New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-10-27

| To Regulate and Define the Duties ard to
stipulate the Jurisdiction and Enoluments
| of Coroner.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House OF Representatives of the State
of Louisiana, in General Assembly convened,
| That Coroner shall be elected in each par
ish by the qualified electors thereof except
| in the parish of Orleans, in which there
| shall be two Coroners so elected, one to per
form the duties of Coroner on the left bank,
below middle of Canal street, in the said
parish. and the other to perform the duties
of Coroner on the left bank, above the mid
die of Canal, and also in that part of the par
| ish known as Orleans Right Bank; that said
Coroners shall hold their Offices for the
term of two years respectively; hat an
election for said Coroners having been held
| in accordance with the provisions of the
Constitution adopted March I, one thou
sand eight hundred and siXty-eight, articles
one hundred and tifty.three Qi3) and one
| hundred and tifty-tour Q5D, future cleo
ton shall be held every two years there
after, to wit, on the seventeenth and
eighteenth days of April, whenever the said
| days shall not fall on Sundays or legalized
holidays, and when they or either of them
shall so fall, on the nearest secular day or
| DAYS thereafter respectively; that every
| Coroner shall take the oath prescribed by
the Constitution, and shall give bond and
security according to law in the parish oil
| orleans, IN the sum Vi twenty i've LuOusdllu
| dollars, and in the other parishes OF the
| State, in the sum of two thousand dollars,
| for the due performance of the duties of his
| office. Should a vacancy occur subsequent
to an election, it shall be filled by the Gov
ernor, and the person SO appointed shall
continue in office until his successor shall
be elected and qualified.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, ETC., That no
person shall be eligible for the office of Cor
| oner, either by election by the peo-
PIE, or appointment by the Governor
of the State, who is not lawful citizen of
the State, of fair educ alton, good moral char
acter, and possessed of general business
| qualities, aud that it shall not be necessary
that he shall have had medical or surgical
| education, or have been a regular practi-
| toner of either branch of science.
SEC 3. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
the Coroner shall be conservAtor Of the
| peace.
SEC. A. Be it further enacted, etc., That
| in case of vacancy in the office of Sheriff,
the Coroner for the portion of the parish of
Orleans on the left bank below the middle
| of Canal street shall execute the duties of
| Sheriff of the Criminal Courts; and the
| Coroner for the portion OF the said parish
| on the left bank above the middle of Canal
| street and on the right bank shall execute
| the duties of Sheriff of the civil courts until
| the appointment or election of a new
Sheriff; and while acting as such Sheriff the
Coroner shall receive the same fees as are
allowed by law to the Sheriff. In country
parishes the Coroner shall in like manner
I'LL vacancies in the Office of Sheriff.
SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, etc., That
| it shall be the duty OF the Coroner on being
informed of the violent death of any per
son within his jurisdiction, the cause of
| which is unknown, Immediately to proceed
to view the body and make all proper in:
| curry respecting the cause and manner Of
the death; and if from such injury he
shall be satisfied that no person has been
| guilty of causing or procuring the death,
and that there are no suspicious circum-
stances attending 1t, he shall, without fur
ther proceedings therein, deliver the body
| to the friends, if any there be, for inter
ment; in case there are no friends who
viii take charge Of the body, and if the
| deceased shall not not have left property
| sufficient to pay the expenses of the burial,
then it shall be the duty of the Coroner to
bury it.
SEc. 6. Be it further enacted, etc., That
where inquests are not held the Coroner shall
issue ace rtificate of the following or similar
import: l, -, Coroner of the parish (or
district, as the case may be-, of =, hav-
| ing been notified of the death of -,
| and having viewed the body of the said
-, and made inquiry respecting his
| death, do certify that l am satisfied no guilt
attaches TO any person by reason of the
| death, and that an inquest is unnecessary.
1 And where it shall have become necessary
| for the Coroner to bury the dead body, the
| certificate shall continue and say: That the
| deceased has no friends who appear to take
charge Of and bury his body, nor as can
ascertain, has he left property sufficient
| to defray the expenses thereof,
have, therefore, buried the same, and this
certificate shall be filed IN the office of the
clerk of the country parishes and in the
Clerks Office of the Fourth District Court in
the parish of Orleans.
SEC. Z. Be it further enacted, etc., That
| if the Coroner shall have reason to suspect
that the person whose body he shall been
| called to view came to mis- death by violent
means, then, and not otherwise, it shall be
his duty forthwith to proceed and take in
quest of said death. isAsH
SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
| in the parish OF Orleans the jurisdiction and
duties Of the Coroner for the portion of that
/ parish on the left bank below the middle of
| Canal street shall extend and shall be con-
fined to inquisitions on subjects found or
brought within the said limits, and that the
Jurisdiction and powers of the Coroner for
1 the portion of the parish above the middle
of Canal street, and on the right bank shall
extend and be confined to ipquisitions on
| subjects found or brought within these said
limits: provided, that nothing herein con-
tanned shall be construed as preventing,
prohibiting or forbidding persons finding
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| from notifying the nearest Coroner thereof,
or as releasing the said Coroner from the
duty of forthwith holding an inquest
| thereon.
SEC. 0. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
| when inquest is to be held the Coroner shall
| summon forthwith five citizens residing in
| the parish to appear before him, at the time
and place expressed in the summons, then
and there to inquire upon view of the body
4 of - there lying dead, when and by
| what means he came 10 his death.
SEC. 10. Be 1t further enacted, ETC., That
if any person summoned as juror shall fai
| to appear, without reasosable excuse there
for, he shall forfeit the sum of twenty-five
dollars. All forfeitures under this section
in New Orleans and Jefferson, may be
recovered for the benefit of the Charity
Hospital of New Orleans, by suit to be
brought by the Administrators Of the hospi-
tai. In the country parishes all forfeitures
recovered under this section, shall be
deposited in the parish treasury and for the
use of said parish, by suit to be brought
before Justice Of the Peace In the name
OF the police jury thereof
SEC. IL. Be IL further enacted, etc., That
when the jurors who have been summoned
appear, the Coroner shall call over their
names, and then, In view of the
body, ne shall administer TO them the fol.
lowing oath; "You solemnly swear that you
Will diligently inquire and true presentment
make, on behalf OF the State, when and by
what means the person whose body here lies
came TO his death; and that You viii return
true inquest thereof, according to your
knowledge and such evidence as shall be
laid before you, so help you Cod If any ~
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