New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-11
No. 81.
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SECTION |. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives. of the State
| of Louisiana in general assembly convened
That the Governor shall appoint, by and
| with the advice and consent of the Senate
and on the first Monday of November, A
ID. 1872, and every two years thereafter, OF
at such other times as may be fixed for the
election of members to the House of Repre-
sentatives of the State of Louisiana, there
shall be elected by the qualified electors in
each parish in this State, the parishes OF
Orleans and Jefferson excepted, by general
ticket, five police jurors, who shall have
been two years consecutively next pending
the day of election residents of their re-
| spective parishes, no two of whom shall re-
| side in the same police jury ward, as the
| parishes are now divided into police Jury
wards, which police jury wards shall re-
main and constitute justice of the peace
| wards.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, etc., That
| the police jury shall elect from their own
number president, who shall perform all
the duties now required bylaw of presidents
of police juries, and shall be subject to all
the penalties and fOrfeitures for failure to
perform his duties as president of the police
jury that presidents of the police Jury are
now subject to.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, etc, That
on the first Monday of June, A. d. 1871, and
afterward ON the first Monday of the month
nextsucceeding their election, the members
elected according to the provisions of this
act, shall meet at the courthouses of their
respective parishes, and organize, and pro-
coed to the discharge of their duties, and if
there be, from any cause whatever, any fail
ure to organize at that time, then those who
do meet shall fix some other time, not to
exceed one month, and cause said members
appointed or elected as provided by this
act, to be notified by the sheriff of such time
of meeting, and on that day they shall meet
and organize; provided, that any three of
such members shall constitute a Quorum.
and shall organize ard proceed to business;
and provided further, that all the members
elected may at any time after their election
meet, organize and proceed to business.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
any vacancy that NAV occur by death re-
moval, resignation or for other lawful cause
of either Of said police jurors. shall be filled
as vacancies in such positions are now filled
SEC. 5. Be it further enacted etc, That
each at such members of the police iury
shall, during the time they are in actual
session, be entitled to five dollars per day,
to be paid out of any moneys in the treasury
of their respective parishes not otherwise
appropriated, on' the warrant of each mem
Der sworn to be correct, countersigned by
the president to be correct, and the preSi-
dents warrant to be countersigned by at
least two of the other members to be cor
rect and any failure, without legal excuse,
of any member of the police Jury to attend
at the sessions of the police jury fixed by
law or legally ordered otherwise, shall for
felt ten dollars per day for every day he so |
fails to attend, which amount shall be re-
covered before any competent court at the |
suit of the parish, and it shall be the duty |
OF the president of the police jury to notify |
the district attorney, pro TEN, of such fail |
ure to attend, who shall proceed at once to
collect the same. And such member shall |
not be entitled to draw his per diem as long |
as there is any part of the fine above fixed |
unpaid, and he shall not avoid such fine by
resignng after the penalty has accrued: |
and provided further, that the police iuries
shall not be paid per diem in any parish in
the State for more than thirty days in any
one year, and that the members shall not
be eINtled to any mileage; but when mem
Der resides more than fifteen miles from the
he shall be allowed one addi-
tional days per diem at each regular ses-
sion OF the police jury he may attend.
SEC. g. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
5he police jury, as. organized by this act,
shall have and perform all the powers and
luties prescribed by the laws now in force,
md be subject to all the obligations, fines
md forfeitures now prescribed by law
against police juries failing to perform their
luties.
Seq. Be it further enacted, etc, That
his act shall take effect from and after its
'assage.
(Signed) GEO. w. CARTER,
speaker of the House of Representatives.
(Signed) OSCAR j. DUNN,
Governor and President of the
Senate.
Approved April 81, 1871.
(Signed) III. G. WARMOTH,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
GEO. +. BOyEE,
Secretary of State.