .ind," which may be derived from sources
th~ an the said.five and a half mills tax, may
b pplied by the Board of Liquidation to the
purh"ee of suachunpaid coupons under thesame
ruiles whioh kovern the purchase of bondq, pro
videdno such coupons h'i be purchasee until
six aIonths after their maturity, and provided the
said board be well satisfied that it is to the evi
dent benefit of the State to make such purohases
with a view cf maintaining the credit of the State
in conformity to the constitutional amendment
number three, of eighteen hundred and seventy
four, it is hereby made the duty of the Treasurer
to keep separate accounts of the income and ex
penditures of each fund in each year, and, after
setting apart or paying out an amount thereof
equal to the appropriations and warrants lawfully
made against each of said funds, the surplus, if
any remain, shall be immediately deposited by
the Treasurer at the credit of the 'Redemption
of the Public Debt Fund," and the Board of Liqui
dation is hereby authorized to require
from the Treasurer or Fiscal Agent, at any
time, a statement of the conuii'on of any
such fund or funds; provided, that no surplus to
the credit of any account or accounts of the sev
eral funds shall be passed to the redemption of
the public debt fund, there being a deficiency or
deficiencies in any other of said accounts, unless
said surplus exceed the amount of deficiency or
deficiences in all the other accounts of said gen
eral fund, in which case the transfer to the re
demption of the .public debt fund shall be made
only to the extent of said surplus, and the said
surplus to theredit of any one account not
transfered orbeaue of the deficiency inothira
shall be retained to the action f t Glen
eral Assembly. shall be for
fIttttJtefs boc eds
bheeurpieee baud theg ehall1be ,eued to
made te toI oft ý derny bidders.
Por aln beonds rdeemed and retired in
all boI. payment shall be made
b Ith a Tresmurer on the order of
toret . Notice of suoh payment, with
e r lusts of the bonda and coupons re
demed and retired shalbe fled by thhe board
with th the Aditor. When paid, anon bond, with
the coupons attached the eto, shall be separately
tcanelled and defaced by the Trea.nrer, so that
they ollmot p .r tblbe rvued again, and be by
him filed in the cras of the-Bart of Uquid. -
tion for reference and ins peti.n tfoe hioa the
Secretary of said Board snail Igte proper re
ceipt, ountere.gned by the PreL.det When
paid by the Treasurer all coupons for interest
shall be cancelled and defaced by him, so that
they cannot pnsslbly be usneed again, rand be by
him lied wih the said board for referene an d
inspection, lb which the Seeretary of the Board
shal give proper receipt, ootnteraigned by the
Auditor-Frlt-In addition to the duties al
ready prescribed whenever the Auditor shall
have audited anad adjusted a collection of the
revenues, he must, within a delay of twenty-four
hours thereafter,notify the Treaeurer by a detailed
statement thereof, showing the fund to be cred
Ited, the source or the revenue, the year of the
tax or it ense, and the name of the collector, so
that proper and correspondlng entries may be
made on the books of the Treasurer.
Second-In conformity to section one hundred
and seventy four of the Revised Statutes, the
Auditor shall open, and keep separately, and in
proper form al the cacounts eontemplated by
this act, and be prepared at any time when called
upon by them, to furnish the Board of Liquida
tion with any and all information regarding the
actual condition of the moneys, funds, assets
and obligations of the state, of whatever descrip
tion, contained in his office and under his charge
and anperviseon.
Third-It shall be the duty of the Auditor to
publish quarterly, under oath , on the second
Tuesday in January April, July and October ef
each year, in the official journal of the State, a
concise and accurate statement of all the funds,
assets and moneys audited by him during the
quarter jast preceding, specifying the sorce
whpncj derived and the amount derived from
each source, foo ing up the total aueited during
the quarter in money; and he shall also state
the amount of warrants drawn by him within the
quarter against each of the separate accounte
kept with each fund. It being the intent of this
art to have kept a separate ascoent for the reve
neee of each year from whatever source derived,
as well as an account of the sources whence de
rived, in conformity with number three of the
constitutional amendment of eighteen hundred
and seventy-four.
