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

AN ACI
Entitled an Act to Regulate the Appoint
ment OF Deputy Sheriff5 in the Parishes OF
Orleans, Jefferson and st. Bernard, and to
Restrict the Powers'of Sheritfs in the Me
tropoitan Police District &c the Discharge
of the Duties Imposed Upon Them by Law.
Section l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly convened
That the right of the Sheriffs of the Parishes
of Orleans, jefferson and St. Bernard to ap.
point or qualify Deputies shall be restricted
to the number necessary to execute the
process of the Courts and to do and perform
all such duties as may be required by law
necessary for the faithful administration OF
justice in the respective parishes.
SEC. ?. Be it further enacted, etc., That
whenever it becomes necessary in either oil
the parishes of Orleans, Jefferson or St Ber-
nard for the Sheritfs, or either of them, in the
execution of any legal process or warrant
within their jurisdiction to obtain additional
force to enable him to do so, he shall make
application in writing to the Board of Ne
tropolitan Police, who shall immed ltely in
struct the Superintendent of METROPOLITAN
Police to give to the Sheriff applying the
necessary assistance to enable him to exc
cute the process.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
it is hereby made the duty OF the sheriffs OF
the parishes of Orleans, Jefferson and st.
Bernard within five days after the passage
of this act, to furnish the Board of Metro
politan Police with list of the names of all
the deputies in their employ, together with
a statement OF the duties they perform, and
there after whenever either of said sheriffs
she'll make an appointment of deputy he
shall, before the deputy enters upon the dis
charge of his duties, make like report to the
Board of Metropolitan Police.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted etc., That
upon all occasions Of emergency or appre-
honsion of lot, tumult, moo, instruction,
or pcs'iience, all power and authority shall
be vested in ana exercised exclusively by
the Metropolitan Police Board, and on days
of election they shall exercise exclusive con,
troll, make all rules and regulations for the
presel walton of order at the polls, and en-
force the same through the agency of the
Metropolitan police force, and it is hereby
declared TO be misdemeanor for any
sheriff, or deputy, in either of the parishes
of Orleans, Jefferson or ST. Bernard to do
any act or exercise any authority by virtue
Otany appointment or commission as sheriff
or deputy prohibited by this act, and any
sheriff or deputy so offending shall, on con
Viction, suffer the penalties prescribed in
section twenty-siX of an act entitled an act
to create a Metropolitan Police District
approved September fourteen, eighteen
hundred and sixty-eight.
Sec, s. Be it further enacted, etc., That
all laws or parts of laws in conflict with
this act be and they are hereby repealed.
SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, etc, Thai
this act shall take effect from and after it
passage.
(Signed) CHAS. W. LOWELL,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives
(Signed) OSCAR ]. DUNN,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
Approved October 81, 1868.
(Signed) H, G. WARMOTH,
Governor of the State Of Louisiana.
A true copy:
GEO. E. BOVEE,
Secretary OF Sta e