New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-03-07
No. 80.
AN ACT

Authorizing the Governor to appoint an
assistant attorney general; regulating
his office, defining his duties and fixing
his compensation, and authorizing GER
tam officers to appear by attorneys Sc
lected by them.
SECTION |. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly con-
veped, That upon the passage of this act
the Governor shall appoint, with the advice
and consent of the Senate, a competent
member Of the bar, who is prasticing at
tOrney OF this State, who shall be known
and STYLED the assistant attorney general.
He shall hold his Office during the term of
the Governor unless sooner removed (by
the Governor). He shall keep his office in
the city of New Orleans.
SEC. ,. Be it further enacted, etc, That
in case of the absence sickness or inability
of the Attorney General to appear for the
State in any civil or criminal proceeding
which he is charged by law with conduct
ing, it shall be the duty of the assistant
attorney general to appear in his stead,
when requested to do so by the Governor or
Attorney General, and for such sc rvices he
shall receive half the fees and commissions
allowed by law in such cases, the other half
to 60 TO the Attorney General. He shall at
the request OF the Auditor, prosecute all
suits brought in the name of the State for
ish of Orleans, or in which the validity of
any assessment in said parish may be in,
volved, but his functions shall not extend
to any other parish, except in cases where
he shall be specially authorized by the
Auditor TO assist district attorneys in suits
involving the collection of revenues or
claims due the State: Provided, that neither
the Attorney General nor the assistant
attorney general shall have the power to
give any extension to any delinquent tax
payer, or to remit any penalty imposed by
law.
Sec. 3. Be il further enacted etc, That
it shall be the duty of the assistant attor-
new general 10 make an annual report on
or before the tenth day of January to the
Auditor of Public Accounts, to be by him
submitted to the General Assembly. He
shall give detailed account of the actions
brought or defended by him, and of the
gross amount of money collected by such
proceedings and the net amount turned into
the State treasury as the result of the
same.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted. etc, That
nothing in this act shall be construed to au-
thorize the assistant attorney general to in |
terfere with the duties of the Attorney Gen |
cral. or any other State officer except as |
herein set forth.
SEC, 5. Be it further enacted, ETC.. That |
the assistant attorney general shall render
a monthly account to the Auditor OF all
moneys collected by him, but said moneys
shall be turned into the treasury by the
tax collectors of the several districts from
which it was collected, and shall give bono
with security, a. required BY law, IN me
sum of ten thousand dollars, Tor the leatn-
sui performance of his duties.
SEC. 6. Be it further enacted. etc.. 1hAt Il
he assistant attorney general shall re-
,eive an annual salary Of three Thousand
dollars payable quarterly on his own