New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-30
NO. &c.
AN ACT

! 20 fix fhe terms OF tie district eoure IL
! the Fourteenth Judicial District. desig
hating certain weeks of said terms for tbs
! tllal OF civil! cases, and certain weeks for
! the trial OF criminal eases, and providing
! for the drawing and sunp8oning Gf iugieS
| for said termso
I SECTION I. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly convened
! That the terms Of the district court IN the
Fourteenth judicial District are hereby
! hxed and shall commence as follows, to wit:
For the parish CT Ouachita, on the second
Mondays Of March and September; for the
parish Of Richland, on the third Mondays OF
April and October; for the parish of More
house, ON the third Mondays of May and
| November.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted. etc. That
the first two weeks of each term shall be
devoted exclusively 20 the transaction of
the business Cd the civil docket of the
court, to the business of the grand jury. and
TO the filing OF criminal infOrmatiOns and
the orders thereon; no other proceedings on
the criminal docket of the court shall be
had during the first two weeks.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted etc, That
the remaining weeks Of each term shall be
devoted to the transaction and disposal of
the criminal business of the court, and to
the trial of civil jury cases. During said
remaining weeks no proceeding shall be
had IN any civil case, unless an order for
the trial of such case by jury shall have
been made previous to the third week; pro-
FlGed, that IN all cases judgments may be
signed, and motions for new trials and mo-
items for appeals may be made and dis
posed OF during said remaining weeks: and
provided further, that. by special permits
sion OF the court trs0 obtained, together
with consent Of parties. proceedings may
be had In any other case during said re-
naming weeks.
SEC. 4. Be 1t further enacted, etc, That.
in the manner provided by law, two iumes
shall he drawn for each of said terms of
court, to be designated as the first Jury
and the ''second jury" The first jury shall
be summoned to attend on the first dav of
the term. From the first jury the grand
Jury shall be selected and drawn in the
manner provided by, law. The remaining
Jurors of the first jury shall then be as
charged till the third Monday of the term,
when they shall again attend, and shall
serve Tor the third week. The second Jury
shall be summoned to attend on the fourth
Monday of the term, and shall serve for the
fourth week, and as much longer as they
may be needed. Any Of the first jury who
may be impanneled on the trial of a case
shall be retained until the termination of
S6+I2 case" Az OLJcCllOAb OF exceptions 10
the formation, construction, drawing, or
of said juries shall be filed on
the first day of the term, and not afterward;
and if the juries should be set aside a new
first jury shall be Immediately drawn and
summoned for the second Monday and a
new second Jury for the fourth Monday of |
the term, and the court shall proceed. Ju |
ries drawn for the first term of court under |
this act shall be legal, without regard to the |
slime when drawn, II in other respects legal. |
SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, etc, That
all laws or parts of laws conflicting with |
this act are hereby repealed so far as they |
conflict, and that this act shall! take effect |
rom and afteE its passage.
tSigned) y. H. BREWSTER.
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
tSigned) P. B. s. PINCHBACK.
Lieutenant Governor and President 9: .he
Senate.
Approved June -. 1872.
tSigned) II. C. WARMOTR.
Governor Of the State of Louisiana
a true copy:
z. j. HEBRON,
Secretary of State.