Fourth-It shall be the duty of the Auditor, is
his next annual report, to give a detailed account
of the proceedings had under this act, including
the lmount of new bonds issued, the amount of old
bonds and valtd war rnts canceled, the amount of
the same outstanding, and the cost of the ex
chuage; and annually thereft r a full and ex
act statement of the condition of the public
debt inGar the operations of this oact. The
Auditor shall be ex officio Secretary of the Board
ft Liquidation. Should the said Auditor violate
any o the, provisions of this sct, he shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and maltea
sance in office, and on conviction thereof shall
be punished by imprisonment not txceeding five
years and not less than one year, and by a fine
not exceeding Aive thousand dollars and not lesse
than one thousand dollars, at the discretion of
the court; provided, that this clause dhall not
impair nor arfeet other proeeoutions under the
penal statutes of the Wtates, nor such civil reme
dies as may be ius;ituted to recover such dam
ages or losses as may have been sustained by the
State, growing out of such misdemeanor and
aulfeasance.
Appuopriation for sinking and retiring public
debt :
Sao. 8. B1 it further enaoled, etl., That an
appropriation for the purchase and retirement of
the bonds and interest coupons authorised to be
parohased by this act and by the constitutional
amendments, and for the ainking of the pubholic
debt, as provided by law, to the full amcunt of
the surplus funds accumulated for the purpose,
up to the amount' of one million of dollars,
should so much of a surplus be accumulated at
any one time, is hereby and continuously made
annually, until the whole of the said debt and
intbret shall have been paid and extinguished in
faull.
stn. 4. Bl.e tf irt her enacted, etc., That all laws
or parts of laws conflicting with this act be, and
the same a'-e hereby repealed and abrogated.
.iac. 5. Be ii further enacted, etc., That this act
shall have and take effect from and after its
e(S.gned) LOUIS BUSH,
epeaker of the House of Representatlves.
(Signed) LOUIS A. WILTZ,
Lieutenant Governor and Preesdent of the Senate.
Approved March 12 1877.
(Signed) FAANCIS T. NIOHOLL9,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
OscAn AnuOYo,
A.sistant Reoretarv of Rtate.
No. 69.]
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Instructing our Representatives in Congress to
support the Texas and Pacific Railroad bill
asking for the subsidies of the United States
government; provided, the New Orleans Pa
cific Railway be made the subsidizbd branch
to connect New Orleans with Shreveport and
Marshall, and that the North Louisiana Rail.
road be made the subsidized branch to con
nect Vicksburg, in Missiieippi, with the
Texas Pacific at Shreveport.
Baeorto 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of epresentatives of the Slate of Louis
iana in General Assembly convened. That
our Representatives in Congress be, and are
hereby requested to support the Texas and Ps
eiAo Railroad bill row before Congress, asking
for the uebsidyef the United States gwvernment;
provided, the New Orleans Pacific Railway be
made the subsidized bra ch to connect New Or
leans with Shreveport and Marshall, and that the
North Louisiana Railroad be made tie subsidized
branch to connect Vicksburg, in Mississippi, with
the Texas Paciflo at Shreveport.
SEo. 2. e it further resoled, etc., That the
Governor of the CState of Louisiana be and he is
hereby requested to transmit immediately copies
of this concurrent resolution to our members in
the Congress of the United States.
(Signed) LOUIS BUSH,
bpeaker of the House of Bepresentatives.
(Signed) LOUI A. WILTZ,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the Senate.
Approved March 14, 1877.
(Signed) FRANCIS T. IC.IOOLLS,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
OsoCA Annovo,
Assistant Seoretary of State.
No. 60.] AN ACT
To fix the compeasation of the Criminmal Sheriff
of the parish of Orleans; for the maintenance
of prisoners confined in the Parish Ptison of
the parish of Orleans, and abolishing turn
key's fees; this oact to take effeot from and
after the first of December, 1876.
SforroN 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
.ouse of Representatives of the egate of Louisiana
in General Assembly convened, That the Orimi.
nal Sheriff of the parish of Orleans shall be al
towed thirty centS, and no more, a day for the
maintenance of every prisoner confined in the
prison of the parish of which he is Criminal
Sheriff; and that this act shall be in force from
and after the first day of December, 1876.
E. . 2 Be it further enacted, etc., Ihat from
and after the date hereinbefore mentioned, the
charge for turnkey's fees be and the same are
hereby abolished.
(Signed) E. D. E$TILLETTE,
Speaker of the House of Repres'ntatives.
(Signed) C. C. ANTOINE,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the Senate.
