The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-05-07

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ed $1,000 and imprisoned In the
parish Jail for not less than three
months.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted,
etc., That it shall be the duty of
the officer or officers directed by.
the Governor to make such arrest
as is provided for in this act. to
summon and take with him, as a
posse comitGtas, as many persons
as he may deem necessary to ena-
BILE him to make the arrest, and
execute the duties required of him
by this act, and any person who
shall fail or refuse to act, when
regularly requested so to do by
such officer, shall be subject to all
the pains and penalties provided
by law for such failure or refusal,
when required to act in that ca
pacity by Sheriffs and other par
ish officers.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted,
ETC., That the officer ordered by
the Governor to make the arrest,
as required by this act, shall be
entitled to the same mileage as is
allowed sheriffs when engaged in
making arrests, and the further
sum OF s. per day whilst so actu-
ally engaged; and that each per-
son so summoned as a member of
a posse comitdtNs by such officer
shall receive 50 per day whilst
actually engaged as such, such
mileage and per diem to be paid
by the parish in which the offense
was committed, on the warrant of
the clerk of the Police Jury, issued
on and in accordance with the GER
tifcate of the officer ordered to
make the arrest. sworn to by him
to be correct and in strict accord
ance with this act, and also at
tested by the oath of the person
entitled to the pay, that the same
is correct, which certificates shall
be received in payment of all par
ish taxes of the parish liable to
pay the same; and the clerk of the
Police Jury of any parish, who
shall fail or refuse to issue such
warrants when the forms of law
have been complied with, as above
required, authorizing the issue of
such warrants, shall be liable as
such officer, individually, as we'll
as his Sureties on his official bond,
in the sum of$100 for each case
of refusal, to be collected at the
suit of the person entitled to the
pay, whose application he refused,
one-half to go to the plaintiff and
the other half to the school fund
of the parish.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted,
etc, That the officer directed to
make the arrest in accordance
with the requirements of this act,
shall be responsible for the safe
keeping of the prisoner or prison
ers until the sentence of the ex-
aiming court is complied with,
and that he shall have the use
of any Jail in the State to enable
him TO do so; provided, that after
the sentence of the examining
court, if the accused is required
to be kept in Jail, the Jail of the
parish in which the offense was
committed, shall be used therefor,
unless it is unsafe, or there be
none in such parish; then any
other safe Jail may be used, the
parish in which the offense was
committed to pay the expense of
guarding and maintaining the
prisoner in any parish to which
he may be confined.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted,
etc., That any parish officer to
whom any warrant has been en-
trusted to be executed, and who
has failed, refused or been unable
to execute the same, shall deliver
snch warrant to any officer ap-
pointed according to the provis
ions of this act, to execute the
same, on his presenting to snch
officer the order of the Governor
to execute such writ, and if he
fails to do so, the magistrate or
judge who originally issued such
warrant shall issue another or a
duplicate to the person so author
lied by the Governor to execute
:. such warrant, and the production
of the Governors order to the Of
ficer to execute the writ shall be
sufficient evidence to authorize
the issuance Of any duplicate or
pluries warrant. Any parish of.
ficer, or Justice of the Peace, OF
Judge, who shall fail or refuse to
comply with the requirements
of this section, shall be subject to