New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-21
lM1LE hONOhG,
Secretary of State.
No. log.
AN ACT

the civil sheriff in and for the city Of New
Orleans, parish of Orleans, and to Ru-
thOrize the said officer to demand surety
and payment for his costs and charges,
and to exempt the city of New Orleans
from all liability for sheriff fees in cases
in which the city of New Orleans sues for
any tax or other dues levied in course of
law, and in which Judgment was rendered
ia favor of the city of New Orleans, ex-
penses incurred by the sheriff, caused in
carrying out instructions of the proper
officers of the city, excepted.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly CON
vened, That the civil sheriff for the parish
of Orleans shall be entitled te demand aud
receive the following fees OF office, and no
more:
For receiving service and return of cita-
ton, for each defendant the SUM of one
dollar.
For receipt and service of petition, on
each defendant the sum Of fifty cents shall
be allowed.
For service of each subpoena, or return of
same not found, forty cents.
For each attachment for any witness or
other party to be brought into court forth
with or at q subsequent period, one dollar.
For ever order of court, not otherwise
provided for in this act, fifty cents shall be
allowed.
For any writ of feri facias, seizure and
sale or exeeutory process, writ of dis
tringes, prohibition, injunction, attachment,
provisional seizure, sequestratiOn, or any
other conservatory writ commanding the
sheriff to execute any mesne or final iudg.
ment of the court, including return thereon,
the sum of two dollars shall be allowed.
For every notice of seizure required by
law to be served, including writing of the
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cording seizure in mortgage Office, in which
case one dollar shall be allowed for sheriff
fees,
For keeping property under seizure when
stored In warehouse, the usual charge OF
warehouse keepers shall be allowed, and
no mOEe; provided, that this shall not be so
construed as to bar the sheriff from the col
lection of insurance effected covering the
property seized, or other incidental expense
necessary for the keeping of property SC
seized.
For keeping property when keeper OF
guardian is required, two dollars per day
shall be allowed, and in all cases in which the
property under seizure is of nature OIL
kind requiring the constant attention of the
sheriff, one or more additional keepers al
the same rate of compensation shall be
chargeable.
For commission on sales under any writ
or order of court, the following rates art
| established:
On all sums up to the first five hundred
dollars, two per cent; after the first five hun
dred dollars up TO fifteen hundred dollars
one per cent; and all Sums in excess of fif
teen hundred dollars; One-half per cent shall
be allowed.
For commission on moneys realized under
mesne or final process, there shall be al
lowed on all sums up to five hundred dol
lars two per cent, and after the first five
hundred and up to fifteen hundred dollar
one per cent, and all sums in excess of ff
teen hundred dollars, one half of one pc
cent shall be allowed; provided, no com
mission shall be charged in cases In which
| nothing is realized by the plaintiff in ex
eeutien or other writ.
ROr all expenses incurred in any proceed
ing, the current customary rates shall b.
| allowed.
| For advertising the rates established b,
existing laws shall be allowed and no more
For mileage, when travel by water o
into any other parish is necessary, tn
same rate of compensation as allowed t
other sheriffs and throughout the State i
allowed.
For making process verbal of sale, I'D
vertisement or appraisement, one dolla
| shall be allowed; for each conveyance O
property by title, two dollars shall be q
lowed to the sheriff; for attendance in So
preme Court each day in which the same i
in session, the sum Of five dollars is noV
established by law.
SEC. q Be it further enacted. ETC.. Tha
in all suits hereafter instituted by tn
city of New Orleans for the recovery o
any tax imposed or other dues levied in &C
eOrdance with and in which the city Of Ney
Orleans has recovered Judgment, the sal
corporation shall be exempt from all liAbil
titles for sheriff's cost, actual expenses in
CURED by virtue of instructions of thi
proper city officers excepted.
SEC. 3, Be 1t further enacted, etc., Tha
the sheriff shall be entitled to deman
surety for cost at his Office for actual O.
penses to be incurred; q reasonable depoHi
in money to cover expenses may be demand
ed from time to time and; in case Of failur
to provide surety for costs or make a rel
sOnRble deposit for fees and expenses, th
sheriff is authorized, after two DAYS motto,
to return process into courts, and shall nc
be held liable for any losses occasiOned b
reason of SO doing.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, ETC., This
all fees proper of the sheriff shall be payab
on demand six months from the institntiO
Of the suit, and In all caaes in which Wri
have been returned aaNd bona, they are d
mAndable upon the return Of the process.
SEC. 5. Be it tnEther enacted, etc, That
correct copy of this act shall be posted In q
ONCE Of said sheriff, in q conapiouOus plne
under the penalty Of . fine Of twenty. III
dollars day In oaae Of failure 90 10 do, !
eoyerahlA hatOEa any Of tho diztEiet ooVz