The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-04-09

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| II. N. OGDEN,
Speaker of the House Of Represents
| 8. ID. MCEN ERY,
Lieutenant Governor and President oi
the Senate.
Approved March %, 1880.
LOUIS A. Witt,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
OSCAR ARROYO,
Assistant Secretary of State.
No. 3D. AN ACT .;
To carry into effect article 1l6 of the
constitution; to provide the qualifica.
tfons and for the selection of compe'
tent and intelligent Jurors through.
| out the State.
| SECTION 1. Be il enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana
That the qualifications of q juror
throughout this State to serve in any
| of the courts of the same shall be the
following: To be citizen of the United
States and of this State and a bona jitae
male resident of the parish in and for
which the court is to be holden for one
year next preceding such service, not
under Introduction or charged with any
Infamous crime or Offense punishable
by hard labor, nor convicted at any
time OF any infamous crime or Offense,
punishable by hard labor, unless he
has been pardoned, and to be a compe-
tent and intelligent person, having ca
pacity to serve as grand juror and try
and determine both civil and criminal
cases; provided, that there shall be no
distinction made on account of race,
color or previous conditions; and pro-
Vided further, that nothing in this act
shall be 50 construed as to deprive the
judges of the district courts of tho dis
cretion to decide upon the competency
of jurors in particular cases, when from
physical infirmity or from relationship
within the fourth degree, to be COM
puted according to the civil law, or
from ignorance of the English language
and inability to understand the same,
when read or spoken, or other cause,
the person called may be incompetent
to sit upon the trial OF any particular
cause.
SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That jurors shall be drawn in the man.
ner provided by law; provided, that
for the terms of all the district courts
in the several parishes of this State,
fixed by law for the first Monday in
April, 1880, juries shall be drawn as
soon as practicable after the prOmulga-
tion of this act, and for the first terms
of said courts in all the other parishes
of the State, Orleans excepted, juries
shall be drawn after the said first terms
are fixed by order of tho several dis
trict judges, as provided by law, and
all the lists of the said several juries
need only be published as often as
practicable between the time of draw
ing and the time of the commencement
of the said several terms of court, and
all of said jurics shall be as valid as If
drawn and published fifty days before
tho beginning Of the terms of the said
several courts.
That it shall be the duty of jury COM
missioners throughout this State to Sc
lect as jurors none but persons having
the qualifications provided for in this
act, and all talesmen and special jurors
shall also possess said qualifications.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, ETC.,
That all laws or parts of laws in con-
fict with the provisions of this act are
hereby repealed.
II. N. OGDEN,
of tho House of Representa-
tivcs.
S. ID. MCENERY,
Governor and President OF
the Senate.
Approved April ], 1880.
LOUIS A. WILTZ,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
a true copy:
OSCAR ARROYO,
Assistant Secretary of State.
A SNAKE STORY
Tnpelo Journal
Brooks Lucas, a young man of this
place, shot robin, a few daysngo with
a rifle, the ball striking it on the neck
and almost severing tho head from tho
body. On picking up the bird, he
observed something protruding from
the place where the ball took effect
which rescmbicd the tail OF snake.
He took hold of it and commenced
pulling, and to his astonishment drew
out snake about eight inches in length