HALL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
8tste of Louisiana. 5
This is to certify that this is a true copy of
House bill No. 411, which passed both houses cf
the General Assembly in the session of 1876, was
signed by the Speaker of the House of Represen
tatives and the Lieutenant Governor and Presi
dent of the Senate, and sent to his Excellency
the Governor, for executive approval, by me on
the 11th day of March, 1876. This act was never
promulgated, nor returned to the House, in
which it originated, by him, with his approval or
objeotions thereto.
(Sighed) PETER J. TREZEVhNT,
Chief Clerk.
A true copy :
Oscars Aauoo,
Assistant Secr etary State.
mhh·It~---
two of the extra session of the Legillature, con
veaed December nnth eighteen hnd0 ad
seventy-two, which sot, ereating the Superior
District Court of the parish of Orwl , Ws .p
proved December eleventh, eighteen hundred
and seefytwo, be and is hereby repeled :
Taut Said Superior District Court be, and is here
by abolhebd.
Sio. . Be 1fulrther enacted, ete., That all salts
for tim, wethur State or mnitoipl, in the
paris hf Oikrln, shall bhe brought a the folow
ing distrit eorte, to-wit: All such wherein the
names of the taxeayers omamence with the letter
A, up to and inolusive of the letter E, shall be
brought in the Third District Court; all such
wherein the namnes of the taxpayers commence
with the letter , up to and inelusive of the let
ter K, shall be brought in the Fourth District
Court; all such wherein the taxpayers names
commerce with the letter L, up to and inclusive of
the letter 0, shall be broughuln the Fifth Die
trict Court; and all such wherein the taxpayers
names commence with the letter F, up to and in
elusive of the letter Z, shall be brought in the
Sixth District Court. And all pending tas eases
in said Superior District Court shall be trans
ferred to the said Third, Fourth, Fifth and Blith
District Courts as hereinbefore provided.
Seo. 3. Be it further enacted, etc., That all
records of tax cases, which have been finally
acted upon in said Superior District Court, shall
be transferred to the said Third District Court
for safe custody.
8ao. 4. Be it further enacted, etc., That all
the otlher records of the said Superior District
Court, whether finally acted upon or still pend
ing, shall be transferred to the Third Distriot
Court aforesaid, and the latter court shall be
vested with jurisdcltion in the premisses.
Sic, B i. lBe i furter enacted, etc., That with
the above rteervation as to the Jurisdiction in
matters of state and muni 4pal taxes, the said
Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Distriot Courts for the
parish of Orleans shall have the same Jurisdio
tion and shall exereise oe-extensive powers so
courts of general jurisdiction.
Sac 6. Ble i further enaoled, etc., That all
laws or parts of laws in coonflict wit this ot be
and is hereby repealed, and that this sat shall
take effect from and after the date of its passage.
(Signed) E D. ESTILE ITE,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(Signed) C. C. ANTOINE,
Lieutenant Governer and President of the Senate.
HALL OF TH. iloUsE or .,EPRESgl1TATIVE,
State of Louiiana.
This is to certify that this is a true copy of
Hohse bill No. 287, which passed both houses of
the General Assembly, in the session of 1876, was
signed by the speaker of the House of Rtepre.
sentatives, the Lieutenant Governor and Presi
dent of the Senate, and sent to his Excellency,
the Governor, for excun'ive approval, by me, on
the 11th day of March, 1878. This act was never
promulgated nor returns d to the House, in which
it originated, by him, witl4 his approval or ob
jection thereto.
( igned) PETER J. TREZIEVANT,
Chief Clerk.
A true copy:
OsoAn Annovo,
Assistant Secretary of State.
No. 49.] AN ACT
Belative to the State Printer, to the official jour
nal of the State and to the public printing;
to regulate and define the prices of public
printing and to prescribe the manner in
which the same shall be done; to regulate
the manner of making advertisements in na
dicial proceedings or sales of property, under
judicial prooees or in any other legal pro
ceedings in all parishes; regulating the prioe
therefor; directing the manner and price at
which contracts shall be made by pollee
juries and municipal corporations for public
printing, and abrogating all laws on the same
subject matter.
