The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-07-15
LOUlSIANA'S NEW LAWS.
Acts of General Assembly Of 1915
Approved by Governor.

Tie LouiS4ana EeHefdl aSSemDIyS D1
ennial session Of sixty days which
came to an end on the 9th instant
| 28O new legislative enactments lav,
| been added to the statutes of thu
commonwealth. In The Chief of Jul,
| l a list of the first thirty-four of thest
measures was published, followed il
our issue of July by a, similar lis
Of the numbers and titles of thirty-si,
more, given in the order of their ap
provaI by the governor.
The numbers and summary of the
titles of an additional installment o1
the new laws, condensed from the
columns Of the New Orleans Times
Picayune, are herewith presented, and
in The Chief of next week we will en-.
deavor to find space for the fnaI
batch:
Act No. 71-Concnrrent resolution
authorizing the governor to convene
the Board of Liquidation to borrow
money necessary to pay for publica-
ton of constitutional amendments.
Act No. 72-Concurrent resolution
empowering the governor to appoint
a commission of five to inquire into
the advisability of establishing an in
stitution for deaf, dumb and blind of
negro race.
Act No. 73-Amending the charter
of the town of Mansfield.
Act No. 74-Amending act No.
of 1900, authorizing the board of
commissioners of the Atchafalaya and
Lafourche basin levee districts to
place locks at the head Of Bayou La
fourche, to issue notes, etc.
Act No. 75-Increasing the salary
of the commissioner of agriculture
from $25O0 to $4,000.
Act No. 76-Providing for the cleo
ton of directors of insurance COM
panies organized under the laws of
Louisiana upon the stock plan and for
participation in the election by policy
holders.
Act No TITO amend and re-en-
act section Z of act 227 of 1914.
Act No. 78-Requiring purchasers
Of green and salted hides and carriers
to keep q record of marks and brands.
Act No. 79-Authorizing municipal
corporations, parish of Orleans ex-
cepted, to anticipate their revenues
for the current year.
Act No. 80-Amending act 81 of
1910.
Act No. Sl-Authorizing the sher-
if or his deputy to administer oath
to surety in criminal cases.
Act No. 82-Creating q privilege
in favor of garage owners for repairs
to machinery.
Act No. 83-AlloWing cities, towns
and villages to make exchanges of
property, including streets, with prop
erty owners by WhichsneW streets may
be laid out. s. '-..ez'.ssss
Act No. "a Placing the district at
torney Of Orleans parish an salary
of $4,000.
Act No. 85-Exempting frem La
bility the forwarding hank where a
bank on which it forwards an instru
msnt, through insolvency or other
cause, fails to account for the pro-
ceeds thereof.
Act No. 86-Amending act LAP OF
1904, relative to exemption from pay
ment of parish license taxes munich
palities levying license taxes equal in
amount to those levied by the police
iuries.
Act No. 87-Providing for the
binding in one volume of reports of
all state departments and institutions.
Act No. s8-Amending act 189 Of
1914, relative to exemption of pro-
ceeds Of life insurance policies from
liability for debt
Act. No. 89-Punishing the unlaw-
fully having in possession Of eombustl-
bles or explosives.
Act No. 9O-Defining drainage
system and providing for the levy of
taxes and issuance of bonds without
an election to complete system OF
drainage.
Act No. 91-Amending article 2le
of the constitution, so as to allow Wo-
men to serve on educational, charita-
BILE and penal boards of the state.
Act No. 92- Providing for the pro-
bate of foreign wills.
Act No. 93-Providing for criminal
appeals in cases tried before judge
jury.
Act No. 94-Allowing married wo-
men to bind themselves and make OBJ
legations with reference to their sep
arate and paraphernal property with
out consent of the husband.
Act No. 95-Prohibiting the cCllec-
ton of license or inspection fees from
anv trucker or farmer selling direct
to the consumer.
Act No. oG-Providing for the is
sue of bonds by parishes and munich
pal corporations under the provisions
of paragraph 4 Of article 28l of the
..
Act Ne. a7-Amending act 214 Of
1914. relative to article ll3l OF the
civil code Of practice.
Act No. 98-Creating lien on
roadbeds, tracks, rights of way and
of all railroads in favor OF
furnishers Of material or persons per-
forming labor for them. :.
Act Nc. 99-Placing the clerk OF
the supreme court ON a salary OF
$4,000.
Act No. lOO-Ta amend section 2
Of act 112 of 1910.
Act No. 10l-Joint resolution
amending article 303 of the constitu-
ton, relative to pensions for Confed-
crate veterans.
Act No. 102-To regulate the busl~
ness of lending or assignment Of sal
aries or wages and to provide for
a license tax thereon,
Act No. 1O3-To prohibit gambling
with cards, dice, etc, for money, or
it's representative, within five miles OF
the Skies public school, Winn parish.
Act No. lO4-Ta provide for the
of deputy clerks in the
civil district court, Orleans parish.