The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-10-02

the payment of the costs and the person taking
up the estray, and the other half to be immr
diately deposited in the Parish Treasury, by thf
constable making the sale.
Sex. 5, Be it further ordained, That in case
the animal advertised be reclaimed by the owner
thereof previous to the sale, the party i'll poa.
session shall be entitled to claim and receive,
before delivering up the property, in addition
to the cost of the advertisement, the sun of ten
cents per day per head for taking care of sai}
animals if kept on pasturage, and the sum OF
twenty-five cents per day per head if fed upon
grain provided that no charges shall be allowed
for maintaining an estray animal if the person
claiming the said charges has employed the said
animal ut his work.
Sec. Be it further ordained, That all SUNS
paid into the Parish Treasury, in accordance
with Section hereof, shall be placed to the
credit OF the contingent fund, and that any
owner of animals sold by virtue of this Ordin
ancc, upon applying to the Police Jury and es-
Publishing satisfactorily their claim, and upon
having the same approved, shall be paid out Of
the said fund the amount deposited there as
proceeds of the sale Of his property.
Sec. 7. Be it further ordained, That an estray
animal, in the meaning and intent Of this ordin
ancc is one, the owner of which cannot be as
ccrtainCd after due inquiry made in the neigh
hOrl0Od where the said animal is found, pro-
vided that this ordinance shall not apply towild
stock branded, or marked and turned out to
range at large.
See. s. Be it further ordained, That any per
son taking up cstray animals and failing to COM
ply with this ordinance, shall receive no COM
pcnsatiOn therefor, and any person taking up
such an animal and retaining the same in his
possession, in violation hereof, shall be liable to
pay the owner of the same for the time he un-
lawfully holds possession of the same the sum
of not less than twenty-five cents per day, nor
more than one dollar per day, and a fine of moi
less than ten, nor more than twenty-five dollars,
to be recovered before the nearest Justice of
the Peace, and, provided that the parish shall
incur no liability for costs in such proceeding.
Sec, q, III II further ordained. That any CON
stable is authorized to advertise and dispose of
any estray animal not reported by the party
having the same i'll possession.
Sec. 10. Be it further ordained, That all ordin-
anccs or parts of ordinances heretofore passed
by this body, on the same subject matter hereof,
be and the same are hereby repealed, and that
this ordinance shall take effect from and after
its publication.
On motion of Mr.. T. S. Fontenot, the following
ordinance was adopted:
AN ORDINANCE
Creating a Fee Bill of costs in criminal cases to
be paid bythe parish, and limiting the number
of witnesses in certain cases.
Whereas, Section 1913 of the Revised Statutes
provides that fees, salaries and expenses to hU
paid by the local authorities shall be fixed and
regulated by them" Be it ordained:
Section l.. That the fees of Justices of tho
Peace, in criminal cases, shall be as follows:
For issuing Il warrant, fifty cents.
For each summons for a witness, ten cents.
For taking a deposition and whiting the same
fifteen cents.
fOT examination or an accused person and
writing the same, fifty cents.
For taking recognizance of party in eases re
quired by law, twenty-five cents.
For taking bonds. fifty cents each.
Sec. 2. That the fees of COnstables shall be as
follows in criminal eases:
For executing a warrant, fifty cents.
For sulnmOning each witness, twenty-five
cents.
For conveying a person to jail, ole dollar.
For serving and executing n search warrant,
one dollar.
Ep1, Yr;1nnfro RT-a 1n,,f, ,>D,, r,;ln -, n-I -.
turning from the service of any process.
For serving an attachment, nifty cents.
Sec. 3. That the fees of witnesses shall be as
follows:
One dollar per day for attendance, and five
cents per mile, each way, necessarily travelled,
provided that no mileage shall be allowed wit
nesses living within two miles of the Courthouse,
or the office of the Justice of the Peace, and
provided that no more than three witnesses, i'll
each preliminary examination before magis-
trates, i'll cases other than capital, shall receive
compensation nothing herein being intended
to exclude a greater number from testifying i'll
such cases If they be voluntarily present.
sec !. Ihat the fees OF the Sheriff in criminal
cases shall be as follows:
For mileage, five cents per mile going and re-
turning from the service of any process.
For the transportation of cOnvicts to the pen
l~tentiary at Baton Rouge, five cents per mile for
himself going and coming, and Ave cents per
mile for each prisoner going only.
For empannclling and calling a jury, in each
case, fifty cents.
For each luminous to a Juror, or witness,
twenty-five cents.
For attendance upon the courts, five dollars
per day.
For receiving in and discharging each prisoner
out OF the parish prison, one dollar.
For executing a warrant of arrest, or search
warrant, one dollar.
For serving an attachment, fifty cents.
For executing any one condemned to capital
fifty dollars.
For serving any other order Of court not 9TH
tfWlSc provided for, twenty-five cents.
Sec. 5. That the fees Of the Coroner shall be-
as follows:
For each inquest held, fifteen dollars,
For every viewing OF a body, when no inquest
is held, five dollars.
For every burial done at his expense, ten dol
lars.
For all other fees, including swearing in and
qualifying the jury. administering 0aths, re-
turning process verbal, and sImlnoning wit
ncSses, five dollars.
Sec, 6. That the fees of grand and petit jurors
shall be as follows:
For actual attendance upon court, two dollars
per day.
For mileage, five cents only going and coming,
the said mileage to be paid but once during the
term of court.
BE it further ordained, that all laws or parts
OF laws heretofore passed and in conflict here
with, pc and the same are hereby repealed, and
mat this ordinance shall take effect from and
after the 3D. day of November. A. D., 1874.
On motion the Police Jury adjourned until
Monday, October 5th, 1874.
JOHN ROY, President.
Attest: c. MAYO, Clerk.