SaCTrIO 1. lBe it enacted by the Senate and
Hlouse of RIepresentatives of the State f
Louisiqna in General Assembly convened, That
the Governor Lieutenant C Gvernor, Speaker of
the House of Representa'ver, two members of
the Senate, and two members of the House of
Representatives, to be elected by their respective
bodies, or a majority of them, shall be and they
are hereby authorized and dirtcted to contract
on the second Wednesday after the promulga
tion of this act and:afterwards on the first Mon
day in December of each year, at a reasonable
rate, not to exceed the prices herein
after named, with such person as they
may consider proper and responsible, to do
and perform all the printing and publishing, of
whatever nature, which shall b-come necessary
for the use of both houses of the General Assem
bly, and for the Executive Department of the
State; provided, the said board shall be empow
ered to contract for the printing of the reports of
the various heads of the Executive Department,
and the blank work for the Auditor's Depart
ment, with some other person than the Stat*e
Printer hereinafter named; provided said con
tract be after consideration of all proposals
made, and the prices thereof do not exceed the
maximum fixed in this aot; provided, the State
Printer shall falil to furnish said printed
copies within ten days after the
reports shall have been placed in his hands for
puulication. Such person contracting to do and
perform such printing, as provided in this act,
shall for purposes of reference herein be termed
"dtate Printer," and the terms, provisions and
conditions of the contract with him executed,
shall be as hereinafter provided. The news
paper in which he shall publish the journals of
the two Houses of the General Assembly, the
laws of the State and other official matter as
herein provided, shall be known and designated
as "The Official Jouriml 6f the State;' provided
that this act shall not inoude the prinuing of the
decisions of the State Supreme court m book
form.
tiE. 2. Be it further enacted, ela., That such
contract shall be entered into for a period no
longer than one year from its beginning, or until
the next contract can take effect, as provided in
the foregoing section of this act.
Sao. 3. Be it further enacted, etc., That all
bills, reports or other documents which may be
ordered for printing, shall be printed and re
turned to the house which may have ordered the
same within forty-eight hours after the delivery
of the copy to the State Printer, unless, on mo
tion, a longer period be granted.
Sieo. 4. Be it further enacted, etc., That the
State Printer shall print each bill, report or
other document, that may be delivered to him
by order of either House of the General Assem
bly, in the order in which the same shall be num
bered and delivered to him, and shall return
them in like manner, so that no subsequent num
bers shall be first printed and returned unless
otherwise specially ordered.
Sac. 5. Be it further enacted, etc., That all
officers of the several departments' of the State
who, by existing or future laws may be required
to make reports to.the General Assembly, shall
cause the same to be printed by the State Printer
for the use of the Legislature, and shall present
the same within the first week of the session.
SaO. 6. Be it further enacted, etc., That the
State Printer shall furnish and have ready for
delivery the journals of both houses of the Gen
eral Assembly, within sixty days from the time
when oupies of the same shall have been deliv
ered to him by the Secretary of State, under the
penalty of forfeiting and paying the sum of thir
ty dollars for each and every day he shall be in
default after expiration of the time. The Secre
tary of State shall fi rward to each member of
the Legislature one copy of the journal of both
houses.
SEc. 7. Be it further enacted, etc., That the
State Printer shall supp!y each house of the Gen
eral Assembly with proof sheets of the official
journal containing the ,proceedings of thepre
vious day of meeting; that within two days
after the journal of each house shad have been
approved, the State Printer shall publish the
same, as so approved, once in the official journal
of the State, and the same matter so published
shall be made up in book form, as provided in
paragraph two of section ten of this act; but in
no case shall charge be made tor the proot sheets
to be furnished as aforesaid.
SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, elc., That the
State Printer shall deliver to the Secretary of
State copies of the official journal of the State
containing any of the laws or joint resolution4 of
the General Assembly of the State, which shall
be hereafter enacted, immediately after the same
shall have been published therein, and as soon as
practicable thereafter the said Secretary of State
shall cause the said official journal to be sent to the
judges and clerks of courts, and :t shall be their
duty to preserve carefully all copies of the offi
cial journal so received in their respective course
for the use thereof, uil they shall have received
the copies of the laws in pamphlet formn
I -a Be it JsrTr enacted, etc~,lat the
-IrMhasrw
rIis.ý bteje rht= by
the& hflL. wr ho asoei the ease"
ac tiet% speelflonatin aiid a prIces not a -s
eeedint those set down in the filowingg par.
