New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-01-20
IMPORTANT La w 8.

AN ACT to Regulate Forced Judicial Sales of Property
SECTION II BE u eriaeted By The Sc,aate and Rous
OF Representations Of the STATE Of louisiana, III
Gleaefat assembly co'aveaed, That the appraisers
appointed and to,bes appointed by the provisions
Of the existing laws for appraisRg property in case
Of forced sales, shall adopt as standard of an
praisement the value of such property on the first
Of April, eighteen hundred and sxty.one, (l86l)
whenever the property has been deprecated BY
the existing war. ss ~ Il :
SEC. ~ Be y Further enacted, etcs, That if the
price offered by the highest and last bidder does
not reach the full amount Of the appraiseT1lent made
aon it according TO the above standard then the
property shall not be adjudged, and the sale shall
{ ton Of the existing war between the Confederate
States and the United States, and returned to the
3defandant, the plaintiff paying costs Of execution
and adv rlisement
SEC. Be y further. enacted etc., That the first
and second sections Of this act shall also apply to
sales Of property in case Of partition.
81 sgc. Y BE u further enacted, etc. That property
seized on an execution issued on a twelve mouths
bond or on q judgment where the appraisement
has been waived shall not be adjudicated unless Il
brings its appraised value according to the first
and second sections OF this act.
Size. 5. Be II further enacted, eto, That this act
shall not apply to fducaries or defaulters of any
trust fund, nor to the laws for the collection Of city,
State or Confederate State taxes, NOR to the
interest due minors on money loaned, nor to mon
we aue chartered charitable institutions for rents
q nor TO special taxes levee pur-
poses, nor to claims due TOT the State Of Louisiana
Wnicn nave the force and effect of a judgmentin
the contract. 3I5457s3 80 e 73sS7s. II
Sec s.. BE u Further enacted, ETC.. That all laws
ana parts O laws conflicting with this act be, and
the same are hereby suspended Until twelve months
after the Termination of the war
SIG. 4. BE Y further enacted, etc., That this act
shall take effect from and after ita passage.
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SEXTON 4 Be II enacted 6y tbe, Senate and House
OF Representatives. of tle State of Louisiana IN
lenefGt assembly conuened, That from and after
the next election Of Mayor for the city Of New Or
leans the Police of the said city shall be organ
ized BY an ordinance determining the number of
ofhcers Of which it shall be composed ana the
places and functions to be assigned to said officers
respectively, as well as the salary to be allowed to
mem aud the uniform that they shall wear, pro.
ylasd tnat the salary of each Policeman shall not
ps iess tnan seRenty-6ye dollars per month.
SEe. Z. re It further enacted, etc., That the
MAyor snaii appont the said officers with the ad.
VICE and consent Of the Police Board hereinafter
PROVIDED, and the officers thus appointed shall re
man IN office daring good behavior. '7' zI7sl
s SEC v. pc further enacted etc. That said am,
cess snat Ee selected from men who can read and
wrte tse English language, and in the Second and
Thlrd Dlstricts from snch as can speak and write
both French and English, and who shall eiye eyi.
denee that they are citizens Of the Confederate
States Of America, and that they have resided ii