New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-03-01

and to provide for the government OF
the affairs thereof; and to repeal an act
entitled an act to amend the several acts
reIativa TO the police and government OF
the city of Baton Rouge, approved Apfil .
1853 and to repeal an act to provide tor
the government of the city OF Baton Rouge,
approved March 8, 1856, and to repeal all
acts amendatory thereto.
Passed their several readings under sus.
pension of the constitutional rules. and
finally passed, title adopted, and notice OF
same sent to the Senate.
Senate bill No. 4l9 passed frat and second
readings under suspension OF the eontitu-
tionaI rules, and made special order for
next Monday, and ordered printed in the
journal, as follows:
An act providing for a change OF venue 10
cases which may be punished by death.
aud homicide cases; authorizing the grand
jury in any parish to find indictments TOR
such Offenses committed in any parish IN
she State; providing for the arrest OF the
persons charged with such crime, and tor
paying the expenses OF the prosecution
thereof; and repeating sections l02S IO3l,
1904 and 1905 of the Revised Statutes;
and exempting the Governor from issuing
death warrants, and directing the judges
20 issue such warrants.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives OF the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly convened,
That in all cases of crimes Tor which the
punishment or penalty may be death, and
In all homicide cases, the grand jury OF any
parish of the State, on the application OF
the Attorney General of the State, or of the
Governor of the State, shall examine into
any such oftense committed in any other
parish in the State, and if sufficient grounds
shall be found to justify it. according to
law. shall present bill of indictment
against any such offender or offenders in
the proper court OF the parisn Wnen Inc
case may be examined.
SEC. 2. BE it further enacted. etc, That
in all the above cases it shall be the duty
of the court, on the application OF any OF
the above penalties authorized, to have the
cases investigated, to issue subpenas for
witnesses to attend before the grand Jury
and petty jures from any parish in the State,
which subpenas may be served by the sher-
if or his deputies Of the parish in which the
investigation and trial is to take place, and
any witness SO subpenaed shall be bound
to attend and testify before such grand or
vided by law.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted. ETC., That
after the indictment shall have been pre-
scented in the above cases, the venue for the
trial Of the case may be. changed to any
other parish in the State on the application
of any of the parties authorized to have
such investigation made as herein provided,
and in such event the case so transferred
shall be with and in all respects
disposed of as provided by law IN other
cases of change of venue.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted. etc, That
the person or persons charged with the
crimes mentioned in this act if in custody,
or as soon as arrested, shall be by the sher-
if or officer holding him in custody trans
ferred to the parish where the indictment
is found or the trial is to be held on the
order of the judge of the court
having cognizance of the case. 1t
shall be the duty of the sheriff Of
the parish in which such indictment may be
presented, or when it is to be tried mme-
diately after the issuing of a warrant for
the arrest of such person or persons in
dicted, to proceed to arrest and bring him
or them before the court when the lndict-
ment is pending, and if such sheriff or
officer shall be unable for any cause to ar
rest said person or persons it shall be the
duty of the Governor to cause such person
or persons to be arrested and brought be-
fore the court, and to enable him to do so
he shall be authorized to use any police or
military force in the State and to summon
a posse therefor and do whatever may be
necessary.
Sec. S. Be it further enacted. ETC.. That
all the expenses incurred for the carrying
out the provisions of this act. shall be borne
by the parish in which the offense charged
was committed; that such expenses of every
kind shall be made up by the officers per-
forming the services and by the Governor,
80 far as the State has incurred any ex-
penses, and the same shall, after being GER
titled by the Judge of the court to be cor
rect according to the fee bill, so far as the
officers are concerned, and by the Governor
30 far as the expenses incurred by the State
are concerned, be presented by the Attorney
General to the president of the police jury
of the parish owing the same, which police
Jury shall, within sixty days thereafter, pay
the same or make proper provision therefor
to the satisfaction of the Attorney General;
and if such police jury shall fail to make
such satisfactory provision, that, then the
General shall proceed to collect |
he same by suit as other claims owing by |
he parish may be collected in such event |
The above certificates of the judge and |
Governor shall be conclusive evidence of |
he amount of the debt. !
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted. etc. That |
sections 1923 and 1881 of the Revised |
be and the same are hereby |
repealed.
SEC. z. Be it further enacted, etc. That |
hereafter it shall not be necessary for the |
Governor to examine the record and issue |
4 warrant for the execution of any person |
sentenced to death. but that such warrant |
shall be part of the sentence decreed by |
The court, which shall fix the time thereof |
and make all the necessary orders in yela.
ion thereto; and that sections 1904 and 100. |
If the Revised Statutes be and the same |
Ire hereby repealed.
SEC. 8. Be it further enacted. etc. That |
his act shall take effect from and after its !
passage.
Senate bill No. Ii7. entitled an &C: at.
horizing the police jury of the parish Of |
berville to purchase the dyke across the /
bayou Plaauemine, and to make the same |
public highway, and to issue its bonds in |
ayment therefor.
Senate bill No. 23j, entitled an act au.
horizing the sale Of property by tax col. |
sctors for the delinquent taxes. and pro.
iding for redemption of same. and re.
uiring the Auditor of Public Accounts to
aake title in the name of the State. and /
egulating the proceedings under same:
rohibiting the issuing Of injunctions in Ger.
ain cases, and fixing the time o: prescrip. |
ion of actions of nullity Of titles at tax |
ales, and for other purposes.
And Senate bill No. 452, entitled al act
0 iegi innate Hannah and Georsiana AM
oine.
Ali Of which passed their several raad.
ngs, under suspension Of the constitutional
'uies. and finally passed, titles adopted and
notice OF same ordered sent to the Senate.
Senate bill No. 344, entitled an act to pro.