St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-06-17
LEGISLATIVE TOPICS.

bill No. 1GS, to require tax collec-
tQrs throughout the State, she par
ish or Orleans excepted, to render
Il schedule list by wards of persons
subject 20 the payment of the poll
tax, to the school boards.
Favorably or Senate bill No "a,
to enable Police Juries to levy an
annual tax 70 carry on improve
ments.
The Judiciary committee report
ed favorably on the following:
An act making it crime to
fraudulentIy sell or dispose OF any
crop or movable property whereby
the pledge or privilege OF any cred
itor, under IL written contract, duly
recorded, is impaired or defeated,
and providing punishment for the
same.
! An act making it a misdemeanor
+ to sell or buy from any party farm
products not warranted rs to own
ership or with full knowledge OF
tue party or parties upon whose
property the snid farm products
We're produced.
An act relative to Police Juries,
and providing for their appoint
ment by tue Governor, Until the
general election III 1883.
An act was introduced to author
ize the Police Jury of St. Martin tc
determine and nix the manner oi
funding its floating and outst@rd-
lhg Indebtedness, to pay she sam e,
etc. Our Police Jury should have
a similar act passed.
The following bills were finally
passed:
An act granting additional pow
ers to Ponce Juries.
An act to provide for the organ
ization of local boards of health
throughout the State. g !
An act to amend and re-eDact
section 500 of the Revised Statutes,
relative to the crime of bigamy, and
Furnishing the same by hard Labor.
An act to amend and re-eqact al :
ticle 22s1 OF the Civil Code. This
bill allows the husband, where be
is an agent for the wife. to acknowl-
edge the agency.
An act to prevent trespass upon
the Free School lands, known as
sixteenth sections, and to prescribe
penalties for the violation of the
provisions of thIs act.
An act to amend and re-enact
section $50 of the Revised Statutes
Of Louisiana, which provides for
the punishment of resistance to an
officer while under arrest.
A bill providing for a new char
ter for the city of New Orleans vas
passed by the Senate as ii came
from the House. with few amend
ments--the Legislative charter.
An act to limit the exemption OF
persons from Jury dnty to one year.
Tins act applles only to those par
lshes having less than ten thousand
inhabitants, according to the emu
meratlon OF 1880.
An act to provide for the appoint
ment of superintendent. and other
officers and employees for the New
Basin Canal and Shell Road, pre-
scribing his duties, fixing his salary
and LIMITING the expenses of said
Basin Canal and Shell Road.
A bill to amend and re-enact the
section of an net entitled An act
to establish general system OF
Tree banking IL the State of Louisi-
ana" which reduces the amount of
capital required to establish bank.
in order to allow banks of small
capital to be established in small
towns.
An act relative to the adjourn
ment of terms of the District Courts
of the State, the parish of Orleans
excepted, and providing that dur
ing term time all the District
Courts throughout the State shall
be in session daily, days of rest ex-
cepted, for at least six hours. save
for grave reasons.
A bill to amend and re-enact the
fifth and last paragraph of Article
227S of the Revised Civil Code, tina.
the acknowledgment or promise to
pay shall be proved by written evil
dence signed by the party who is
to have made the acknowl-
edgment or promise to pay, SO that
in no case shall oral testimony be
received or given effect against a
deceased person.
The ''riot act" after having pass