The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-12-03
Terms of Court.


6tote OF 1lOOl1ian0s f8fl8n OF Hrdnt. 4
Fourth Judicial District court.
The following order is made fixing the
times and terms Of holding court in the
various parishes comprising the Fourth
Judicial district. Court shall begin on
the first Monday Of November next, aud
continue for the period of ten months.
except January and February, which
months are hereby selected and set apart
as two months recess or vacation. an pro-
vided for by constitution of 1893, and
the court will be opened and held alter
nately in the different parishes on the
following days, toAwit:
LIST Monday in November in Grant.
Bird Monday in November in Vim.
LIST Monday in December in Caldwell.
3rd Monday in December in Jackson
LIST Monday in March in Grant.
3rd Monday in March in VIM.
LIST Monday in April in Caldwell.
3rd Monday in April in jackson.
LIST Monday in May in Grant.
3rd Monday in May in VIM.
LIST Monday in June in Caldwell.
Bird Monday in June in jackson.
1st Monday in July in Grant.
3rd Monday in July in VIM.
LIST Monday in August in Caldwell.
3rd Monday in August in Jackson.
1st Monday in September in Grant.
Bird Monday IN September in VIM.
This order is intended to designate
what dates the attorneys and iitigants
and others interested; may expect the
Judge to be present and court to be
opened in the said parishes, respectively,
and in accordance with Act No. 163 of
1898; but it Is not intended to prevent
the court from being opened at any other
time in either of said parishes, whenever
10 the opinion of the Judge the public
interest 80 requires. or Of prolonging said
terms or sessions beyond tho terms indi-
Gated in said order. In case, however,
that court is opened for the trial OF any
litigated case or cases at any other time
than at those above and herein specified,
the attorneys. or parties interested there
in, shall have at least three days notice
of said trial. This shall not, however,
apply to proving up or rendering judg-
ments by default or confession, nor to
the trial of litigated cases by consent. +.
Juries will be drawn in the parish OF
Grant for the terms commencing on the
1st Monday of March and LIST Monday Of
September, in the parish of Vim for
the terms commencing ON the Bird Mon
day IN March and Bird Monday of Sep
TENDER; in the parish Of Caldwell for the
terms commencing on the LIST Monday of
December and LIST Monday in August; in
the parish Of jackson for the terms CON-
mencinR on the Bird Monday in April and
the Bird Monday in December. This
shall not, however, prevent the drawing
of additional juries for other terms, or Of
using the same juries for other times and
terms OF court.
The grand juries drawn at the came
times shall serve at the same terms OF
court, or otherwise as the court may
think proper to order their attendance;
the said grand juries to serve for the
period Of six months. an provided by law.
1t is further ordered that this order
be spread upon tho minutes OF the court
for each Of the parishes comprising the
Fourth Judicial District of Louisiana;
that the respective clerks take due notice
hereof, and that it be published three
times the official journals OF the several
parishes in the district.
Done and signed in chambers on this,
the 10th day Of October. 1898.
NJ. f. MACHEN,
Judge 4th District.