New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-04-10

the Council Of the city Of New Orleans to
furnish such suitable place of detention,
subject to the approval of SAID judges, and
pay all reasonable expenses, also subject to
the approval of said judges, or in anv in
dividual case subject to the approval of the
Judge of the court before whom the case ia
to be or has been tried, provided, that all
cases in which witnesses are in confinement,
or under security to appear, shall be tried
| by preference and without unnecessary or
vexatious delay. The place OF detention
for Witnesses, to be designated as the House
| OF Detention, shall. be under the control and
supervision of the sheriff of the Criminal
Court.
SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
the crime of larceny in the State of Louisi-
| ana shall be divided into grand and petty
larceny. The larceny Of any property or
| money, or object or objects of the value of
one hundred dollars, or more, shall consti.
| tute grand larceny, and be punishable with
| Imprisonment in any parish prison, or at
hard labor in the PeDitentiary, at the dis
erection Of the court, for not more than ten
years. The larceny Of any property or
money, or object or objects under the value
of one hundred dollars shall constitute the
crime of petty larceny, and be punishable
with imprisonment in any parish prison. or
in the Penitentiary, at the discretion of the
court, for not more than two years: and
all statutory provisions in force relative to
larceny not Inconsistent herewith or on
matters provided for herein, are hereby
made abblicable to the crime of larceny az
herein established.
SEC. 9. Be it further enacted. etc., That
in all cases in which a trial has taken place
in the First District Court for the parish of
Orleans, for Otfenses within the jurisdiction
of the court created by this act, and in
which the parties are awaiting sentence,
the judge Of the First District Court shall
immediately proceed to pass sentence, and
all proceedings thereafter in said cases
shall take place in the court created by
this act.
SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, etc., That
in case the judge of the Superior Criminal
Court reeuse himself for any proper cause,
or in case of his absence or inability to act,
he shall appoint an attorney -at-law, duly
qualified, to preside in cases where neither
the judge nor the attorney selected has
been counsel, nor has been nor ia interested,
and the attorney SO selected shall act dur.
ing the absence or inability Of the Judge to
act; in cases where the judge recuses him
self by reason OF having been counsel or
being interested, he shall call upon any one
of the judges of the district courts for the
parish of Orleans, whose duty it shall be to
attend and preside in such case. In either
case an order to the proper effect shall be
u,
and shall form part of the record of each
cause tried, and the district judge or attor-
ney, as the case may be, called upon to act.
shall, during the time either shall SO act,
have the same powers as the judge of the
court.
Sec. IL. Be it further enacted. etc That
the Common Council Of the city of New Or
leans shall, with the advice and approval
of the judge of the Superior Criminal
Court appointed, provide suitable build
ing for the sessions of the court, and fit up |
the necessary court room and Judges Office,
and also clerks and sheriffs offices, a |
grand jury room, and rooms for the petit |
juries, with suitable furniture and accom-
moda1ons, and make provisions for the ex- |
penses OF conducting said court, and in |
case OF the failure of the Common Council |
to provide the building and necessary &C. |
commodations, and to make the necessary |
provisions to carry on the court, the judge /
OF the court, with the approval of the Gov |
OrnOr OF the State, shall make the same,
and the expenses thereof shall be adiudged |
by the court, to be paid by the city of New
Orleans, and the judgment of the court |
shall have full force and effect as judg-
ment in civil case under the laws of the |
State, and satisfaction thereof shall be en- |
tOrcible in the same manner.
SEC. II. Be it further enacted ETC., That |
for the purposes of the appointment of |
the officers of the court, and providing the |
buildings and other necessaries for the |
holding of the sessions of the court herein |
created, this act shall take effect from
and after its PRONUNCIATION, but the sessions |
OF the court shall commence and in all |
other respects this act shall 90 into effect |
on the first Monday of April, A. D. 1874, or
as soon thereafter as practicable; all laws |
and parts and provisions of laws in con-
tict with this act. in so far as they conflict, |
are hereby repealed.
(Signed) CHARLES w. LOWELL,
Speaker of the House of Representatives, |
(Signed) c. C. ANTOINE.
Lieutenant Governor and President of the |
Senate.
Approved April 9, 1874.
(Signed) WILLIAM P. KELLOGG,
Governor Of the State of Louisiana. |
true copy:
p. G. DEsLONDE,
Sacrofarv Of Cfotc