The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-06-29
An Act

TO ii X the terms of the district court i'll the
Fourteenth judicial District, designating z
certain weeks of said terms for tho trial
of civil cases, and certain weeks for the
trial of criminal eases, and providing for
the drawing and sunnioning of jurics for
said terms.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the Sen
ate and House of Representatives of
the State Of Louisiana in General As
sembly convened, That the terms of
district court in the Fourteenth Judi
cial District are hereby fixed, and shall
commence as follows, to wit: For the
parish ofOuachita, on the second Mon
days Of March and September; for the
parish of Richland, on the third Mon
days of May and November.
SEC. =. Be 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 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 transac-
ton and disposal of the criminal busi-
va
civil jury cases. During said rcmain-
ing 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;
provided, that in all cases judgments
may be signed, and motions for new
trials and motions for appeals may be
made and disposed of during said re-
naming weeks; and, provided further,
that, by special permission Of the court
first obtaind, together with consent of
parties, proceedings may be had in any
other case during said remaining
weeks.
SEC. 4. BE it further enacted, etc.,
That, in the manner provided by law,
two jurics shall be drawn for each Of
said terms of court, to be designated as
the "frst jury" and the "sccond .jury".
The first jury shall be summoned to at
tend on the first day of the term.
shall be selected and drawn in the
manner provided by law. The re-
manning jurors of the first jury shall be
discharged till the third Monday Of the
term, when they shall again attend,
and shall servo 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 rs they may
be needed. Any of the first jury who
may be impaneled on the trial of Il
case shall be retained until the termi-
nation of said case. All objections or
exceptions to the formation, cOnstruc-
ton, drawing, or summoning of said
.jurieS shall be filed on the first day of
the term, and not aftcrward; and if the
jurics should be set aside Il new first
jury shall be Immediately drawn and
summoned for the second Monday, and
new second jury for the fourth Mon
day CT the term, and the court shall
proceed. Juries 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 conflict
! ing with this act are hereby repealed
so far as they conflict, and that this act
shall take effect from and after It's pas
sage.
Approved June il, 1872.
(Signed II. G. WAHMoTH,
| Governor of tho state of Louisiana.