New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-02-08
Nj. HAHN.
GEORGE c. RENHAM,
WILLIAM KERN.
ID. Young.
Report received and adopted

Report received and adopted.
Also, the following report:
COMMITTEE on Jrp'ClsRg,
February :. 1873. J
To ~. Yono-lhi. Speaker and Members OF the
House of Representatives.:
Your COMMITTEE on Judiciary. 20 whom
was referred House bills Nos. 80 and 81.
both relative TO cOroners Os the parish of
Orleans, have had the same Under consider.
alton. and report favorably on said House
Hill No. 50. offered by Mr.. Devices, 0f Red
4 yer. entitled an act abolishing the fees
a .inOlumtnts of the office OF cOrOners for
lie city OF New Orleans and parish of Or.
leans. and fixing the compensation in the
form Of a general fee as salary of said Off
GERS. and directing the mode OF payment OF
tie expenses OF al! inQUest> held therein by
Imposing certain duties on the city of New
Orleans. and for other purposes. with the
following amendments:
Amend title by striking ont the words
'tOr other purposes. and insert "!mpcsIng
a penalty for refusal or neglect 70 seEve Oh
corou.rs' juric. when summoned"
Amend section one in line sixteen by
striking out las a. and insert "Or.''
Amend section two. lines twenty and
twenty-0nc by striking out land all wit
nesses and jury fees; and same section at
end of line twenty-three by adding "therc.
by shall provide for removals of bodies ana
TIE burial OF INDECENT deceased. The city
or police physicians may be called upon
and shall make all necessary examIns-
tons"
Strike ont section three IN now standing
and insert as follows:
SEC 3. Be it further enacted, etc. That
AL fees of coroners' iuri men are hereby
abolished. and no person summoned orally
or in writing by I'll. coroner to act as juror
shall be excusfbic from such service except
upOn grounds tor which h. is exempt from
ser,ic. as = petit iuro: in criminal causes.
and except he shall have served upon two
coronere' jurl, within the past year. And
anv person refusing ar ne.leCtlng 20 serve,
being duly eummoued a. aforesaid, shall
upon conviction. be subject 10 fine not
rXcePGin. one hundred dollars. and i'm
prisoninent not eXcer.iing--
And in section iou', the three. strike out
IL. wo.d, "~ithin thirty days"
MICHAEL. HAHN, Chairman:
Z. GREEN DAVIDSON
WILLIAM KERN.
e.. j. GREENE.
DAVID YOUNG,
a. DUMONT.
Which was receive! and adopted.
Also. the following report:
Committee oy JCoSc'.Rr.p
February ., 1873.
To the HonoratL. Speaker aUl Members OF the
House of Represen at.vcs:
Your Committee on Judiciary, 20
whom was referred House hill No. SO,
offered bv Mr. Guichard. of St. Bernard.
entitled an act providing for the expeditIng,
Improvement and better administration of
criminal and civil Justice in all the district
courts of the parish of Orleans. ETC.. re-
specially report favOrably thereon aud
recommend its passage.
MICHAEL HAHN, Chairman:
THOMAS GREEN DAVIDSON.
GEORGE G. BENHAM,
WILLIAM KERN,
DAVID YOUNG.
e.. j. GREENE.
Received and adopted. and House bill
No 50. entitled an act providing for the ex'
pediting improvement: and better admins
tration of criminal and civil justice in all
OF the district courts Of the parish Of Or.
, leans, by the reduction Of all costs and fees
therein .ccruing to al! of the officers there
of. and providing fixed salary for all such
officers. and the nanner of the payment
thereof 70 them and their deputies: and
directir: tie pa lnent of al! costs and fees
into the the treasury of the city of New
Orleans: ana requiring additional bonds
and secu:;tic, from all such officers having
charge o. the public moneys Of said courts;
and imposing. certain duties upon tie Judges
thereo! and -. Attorney General OF the
State, .ri rro,iiiu: ."r hi. compensation
therefor. :: ID providing Tor The government
and ,na,n,rn.n". ~ :ae Parish Prison and
.,r othe: purposes. WAS ordered - nc en-
crossed.
A!so. the tv.'o~.n, -e!v,-':
Co1s!--ts 'raa.I.Nv /,
FEBRUARY :" i5,3 !
70 ~. sono, Il . speqs.r and Members Of ii.
Hons OF H-eseHtatH"s:
l,Hy Countries on judiciary. 70 ~hom
vas re.erret House bill No. 80, offered by
DIX. N9atal9o. Of Orleans, have lad The