Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1868-12-19

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the clerks Of tire several district contts Of
this State shall be er obicio clerks Of the pa
'Ish courts, and that the cletk, or his regularly
appointed and qualified deputy, shall always
be in attendance on The parish court at all its
terms and si,tines. Tina, the clerks of tho
district courts Of the several parishes shan
keep in separate bound books, prepared for
tho psrp"se, three dockets for the parisl,
courts, one for probate suits, one for ordinary
civil suits, and one for criminal cases, cogn;.
Fable in the parish conr,s; and at each tenn
OF the parish courts, for the trial Of ali classes
OF canses Of which such con1,s may have
jurisdiction, tho c'e,k "f each parish shall
prepare fof the use Of said court duplicate
abstracts from such dockets OF all causes
nndisposed OF, with an abstract Of all rules
and orders made in each Of such causes at
any previous term Of court. and n, The time Of
The parish court a. which probate cases only
are to be tried, The clerk shall prepare for Tho
parish court duplicate abstracts Of all proba to
causes nnlisposed of, with an abstrac, Of al
rules and orders made At any previous time Of
the parish court. The failure cf the clerk 10
attend such parish CONT by himself or deputy
as aforesaid, and 10 have snch locke,s and
abstracts prepared and really Vt tho COM
nencemen, Of each term Of cont, a. !.
herein required, such clerk shall be snbicc,
TO a fine Of twenty-five dollars pc. day, o, any
fraction Of a day he may be in DELAY, which
fne shall be entered on the minutes Of tho
ronr', and be collected by execution issued bv
the jndg" to the sheriff Of such parish. That
The clerk. or his deputy, as afnrc.aid. whilst
IN attendance on The parish courts as atore.
said, shall obey all legal orders OF the indsc,
and a failure nr refusal Ia obev or execp,e anv
'esa' order Of the Judge shall be a contempt
OF court, and The judge may, for snch con-
tempt, fine such clerk. nr his deputy, in The
sum Of one hnndre dollars and order him 10
be imprisoned in the jail Of -nch parish, no,
exceeding ten days, which fine, or order of
Imprisonment, or hot',, shall be entered on IN,
minutes Of the cort'. and shall be e%seen,e,l
by the sheriff of snch parish on the written
order of the judge and after The fine and
written order Of imprisonment provided bv this
section are entered Oh the minutes Of CONT. {,
shall not BE- legal for the Judge 10 remit, the
same, or any par, OF Item.
SEC $. he il further enacted, etc., That the
clerks OF the courts in each parish shall obtain
q seal, 70 be paid for BY he parish. Which
shaf! contain the vigueiie of The State sea,
with The words Seal Of The Clerk Of tho Pa
ti>h o., which seal shall be nsed by The
clerk of snch parish TO seal all pa pers issued
by him reqniIing a seal.
SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, etc. Tia,
SUITS for separation from bed and board ami
divorce, where ,hete is no mono yel Is,na,J
exceeding five hundred dollars Sc, up by The
p'a'n''h, and snI.s for Introduction, NAV be-
brought IN The parish counts, and ,ha, ra,sh
Judges may act in the emancipation Of mi.
nOrs.
SEC. 7. BE- il further cnac ted. e,c Th,,
Inc t7TfKEm The district coats Of The sey.,a,
parishes SHAH, On the passage IL this ac,.
transfer to IN" docke, 10 he provided for tho
PARISH courts, of the several parishes, Accord
ing 70 the provisions Of this act, all ca uses
now pending and on file in the district, cour,.
"' Their several parishes, which fall under tho
'n''-d'elion OF The parish contts, according, To
"e constitution OF the State aud This act: am,
me parish conr,s shall try and determine the
same, and make all orders The ,ein tia, NAV
De legal and proper, and The clerk of ,he
district Cont shall issue MI execn,ions AMI
"r1's or orders of any kind in all cases n,e.
vIons'y decided in the dis'ric, coor,s Of mi.
State tor any legal purpose whatever.
SEC. 8. Be il further enacted, etc, Tha,
the district Judges Of HE several districts or
this State shall, in the absence of The pa,i>h
Judges from their respective parishes. NJ when
The parish judge is interested, or from anv
cause can not act, grant all orders Of anv and
every Kind in cases of any kind in. tho parish
courts which might b. granted BY The parish
Judge II not absent or recnscd, which absence
or recnsa''on mus, be made to appear by tho
affidavit OF the party or his attorney. who 3D.
plies for such order.
-SEc-a--Re- il further enacted, etc, Tha,
The parish judges shall have a salary, payable
quarterly on their own warrant ON the State
treasurer, graduated as follows: In parishes
having one member in The House Of Repre-
sen'a'ives, two thousand dollars in parishes
having two or more members in the House Of
representatives, two thousand FIVE hundred
dollars, and they shall have no fees Of Office.
Sec. 10. Be il further enacted, etc, Tha,
all laws and paris OF laws in confic. with this
act be and the same are hereby repealed.
sEc' II. Be il, further enac ted, etc, Tina,
this act shall take effect from and sf,er its
passage.
(Signed) CHAS. w. LOWELL.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
tS'gned) OSCAR J.. DUNN,
L1eutenan, Governor and President, Of The
Senate.