-tLagraph 1-The laws shall be published in
book form, in the English language, with a list
of the ats, the date of their proJlgatiAfon and
an index theret ;they shall bej n ated upon
od, strogn book "printlng paper, s sied and osl
daed l-ong p.mer typ, salid, each pages
twen4omur reme pila in width and furty-seven i
length, includin£ the ranmng title and white
lines under it and foot lines with marginal notes
in nonpareil, five ems pils in width, to be added
thereto; the same to be stitched and covered
with colored paper sand two thousand copies
thereof shall be deitvered to the Secretary
of State, within thirty days after the adjournment
of the General Assembly, for which there shall
be allowed not mere than three dollars per page,
tot five hundred copies, not more than twenty
five cents per page for each one hundred oopies
in excess of five hundred. The Beeret ol
state shall retain in hie office two hundred and
fifty copies, and is authorized to dispose of the
remainder at a price not to exceed twenty per
cent advance on the original first cost of the
book; the disposal to be made by the Seeretary
of State in such a manner as to secure the sale
of the said books at reasonable rates to the pub
lic; the recretary of State to keep a detailed
aecount of the sale as aforesaid, and turn in
the proceeds thereof to the Btate Auditor,
who shall place the same to the credit of the
printing account. The Printing Board herein
above provided for may, if they deem it best for
i speedy and ecnomical printing of the laws, as
above provided, contract therefor with some
other book and job printer than the State
Printer; provided no contract shall be made at a
cost to exceed the price herein above fixed; and
provided the State Printer shall fail or neglect
to furnish the printed copies required by this
act within thirty days after the original shal
have been placed in his hands.
Paragraph 2-The Journals of each House
shall be printed in the English language, in book
form, in minion type, and made up from the
journal matter as published in the official news
paper; the pages to be forty-five ems pica in
ength, lncludmng head and foot lines and two
columns in width; the book to be stitched and
covered with colored paper and delivered to the
Secretary of State within the time fixed by law,
for which there shall be allowed not more than
one dollar per page for two hundred and fifty
copier, and for each additional hundred copioe not
more than twenty-five cents per page, the re
quired number of opies to bh ordered at one
time.
Paragraph :.-Bills and resolutione thall be
printed on flat cap paper, in piea type, leaded
with pica slugs or reglots, tobt sixteen ems
pica in width and seity-five mn length, and printed
broadside, the lines and set tions to be num
bered, and the entire work stitched. Two hun
dred copies shall be printed, one hundred and
fifty to be furnished to the House and fifty to the
Senate. For the two hundred copies not more
than three dollars per page shall be paid, and
not more than one dollar per page shall be paid
for each additional one hundred copies.
Paragraph 4-For all reports, documents or
other matter in book or pamphlet form, in long
primer type, twenty-four ems pica in width and
forty-three in length, including head and foot
lines, not more than two dollars per page for one
hundred copies shall be paid, and not mare than
twenty-five cents per page for eaoh additional
hundred copies or fraction thereof : th+ required
number of copies to be ordered at one time.
Paragraph 5-For a'l rule and fivure work con
tained in any description of work performed by
the State Printer, not more than one dollar per
thousand emros shall be allowed in addition to the
other charses herein specified, and the State
Printer shall embrace such charges in separate
items in his accounts rendered to the proper
auditing fflteer.
Paragraph 6-For all printed blanks, folio post
size, whole sheet, not more than fifteen dollars
for the first ream shall be paid; for eacb addi
tional ream not more than eight dollars; if only
half a reamr or less is ordered not more than nine
dollars shall be paid for it. For all blanks, cap
size, whole sheet, not more than ten dollars for
the first ream shall be paid for every additional
ream not more than six dollars, if only half a
ream or less be ordered not m re than seven
dollars shall be paid for it. For all blanks, letter
size, full sheets, not more than eight d] lIars fur
the first ream sball be paid, for every additional
ream not more than six dollars; if a half a reem
or less be crdered cot more than five dollars
shall be paid fir it, payment to be made only on
certifies e of the officer ordering supplies that
the amount ordered hes been received.
Paragraph 7-For all matter published in the
official journal in obealence to the provisions of
this act, the State Printer stall be allowed not
more than seventy cents per square for the
first insertion, nor more than twenty-five cents
per square for each subsequent insertion. A
square shall consist of the space of one hundred
words solid matter.
Faragraph 8-For all bindings, octavo size, in
calf, not more than one dollar and fifty cents per
volume; in sheep, not more than one dollar; in
muslin, not more than fifty cents.
Paragraph 9-For all description of work not
herein specified, the State Printer shall be al
lowed not more than the lowest customary rates.
