New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-03-19
tAws Of TAE s1A1E o. LOUISIANA
PUBLISHED By AUTHORITY.
REGULAR SESSION OF 1875.

No. As.
To define and extend the limits Of the Sec
ond judicial District; to fix the terms OF
court therein, and to define and ex-
tend the jurisdiction of the second Ju.
dicial DISTRICT Court for tho sixth ana
Seventh Municipal Districts OF the parie91
of Orleans; to provide tor clesk . 2. ss. ~
court and his COMPENSATION ana s:Em o1
Office, and to provide for the drawing OF
jurors for said court.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by tho Senate and
House of Representatives OF tho Ssste OF
Louisians in General Assembly convened,
That the Second judicial District Of the
State ehall be composed Of the parishes OF
St. Bernard, Plaquemines, Jefferson, and
the Sixth and Seventh Districts Of the
parish Of Orleans; and tho terms OF court
therein shall be held commencing % fol-
first Monday Of March snA the third Non
day of October; in the parish Of Plaque
mines on the third Monday Of March and
the first Monday in November; in the par
ish of Jefferson ON the first Monday IN
April and the third Monday in November;
and for tho Sixth and Seventh Districts,
parish of Orleans, on the third Monday IN
April and the first Monday In December:
SEC. g. Be it further enacted, etc., Tnas
the Second Judicial District Court ior !ne
Sixth and Seventh DISTRICTS of the parlen
of Orleans. shall hold its sessions o the
nreaent courthouse in the Seventh District,
and n said Sixth and Seventh Municipal
Diatriots shall have exclusive civil juIiedio-
ton in al cases except matters OF probate
when over one hundred dollars 10 involved,
and shall have Unlimited exclusive juriedic-
ton in criminal cases. There shall %
clerk Of said court who shall be elected o
Al = nnRNn00
eIectors Of said Sixth and Seventh Munich
nal Districts, Who shall hold his Office for .
term of four years, and until his successor
shall be duly elected and qualified, and who
shall be entitled to charge and collect such
fees and costs - are now allowed by law 70
clerks of the other district courts IN tho
parish of Orleans for like services; unit!
| the next general election the Governor shal!
appoint and commission . clerk for said
canrt. The sberiffs Of the parish Of Or
ieans shall be the executive of6cers of said
court. and shall serve all ito orders and pro.
eeaa. the civil sheriff in civil matters, and
the criminal sheriff in criminal matters.
| SIC. 3. Be it further enacted, etc, That
| the iurors required to serve in the second
Judicial District Court for the Sixth and
| Seyenth Municipal Districts of the parish
| Of Orleans shall be drawn by the jury com
missioners of the parish OF orleans. q
/
by law in said parish; provided, that the
| jurors for said court shall be drawn from
the entire number Of the registered voters
of said Sixth and Seventh Districts liable
to Jury duty; and provided further. that ell
persons residing in said Sixth and Seventh
| Districts shall be exempt from serving on
| iuries in the other courts for said parish Of
| Orleans, and all persons not residing within
| the Jurisdiction Of the Second judicial DIS
tricS Court shall be exempt from serving on
| iuries in said court.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted ETC., That
ali laws and parts OF laws in conflict with
the provisions of this act arc hereby re-
pealed, 60 fer a. they conflict, and that this
act shall take effect from and after it,
passage. -
lSignpd, e. D. ESTILETTE,
Sneaker of the House of Representatives
iSirned, C. G. ANTOINE,
lieutenant Governor and President of the
/ Senate.
Approved March l8. 1876.
(Sienedl VIM. r. KELLOGG,
Governor of the State of Louisiana
A true copy:
p. G. DEsLONDE,
Secretary of State.