New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-26
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AN ACT

yo fix che terms of the district court IN
the Fourteenth Judicial District, 4lesig-
mating certain weeks of said terms for the
trial of civil eases, and certain weeks for
The trial OF criminal cases, and providing
fog the drawing auet suInmoniuS OF julies
for said terms.
SECTION 4. 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 III the
Fourteenth judicial District are hereby
fixed and shall! commence as follows. to- wit:
For the parish ot Ouachita, or the second
Mondays at March and September: Tor the
parish Of Richland, ON the third Mondays OF
Apr! and October; for the parish OF More.
house, on the third Mondays OF May and
November.
SEC. ,. BE j: further enacted. etc. That
the first two weeks OF each term shall be
devoted exclusively 10 The Transaction OF
tho business Oh the civil docket Ok the
court, to the business OF the grand jury. and
20 the filing OF criminal infor!narions and
the orders thereon; no other proceedings on
the criminal docket of the couyt shall! be
had during the fist two weeks
SEC. =. BE 1t further enacted, cSc,s That
the remaining weeks of each term shall be
devoted to the transaction and disposal Of
the criminal business of the Ceurt 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 a jury shall have
been made previous to the third week. pro-
Vided, that in all cases judgments may be
signed, and motions for new trials and mo-
tiGns for appeals may be made and dis.
posed of during said remaining weeks; and,
provided further that by special permits
sion OF the court first obtained, together
with consent OF parties, proceedings may
be had in any other case during said re-
manning weeks.
Sec 4. Be 1t further enacted. erc.o That,
in the manner provided by law, two juries
shall be drawn for each of said terms of
court, to be designated as the "hrst jury"
and the second jury" The first jury shall
be summoned TO attend on the first day 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 G1s-
charged till the third Monday of the term,
when they shall again attend, and shall
serve for 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 or a case
shall be retained until the termination of
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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 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. JB |
ries drawn for the first term of court under |
This act shall be legal, without regard to the .
lime when drawn, If in other respects legal. |
SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, etc, That |
I'll laws or parts OF laws conflicting with |
his act are hereby repealed so far as they |
conflict, and that this act shall take effect !
rom and aftey its passage. /
lSignedt o. II. BREWSTER,
speaker of the House of Representatives.
(Signed) P. b. 5. PINCHBACK.
Lieutenant Governor and President OF the |
Senate
Approved June II, 1872.
lSigned) II. C. WARMOTR.
Governor OF the State OF louisiana
a true copy:
/. ). HERON.
Secretary Of State.