SEG. 1i. e it further enacted, etc., That all
State officers shall keep a detailed account of all
printing ordered by them for their respectivb
ofiots and shall make a monthly report of the
same to the Auditor. The State Printer shall
also render once in each month to the Auditor of
Public Accounts a sworn detailed acdtnut of the
printing and advertising done for the trtate for
either branch of the General Assembly, or any
eftioer or department of the State government,
and the said Auditor shall examine the same,
and if he finds the said account to be correct,
shall audit the same and draw his warrant on the
State Treasurer for the payment of said account.
Any false swearing to the account hereinabove
mentioned to constitute the crime of perjury,
and the person so swearing, upon conviction, to
be subject to the pains and penalties provided by
law for perjury.
S&c. 12. Be it further enacted, etc., That be
fore entering on the discharge of his duties, the
state Printer shall furnish bond in favor of the
Governor of the State of Louisiana, with good
and solvent security residing in the pariah of
Orleans, and subject to the jurisdiction of the
c'iurts thereof, to the satisfaction of the Auditor
of Public Accounts, to be by him accepted, in the
full sum of ten thousand dollars, conditioned for
the faithful performance of all the duties devolv
ing upon him under the present or any future
law, and the payment of all damages which may
result from neglect or delay, and take and sub
scribe the oath prescribed by the constitution,
article one hundred.
SEc. 13. Be itfurther enacted, etc., That all laws
of the State shall by promulgated once in the of
ficial journal and shall become operative the day
after said publihoation in the city of New Orleans,
and thirty days thereafter in the remainder of
the State.
Sac. il. Be it further enacted etc., That all
the general laws of the State shah be pubhlished
once in the French language and once in the
German language in two daily papers published
in French and German respectively in this Ltate,
and that the comvensation f,r the said publica
tions, including the translation of srid laws, shall
not exceed the maximum rates fixed in this act
for the promulgation of said laws, and it shall be
the duty of the board ereated under sec
tion one of this act, to select the said French and
German daily papers, and to contract with the
publishers thereof for said translation and publi
cation; provided, that the translation of said
laws shall be done by authority and to the satis
faction of the Secretary of state.
Sac. 15. Be it further enacted, etc., That in
the parish of Orleans, where advertisemenyts are
required to be made in relati n to judicial pro
ceedings. or in the sale of property under i udical
process, or in any other legal proceeding of
whatever kind. they shall be published in a daily
newspaper published in the English language,
and which shall so have been published as a
daily paper for at least one year prior to the in
sertion of said advertisement or vu lication:
said newspaper to be selected by the de
fondant or patty charged with the con
duct of the proceedinge; provided, the defendaut
shall make the selecti n within three days of the
service of notice of seizure or process on him;
should the defendant n.glhc. to select, the plain:
tiff shall have the right to do so; and should
neither plaintiff nor defondant select, nor the
party invested by law with the direction of the
proceedings, then the sheriff, constable, ch rk or
other officer, as the case mny be, shall select; the
newspaper so selected sha I publ sh said adver
tisement in a conspicuous manner, each and
every advertisement to be in the column or
columns and all under a promment title in capi
tals, to wit: Judicial Advertisements. Should
there be no ne. per published in said pariah
as aforeesai' w adverisenent may be posted
Il a
bhl od b S ampudt
rabladla bh arlb the ad or not
door of the oourt.t , or the place
such, and at two oher blio p. .s
part. of the petith' proev ,hat me,
judloial sad egal advert te m sem te ua st _
tion when this act becomee operative, the pt
one sections of thi se l t chIll not efeot the aing
but It shall be legal to continue the
ments in the paper in which they are betl
lished, or in any other daily newspaper
in Eng lsh in said parish for the balance
time during weh ich such advertIsemente
respectively have to be continued to completei ,
same according to law.
Bla. 17. Be e %further enacted, etc., That
there are two or more newspapers pubaishedi.
the parish, the defendant or party i.V.:st
law with the direction of the proceedtingse5m
have the right of selecting the newsp I
which the advertisement is to be made, Ul lppied
for within three days after notice of iSU b
ceedings, or the seizure made under the pr
should the defendant neg.ect to seleet, the
tif shall have the right to do so; and,
neither plaintiff nor defendant select, nor the
party invested by law with the direction of
proceedings, the shert.f, eostable, clerk or OtIW
officer charged by law with the carrying oat K
the proceedings, shall select.
