Daily gazette and comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-186?, 1860-01-20
The Criminal business Of the State.

the expenses Of theft adminisita'
ton" By getting hold OF the right
thread If history, q sentiment simi-
lar to this may be traced back IN
antiquity ~ early az the Zine Of
Dracu, who gave the Athenians
their first civil code. II is very
poor encouragement fef the animal,
man, whose prerogative II Is to-
reason. to look NJ the condition of
things M they now exist. Honest
men not only have TO take care Of
themselves, bat are compelled 81
pay for the maintenance of thieves
generally This large (and ctnse-
1uently respectablc) class 90 scot
free. committing one oiiensc y;
another, until ihey have run Tho
gauntlet Of the calendar Prop
prty may loo taxed at The voice Of
ror poppi. and every ntsn's life 10
IN tho hands Of the Caligula "
Nero, who takq- The dictatorship Of
the vigilance committee because II
has come To- be fixed institution
in the country What laws have
we for the punishment Of offend
ers 7 What temperate and settled
pnactmpnts Ivy the State 7 What
fines have been paid under the act
~ 1857. requiring the amounts ~
all forfeited bonds to be paid into
tho State Treasury 7 Examine the
reports If the Auditor aud Treasu-
ret. since the passage IT the act.
What q meagrc showing 10 there.
Under slecision of the supreme
Court. after $4,000 had bees,
said ~ the State for all manner OF
extraordinary aud unwaftahted eS
pcuscs in criminal prosecutions,
the act in question was pronounced
unconstitutional, as embracing two
distinct subject matters under one
head. The act il brief and simply
thus
Errr,or I. Re n saacfeib IN re Senate and
HiHss Il Representatives. II ne Mgfs II Ion
,siaha IN gsHs,ai tsssnhy enHts1sd. That
all the criminal expenses incurred IN the
different parishes Of this State. by arrests,
confinement aud prosecution 81 persons
accused Of crima. their removal TO- prison.
the pay cf witnesses aud all other eSpen
sea attending criminal prosecutions, exrept
the pay Of iurore. shall be paid by the
State upon the certificate ~ the Cletk aud
the presiding Judge of .sle several courts
Of this State.
$50. 3. 10 IL further Seated. DE-. That
the fines aud fsrieitures ID he collected for
the violation - the criminal Laws Of this
State shall boz paid into the State Treas
uty provided. that nothing contained in
THE section shall he an construed "a to ef
feet IN any manner the process for collect
ing fines aud futftutea
Rather strange decision That
the second section of such an
act, which provides means IN
Legitimate and proper way, for the
enforcement, Of thcSiirat section.
should bc pronounced unc6nstitr,
t,onal but not less angular IL the
position assumed by The ATTORNEY
'Gcneralathat. M the Supreme Court
made no mention of the first sccti..a
of the act. that IL must remain IN
force, aud the Auditor must pro.
cecd 10 audit al CLAIMS in criminal
prosecutions. having the warrant
of the Judge aud the certificate of
the Clerk. whilst the fines and for
FIXTURES Of bonds must go to the
parishes ~
The act OF 1851 is u good one.
aud the only oversight in its pas.
Rages was IT, not, making the Dis.
irict Attorneys or Shcriils, OF both,
responsible to the State for NIL the
bohds taken, and in not fixing an
equitable and Just fee bill Al the
las, session Of the Legislature, the
act of 81 was abolished without
reference 10 an act of 1855. under