New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-18
NO. ,.
AN ACT


To Amend aud Re.eDact Section Eleven QD
OF Acs ~. %, OF Eighteen Hundred amt
S.Xty-niGe (loG9), Approved March Eight
81. Eighteen HuAareG aud Sixty AlAe
tloG9).
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House OF Representatives Of the State OF
Louisiana IN General Assem- bly, convened,
That section eleven Gl) Of act No. IS, ap
proved Marcn eight {S), eighteen huadrei
and sixty nine (le69), is hereby amended
and re-enacted, 30 is to read as tollowa:
THAT it shall Je the duty OF the Clerks Ct
the DISCREET Courts OF the several PARISHES
III the State 10 iuakc out an abstract Of the
inventory Of the property Of ;su minors
whose tutors have not been required
by law 10 give bond fer their tutor
ship; such abstract 10 describe the
real property and give the iuil amount OF
The appraisema4t OF all the property, both
real and personal, and rights ani credits,
AID 10 deposit such abstracts with the IT
C0IGerS OF the several parishes, whose duty
1t shall be to record The same as soon Is re-
ceiyed il the mortgage book Of their parish,
such abstracts to be made out and deDCs-
lied with the recorders by the first day OF
Dec mDtr. eighteen hundred and sixty nine,
and recorded ny the trst day Of January,
eighteen hundred and seventy. Thls sec
ton to apply only 20 tut07ship granted be
fore the passage Of this act, and any failure
of the clerks or recorders to perform the
services required by this section shall SUB
jeCt Them to any damsges that such failure
may cause any person, and shall further
subject them TO fine Of not less than one
hundred nor more than one Thousand
dollars, for the benefit Of the put
lie school fund, to be recovered by
the Dis trct Attorney or the District Attor-
ney pro ten, before any court OF competent
jurisdictiGn; such abstracts, when recorded
10 sny parish in which the tutor owns mort
gageabe property, shall constitute Il mort
gage on the said tutors property until the
the final settlement and discharge OF the
tutor. The fees for making out aud record
ing such abstracts shall be the same as tie
fees prescribed for the clerks aud recorders
for other similar services, and shall be paid
on demand by the respective parishes in
which such services were performed; and the
parishes shall have recourse against the per-
sons or property for whose benefit the
services were performed; and Immediately
after the payment of such fees by the pat
ish, the District Attorney pro tempore shall
proceed TO collect such fees from the tutor.
or. il the minors have arrived at the age Of
majority, from the minors, and II no re-
eponsibie person can be found, TO pay the
same, then any property owned by the mi
nors, for whose benefit such services were
performed, shall De sold to pay the same,
aud the statement Of the clerk cr recorder
shall be sufficient evidence to entitie the
parish to judgment in any suit for such fees
SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, etc, That
this act shall take effect from and after It's
passage.
(SieneGJ MORTIMER CARR,
Speaker OF the House Of Representatives.
(Siened) OSCAR j. DUNN.
Lieutenant Governor and President Of the
Senate.
Approved March 9, 1870.
(aigned) II. q. WARMOTH,
Governor OF the State OF Louisiana.
A trGe COPY:
GEO. z. B0yBE.
Secretary OF State.