Bto. 18. Be it further enacted, elt, That th
costs of such advertisements shall not exceeod
the parish of Orleans the rate of lrlentrclei
per square, or fraction thereof, for thelirst aser.
tion, and twenty-five cents for each subsequ~et
insertion; and in the other parishes one ollar
per square, or fraction thereof, for the Arst ID.
sertion, and fifty cents for each subsequent laser
tuin. One square to consist of the space of one
hundred wores solid matter. If snob newsp
refuses to ppblish at the rate herein pe
the advertisements shall be published n the
manner above provided for in cases where there
are no newspapers.
Sic. 19. Be it further enacted, etc., That the
police juries and municipal corporations in all par
iohes,nclauding the parish of Orloans, shall not
hereafter order public printing of any kind unlaes
the same be done under contract ard adjudic
tion to the lowest and beat bidder, under sach
rules and regulations as they may establlh after
due public notice of at least ten days, and the
price therefor shall not in any case exceed the
price fixed as aforesaid for judicial advertise*
ments; and for other printing or job work, they
shalt In no case exceed the maximum price flied
for State Printing in this aot. The said police
juriee and municipal corporations shall ailway
have reserved to them the right of rejecting any
and all bids, and shall require adeqiate securit
in the parish from the lowest aod best bid
der for the complete fulfilment of the cono
tract resultlng from the adjudication.
Sic. 20. Be it further enacted, etc., That s.
act entitled "An act relativ to pntbbc printing,"
No. 8, approved twenty-fourth of July, eighteen
hundred and sixty-eight; an act entitloo "An aCt
to amend an act relative to publ-c prioili ," IpI
proved July twenty-formth, eighteen hunnried and
sixty-eight, No. 8, approved Feb;n ry thirds
eighteen hundred and seventy, sections two
thousand nine hnadred and eighty-six to thit
thousand and five, both jnclusive, of the Ievised
Statutes of L uisiana, approved fourteenth of
March, eighteen hundred and seventy- titl
"Public Printing;" and an act entitled "An
act to regulate the manner of mas
advrtiseements in judicial proceedings sIa
sales of property under j.dicial pacete
in all parishes other than that of tlelsa
regulating the piloe therefor; and direeiing the
manner an'l price at which contracts should be
made by poi ce Juries and municipal eorporations,
except Nelw Orleans, for public printing," nta
bher ninety-one, aproved August fiftteenh
eighteen hundred at di seventy-six; and that Il
laws or parts of laws conflicting herewith and all
laws or parts of laws on the same subject matter
be and they are hereby expressly repeale and
abrogated.
(Bigned) LOUII BUSH,
rSpeaker of the House rof RepresentatVls.
(digued) LOUfi A. WILTZ,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the Senate.
Approved March 12, 1877.
(Slgne-) FRAGCIT T. NI0OLLT,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
Ossan Annovo,
Assis'ant Becretarry of State.
SEWING MACHINES.
'TIHIE SItT Gi ER
THE ONLY
Sewing Machine
COMPAINY
To Whom tLe Centennial Committee gave
Awards for
A SUPERiOR
SEWRIN MACfIIEE
Every MACHINE guaranteed to give sati.
faction.
Liberal discount for CASH.
THE SINGER MAN0G CO.,
91Canal street. N. O.
fese t
LEEDS' FOUNDRY.
[rS'eABLIHsXD IN ieaJ
Cornr DeIrd ana FoPmrbw stoes.I .
NEW ORLEANS.
We are prevared to mannfaetnre
STaAM ExeGxxas, BoIsln8
BuGeA MILLS, SUGA KRB nu,. -
COrron Patssa NEaWEL sawS,
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and all kinds et Plantation and Steamboa wotk
ad every description of tg ,h or thg
des sm daw
VARIETIES THEATRE.
THE LADIES' THEATRE.
CANAL STREET, NEW ORLEANS,
FOR RE'T,
For the Season of 1..7-7.. and season foIlolVing
if d.siued.
This theatre is new, spa'-ious, completely aa.
superbly e.uipped in every respect.andis mot
eligibly located on the Drincipaland most fash.
ionable thoroughfare in the city. -14
Address WILL STEVEN,
Secretary La Variete Association
mhl2 6t mo tu New Orleans, a.A
Varieties Billiard RHa,
Corner Canal and Dauphine streets.
Entrance on Dauphine street
Eight of 3. W. Cp.Ieuer=s ovel sf.b
'as es.
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