Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1867-04-04
Acts Passed by the Louisiana Legislature.

u liSt VI VIZ avs P~ ~
General Assembly of the State, SO
far as signed by the Governor and
returned to the office of the Secretary
Of State.
We copy from said list the
titles of such acts as refer to this
vicinity, as also those which are OF
general interest:
An act to amend an act entitled can
act to organize the Supreme Court, and to
fix the term thereof" approved March
18th, 1866.
10 provide for the payment of mem
bers, officers, and contingent expenses OF
Louisiana.
Joint resolution relative to the constitu-
tional amendment proposed by Congress
of the United States as Article XIV.
An act to authorize the reduction of the
capital stock Of the Louisiana State Bank.
Explanatory of an act entitled an act in
relation to exemption from State, parish
and city taxes for the years 1862, 1853, 1854
and 1865, in certain cases.
To authorize the Citizen Bank of Louisi-
ana to extend the payment of the bonds of
the State of Louisiana, issued in favor Of
said bank.
| An act to authorize the transfer of GER
| tain funds.
An act for the relief of the Insane Asy-
| lum of Louisiana, at Jackson.
To amend and re-enact the second sec
| ton of the act, entitled Gan act for the
IF ha fota
| Seminary Of Learning, established near
| Alexandria," approved the 18th of March,
| 1858, and making an appropriation for the
same, approved March 7tE, 1865.
| Joint resolution relative to the Louisiana
State Seminary of Learning and Military
| Academy.
An act to amend section 9Th of an act
| relative to the adoption of children, ap-
| proved March Goth, 1865.
Joint resolution directing the State En-
gineer to obtain information respecting
the principal levees on the Mississippi
river in this State.
An act to incorporate the town of
Plaquemine in the parish Of Ibervile.
To authorize the signing and execution
of certain sheriffs' sales.
To take the sense Of the people on the
expediency of calling convention to form
a Constitution, and to provide for the cleo
ton OF delegates, and for the holding of
| the convention.
An act to amend and re- enact and define
section 18th of an act to provide for the
safe keeping and proper administration of
the Poydras Fund in the parish of Point
Couree.
An act to abolish the Board of Currency.
Joint resolution relative to the furnish
| ing of the State House.
An act relative to free public schools in
tho city Of Baton Rouge.
An act to authorize the return of one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars from
the general fund, and to appropriate the
same for levee purposes.
An act to define the qualifications of the
Judges of the Supreme and District Conrts.
An act TO provide for the sale of State
shares in the Sulphur Fork Iron Works of
the State of Texas.
An act for the relief of State assessors
whose pensation for the years 1865 and
1856 did not amount to the sum of three
hundred dollars per annnm.
An act to amend an act entitled Gan act
for the relief OF the tax payers of the State,''
approved February 10th, 1866.
An act relative to the New Iberia and
| Orange Railroad Company.
An act for the relief of State tax col
lectors.
An act for the relief of A. Waddill, late
Parish Treasurer Of East Baton Rouge.
An act to amend an act relative to auc-
tioneers, approved March 18th, 1855.
An act to give additional compensation
to certain District Attorneys in the coun-
try parishes.
An act creating special Levee District
in the parish of Ibervile.
An act to provide the means necessary
for the relief of the Treasury of the State.
An act relative to judicial advertise
ments.
An act supplemental to an act entitled
| Gan act to provide the N cans necessary for
the relief Of the Treasury of the State"
. An act to amend and re-enact article
two thousand two hundred and sixty -one
Of the Civil Code of the State of Louisiana.
An act to amend and re enact article two
thousand two hundred and sixty of the
| Civil Code of the State of Louisiana.
An act to pay the Indebtedness Of the
State Penitentiary.
An act directing the Board Of Levee
Commissioners to take the necessary steps
to stop a crevasse on the Bayou Lafourche.
An act to amend and re- enact the second
section Of an act entitled, can act relative
to officers" approved March 18th, 1855.
Joint resolution for the recovery of the
State bonds and other property now de-
tanned at W Washington by the Federal au-
| thorities.
To transfer to the State of Mississippi
the Island No ~, now part of the parish
of Carroll. in he State of Louisiana, in ex-
change for bunck's Bend Island, in the
county of f~~aqucnH, in the State of Missis-
sippi.
An ae authorizing Allen Jones to sue
| the State Of Louisiana.
An ayt to repeal an act fixing the inter-
nal Improvement tax, requiring the State
Ass soors to place the same on the assess
ment'rolls, approved March 18th, 1859.
An act granting the right of way to the
Southern Telegraph Company.
An act to provide the means for paying
the interest on the bonds issued by the
State to the several railroad and plankroad
companies.
An act to regulate the terms of the Dis
trict Court for the Fifth judicial District
An act to amend an act to authorize the
issue of State bonds.for the purpose of pay
ing certain debts, approved 12th Of Feb
ruary, 1865.
An act to provide means for the con-
| struation of IavpeE hy The Issue of bonds al