St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-22
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

Mr.. Heard introduced an act to
insure the payment of taxes by re-
quiring that before any act OF sale
or transfer of real estate shall be
passed or recorded there shall be
annexed to or written upon the act
the tax receipt or the certificate OF
the person whose duty it is to col
lect taxes, showing that all State.
levee district. parish or municipal
taxes due on the property trans
ferred have been paid. and provid-
ing for the assessment. OF and pay
ment Of taxes on such property if
it should appear that it has not al
ready been assessed, and to pre-
vide penalties for violation OF the
provisions of this act.
By Mr.. Smart-An act to take
the sense of til. people on the ex-
pediency of calling n constitutional
convention. providing for electing
the delegates, etc.
Also, an act to declare unlawful
contracts for the sale of articles for
future delivery, and to provide a
penalty.
BY Mr.. Provost-An act to amend
Gan act making it misdemeanor
to sell or offer for sale any sugar or
molasses adulterated with glucose
or any foreign substance, without
branding or stamping it as snch."
By Mr.. Richardson-An act to
prohibit the discharge Of firearms
in malicious manner by disorder
ly persons in the public roads or
the near vicinity of private resi-
dences, and to prescribe penalty
for the same.
By Mr.. Carlisle-An act to regu-
late the rental OF telephones and
penalty for violation of the law.
The hill will be frsmed SO as to
keep the rent within $50 q year.
The price. between cities and vii
lagos will not exceed fifteen cents
for the first FIVE minutes, and for
each additional FIVE minutes not
more than five cents. The penalty
for violation of this act is fine of
$25.
BY Mr.. Lacy-An act empower
ing the Governor to appoint Police
Jurors for the various parishes OF
the State.
WHIPPING POST.
| Mr.. Waddell, of Winn parish,
hasintroduced an act providing for
corporal punishment in certain
cases. At present the bill is before
the Judiciary Committee. It pro-
rides that where Il person is con-
victed of petit larceny. the person
shall be punished by the infiction
of not less than ten nor more than
thirty-nine lashes. If the person
be q minor the conviction shall not
cause his Acknowledgement, and he
is to be punished in private in the
Jail yard, ana the switch is to be
adapted to his age. Three free
boilers are to witness the execu-
ton of the sentence. A woman is
to be punished in the Jail yard be-
fore three freeholders, and the
switches alone are to be used; but
man is to go to the post. and af.
ter conviction he is DISTINGUISHED
} from voting, sitting on jury and
, giving evidence before the courts.
NoTARIAL FEES.
The notary bill! introduced in
the House by Mr.. Moss, or Orleans.
provides that every notary public
! or recorder of mortgages in this
, State shall be entitled to demand
and receive the following fees OF
office and no more:
For writing original acts of any
kind. including attention to re-
cording the same. for every hun
} dred words so cents. provided that
in meetings Of creditors, under the
respite laws, the notary before
whom the meeting is held shall he
entitled to demand aud be pail by
preference out of the assets of the
| insolvent. S. pei day for each day
that the meeting shall be in ses-
sion. For every necessary seal and
certificate to every notarial act, 81
for copies of legal documents, %
cents per hundred words; for seal
and certificate to any copy, so cts. !;
proving up an act under private
signature. so cents; recording the
same, SO cents for every hundred
words; for certificate and seal to
act under private signature, so cts. ;
for recording acts under private
; signature, which have been proved
up otherwise than before the parish
recorder or notary, 25 cents per
hundred words; for certificate oil
nrfoana with s..al 81 for nna nan,a