New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-06-21
No. SO.
AN ACT


To fix the terms of the district court in
the Fourteenth Judicial District, desig-
mating certain weeks of said terms for the
trial Of civil cases, and certain weeks for
the trial of criminal cases, and providing
for the drawing and summOning of iuries
for said terms.
SECTION l. 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
fixed, and shall commence as follows, to wit:
For the parish of 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. .. Be it further enacted. etc, That
the first two weeks of each term shall be
devoted exclusively to the transaction of
the business on the civil docket of the
court, to the business of the grand Jury. and
to the fling 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 De
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-
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-
naming weeks.
SEC 4. Be 1t further enacted, ETC., That,
in the manner provided by law, two juries
shall be drawn tor 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 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 dis
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 of case
shall be retained until the termination of
said case. All objections or exceptions to
the formation, construction, drawing, or
summoning 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. Ju-.
ries drawn for the first term of court UNDER
this act shall be legal, without regard to the
time when drawn, If 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 tar as they
conflict, and that this act shall take effect
from and after its passage.
(Signed) o. H. BREWSTER,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(Signed) p. B. S. PINCHBACK,
Lieutenant Governor and President Of the
Senate.
Approved June IA, 1872.
(Signed) H. c. WARMOTH,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
+. j. HEBRON,
Secretary of State.