New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-03

For copy of indictment or information
and Jury list, to be served on accused When
required by law, in each case, one dollar
For wearing witnesses, five cent?
For reading indictments or information |
and plea to Jury, twenty five cents.
For receiving, reading, recording and
fling Indictment of grand jury, fifty cents.
For notice OF arrangement 20 principals
and security, twenty five cents.
For issuing oapias, fifty cents.
For entering sentence of judgment, fifty
cents. ....
seal, ffty cents.
For calling, forfeiting and entering iudg-
ment on appearances bond, one dollar.
For notice of Judgment, twenty-five cents
For calling and continuance in each case,
ten cents. ...s.a
For each and every order Of court entered
on the minutes, not otherwise provided Tor,
ten cents. -. -,
For copies of same and certificate with
seal, fifteen cents.
For filing return on all writs, ten cents.
For each commitment, fifty cents.
For each subpoena dlcts tecuD,, fifty cents.
For entering Dolle prOsequi and order
discharging prisoner, fifty cents.
For filing plea and abatement OF special
plea in bar, or plea in quasi information or
| indictment, ten cents. ....
For appointment of counsel and copy OF
| same, fifty cents.
Fur motion asking for new trial or in
arrest OF judgment, and copy, twenty hVe
| cents.
For transcript of appeals to the Supreme
Court, for each hundred words, hfteen
cents.
For taking affidavit and swearing to the
came, twenty-five GEMS.
SEC. S. Be it further enacted, etc., That
| clerks of courts shall have the same RENE
| dies for collection of costs in criminal cases
that they have in civil suits, and shall be
| liable to all the penalties for overchsrges
/ and extortion as in civil cases; that the
| clerks of court shall, whenever any person
| has been convicted in any criminal prosecu-
1 ton, only be entitled to collect any of
the foregoing costs from such person,
and not from the State or parish; but
| in all cases of acQuittal, or whenever
| nc lie prosedui has been entered by the dis
trict attorney or the district attorney pro
tempore, said costs must be paid by the
police jury of the parish, on the approval
of the district judge.
SEC. g. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the clerks and sherifts are required to keep
constantly posted up in their offices copies
of this fee bill, certified by the judge; and
on failure to comply with this section they
shall be subject to fine of fifty dollars per
week for the benefit of the parish, to be re-
covered by the police jury before any court
of competent jurisdiction.
| DEC. q Do IL luTLu6E cudOtou3 Otosf Ah0s
whenever any clerk of court shall retire
from Office, he shall cause to be filed IN the
case and with the proceedings in which he
| may be entitled to costs, within thirty days,
specific bills of his fees; and in default
thereof or if any item should be overchRrged,
the whole of the costs in the case in which
| the overcharge is made shall be forfeited,
! and such clerk forever barred from collect
| ipg the same; and in the event of the death
of the clerk, his legal representative must
have this requirement attended to, on pay.
ing of the forfeiture herein stipulated, and
I he shall be responsible to the estate for any
loss resulting from such neglect or forfeit
ure; that the costs of the clerk, witnesses
fees, cost of taking dispositions and copiei
} of acts used on the trial, and all other costs
which the court may legally allow in any
case, shall be taxed as costs. $50
: SEC. 8. Be 1t further enacted, ETC., Tina
before any clerk shall file any suit in thu
district or parish court, the party applying
| to file such suit shall deposit with thu
Q clerk ten dollars, and the filing of the sui
| shall be evidence that such sum has beeI
t paid and deposited with the clerk sucl
q sums shall be held by the clerk TO pay tn
costs of clerk and sheriff in such cases, tn
: clerk retaining one half, and the other hal
to be paid over to the sheriff as fast as hi
9 fees accrue until the amount TO which he
| entitled is exhausted; and the clerk shal
4 be liable under his bond for the prope
B. appropriation of said amount. III
), oierks and sheriffs will be entitled to col
lect the residue of their costs in every case
:, every six months, that lie, all the costs du
them on the first day Of January OF eae
y | year shall be considered on that day du
B and collectible, and all the costs due on th
first day of J1ly of each year hRll be thel
d due aud coilectible. The costa shall be co
'r Looted as follows: The clerk or sheriff shal
make out bill of their respective costs du
re and cOllectiblc, and shall swear to the co.
IL rectness of the same, and that the same
70 due; and sueh cost bills shall be presente
Y to the Judge Of the court in which the cas-
N was fled or is pending, who shall examlT
10 the same and, il he shan find them corree
he shall approve the same, and on whic
n cost bill, 80 approved, the clerk shall issJ
a. execution against the principal and SEQ
u rites for cOsts, and the same shall
O. llectible by the sheriff as on 9th
Id executions, and the security for COS
shall not be entitled to the plea I
rs discussion. EXECUTION shall not be issu'
in any such bill of costs until ten days aft
70 such bill of costs shall have been demand'
by the sheriff or his deputy of the prineip
es or security, which demand shall be ma
to appear by q return to that effect on "a
In- bill Of costs, made and signed by the sher
or his deputy; provided, that In case whe
1t there has been written confession of jud
ment, signed at or before the filing Of t
suit, the party fling the same shall not
ct required TO deposit more than the costs
the confession of judgment and recordi
ty- proceedings, as is provided for by this q
and provided further, that if at or befC
. the time Of filing the suit there has been
ed written waiver of citation and petite
the party filing the suit shall
nat required TO deposit only five dollars. to
rts disposed of az required in the first part
ans this section; and, provided further, that
nd any part of the money so deposited REM
ION after paying the taxed costs of euit accru
IN at the date of rendering final judgment
lol- the case, the same shall be returned to
party originally depositiug il; and, prOvid
OF further, that whenever the said deposit Oh
zoe, be exhausted in the payment Of taxed COT
raj the clerk may require further d9potll
BAL, ten dollars, or shall be entitled to demG
and receive the costs as they shall RccI
are. SEC g. Be it further enacted, ETC., t
! OF all laws, or parts Of laws, contrary to o.
I'M conflict with this act be and the same
hereby repealed, and that this act take
tee, feet from and after its passage.
ten tSignedl e ID. ESTILBTTE,
Speaker Of the HOuse of Representati
ap; tSgnedl G. @. ANTOINE, i.
red Lieutenant Governor and President of
t of Approved, November 81, 1876.
tSignedl WIN. p. KELLOGG,
her Governor Of the State of Louisiau
A true copy.
sub Assistant Secretary of state.
hall NO. d
and AN ACT
mn. .,Ss To incorporate the town of Amite Cit.
M Ia.