New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-04-13

| court until it shall be approved by the COM
handing officer; aud that you will not upon
| any account, at any time disclose or discover
| the vote Of any particular member OF the
| court-Martial, unless required by court OF
| Justice to give evidence as witness lii due
course Of law. So help you God. The pres
| ident shall then administer the following oa,h
! to the judge advocate. You, A. B.. swear
| that you will faithfully and impartiaily
discharge your duties upon this occasion to
| the comm OH wealth, as well as to the &C
| cused, and that you will not, upon any &C
| count, at any time whatever divuge any
vote or opinion of any member OF the court
| martial, unless required by a court OF justice
| to give evidence thereof as witness. 80
| help you God.
Art LXX Persons called to give evidence
| before Court-martiai, who do not appear,
| or who refuse to testify, without legal eX-
| cuse, shall be punished at the discretion OF
| such cOurt-martlal,
| Art LXXI. Witnesses shall be examined
on oath, administered By the Judge adVo'
| cate, in the form prescribed by this section
| Art LXXII. Members OF u court martial
| shall vote, beginning with the youngest
| and shall give Judgment by majority OF
| voices; but no sentence of death shall be
| given unless two-thlrds of the members
concur therein.
! Ar: LXXIII. No sentence Of court
marital shall be carried into execution until
| the proceedings aud evidence, documents,
papers and al! matters in and concerning
| the same, are transmitted to the command
| ing officer of the army, station, camp or
| port where the court-martial Is held, and he
| approve the same aud order the same TO be
| carried into execution.
| ArT LXXlF. When a Ourt.martlal orders
| an officer to be suspended 1t may also suS-
pend his paw and emoluments.
| JYy
| order Il general court martial may pardon
or mitigate any sentence of the court, ex-
| cept sentence of death or Cashiering, and
he may suspend the execution Of these until
the comnauder-in-Chiet Is informed there
of, and be, with the advice and consent OF
the council may pardon or mitigate the
| sentence.
SEC 106 Be it further enacted, ETC., That
in this chapter the word Soldier includes
company musicians and all person III the
volunteer or enrolled milit a, except com
missloned officers, and the word battalion
includes squadron.
| SEC l07 Be it further enacted. etc, That
civil officers named in this chapter neglect
ing or refusing to obey its provisions, shall,
except as otherwise specially provided, for
felt not less than twenty nor more than five
hundred dollars, to be recovered before any
court of competent jurisdiction, upon the
information of any officer OF the militia:
SEC. los. Be 1t further enacted, ETC., ina
any tiue not exceeding two hundred dol
lars may be inflicted on any officer BY
sentence OF general court.martiaI, as 4
part Of or the whole of such sentence; anC
such fine shall be recovered by the Judge
advocate or person appointed to act as such
| at the court-martial in s. civil action before
any court of competent jurisdiction, to tht
use of the State.
BOARDS or OFFICERS.
SEC 100. Be it further enacted, ETC., Thai
the COMMUNICATIVE chief when in mis- opinion
it is necessary, may call boards Of officers
for settling military questions or for Other
purposes relative to good order and disci-
| pine.
SEC 10. Be it further enacted, etc That
all acts and parts of acts conflicting with
the provisions of this act, and all acts OF
parts of acts relating to the same subjec
matter, be and the same are hereby re
pealed, and that this act shall take etfec
from and after its passage. d.
tSigned) MORTIMER CARR,
Speaker of the House OF Representatives,
(Signed) OSCAR J. DUNN,
Lieutenant Governor AID President OF tht
| Senate.
Approved April 5, 1870.
| (SigneG) II. &. WARMOTH.
Governor of the State OF Louisiana
true COPY:
GEO. f. BovEE,
Secretary Of State.