The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-08-02

L iHCcOuDlS, GIVING a"AHOuhSo3 ~o''
number and title of causes wherein
= received or paid out, of all sums
collected and disbursed by him,
which shall be filed in the civil
) district court of said parish, and
, form part of its public records.
He shall be responsible to the
State for all profits of said office
over $4,000 per anpum, and shall
settle with the State, in snch man-
ner as the general assembly may
provide, at Ieast once a wear.
The criminal sheriff shall receive
a salary of three Thousand six hun
tdred dollars and no more. He shall
charge and collect for the State
from persons convicted such fees as
may be allowed by law.
Said sheriffs shall appoint, each
with the consent and approval OF
the district court of the parish
which he serves, such a number of
deputies as the said court may find
necessary for the proper expedition
of the public business, at such sal
aries as may be fixed by law. Each
sheriff shall be responsible for his
4 deputies and remove them at pleas
ure and fill vacancies with the APP
proval of the court, and may exact
from all deputies security in such
manner and amount as such sheriff
may deem necessary.
The civil sheriff for said parish
shall execute bond with sureties,
residents of said parish, conditioned
for the lawful aud faithful perform
ance of the duties of his office in the
sum of $4,000. The srreties shall
be examined in open court by the
judges of the civil district court for
the parrish of Orleans, and the ques-
tlons and answers shall be reduced
to writing and form a portion of the
records of said court.
A similar bond shall he executed
by the criminal sheriff of said par
ish in the sum of 100000, with sure
ties to be taken and examined by
the criminal district court of said
parish, as herein directed of the
civil district court of said parish,
i'll the case of the civil sheriff.
There shall be one constable for
each city court of the parish of
Orleans. who shall be the execu-
tive officer of such court. He shall
be elected by the qualified voters
of the parish of Orleans for the
term of four wears. The general |
assembly shall define his qualifea-
tlons and fix his compensation and |
duties, aud shall assimilate the
same so far rs practicable to the
provisions of this constitution re-
lating TO the civil sheriff of said
parish. The Judges of the city
courts shall sit III bunk to examine
such bonds, try and remove con-
stables and adopt rules regulating
such trial and removal. They
shall, in such proceedings, be gov
erned so far as practicable, by the
provisions of tins constitution reg
ulating the proceedings of the
district courts of the parish Or
leans in the case of the sheriffs of
said parish.
There shall be a register of con
veyunee and recorder of mortga-
ges for the parrish of Orleans, who
Shall be elected by the qualified
voters OF said parish every four
years. The register of convey
anoe shall receive a salary of $25-
90 per annum aud no more. and
said recorder of mortgages $4,000
per aunum and 10 more. The
general assembly shah regulate
the qualifications and duties of
said officers aud the number Diem
ployees they shall appoint, and fix
the salaries of such employees not
to exceed $500 per annum each.
The general assembly, AT it,
ihrst session after the adoption of
this constitution, shall enact g fee
bill fol the clerks of the various
courts, including the city courts,
slttihg in New Orleans, and for
fhe civil and criminal sheriffs, con-
stables, register of conveyances
aud reeolder of mortgages of said
parish. LIN the same act proyis-
ions shall be made for system oil
stamps or stamped paper for the
collection by the State, and not by
said officers, of such fees and +