and testify at the next court to be held in the parish at which an indictment for such an offense can be found; he shall also return to the court the inquisition, written evidence, and all recognizances and examinations by him taken, and may commit to the jail of the parish any witnesses who shall refuse to recognize in such manner as he shall direct. persons. SEC. 431. If any person charged by the inquest with having Power to arcommitted such offense shall not be in custody, the coroner shall rest accused arrest and conduct him before some committing magistrate in the parish in which the inquest is held, to be examined and proceeded with according to law. Expenses, SEC. 432. The expenses of the inquest, with the coroner's fees, shall be paid by the parish, incorporated city or town within how paid. which the inquest shall be held, when the coroner shall make out an account of the expenses of the inquest, and certify under oath that the charges are no more than allowed by law; and in case the charges in the certified account exceed those allowed by law, he shall be liable to the penalties of perjury. Deputy coro SEC. 433. Any coroner shall, in case of sickness or necessary absence, have power to appoint a deputy to perform his duties. ner. Said deputy shall possess the qualifications required for the office of coroner specified in articles 120 and 147 of the Constitution; and the coroner appointing him shall be responsible for his acts, and shall pay him out of the fees to which the said coroner may be entitled. SEC. 434. Every person who shall serve as a juror on any Pay of jurors. inquest shall be allowed the sum of two dollars for each day he shall so serve, and five cents for every mile he shall necessarily travel to attend such inquest and to return home; provided, That in mileage shall in no case be allowed more than once going to and once returning from said inquest; and provided further, That no pay or mileage shall be allowed in the parish of Orleans. or 1874-117. No pay mileage allowed parish Orleans. of service receiva SEC. 435. It shall be the duty of the coroner, immediately after the jury shall have been discharged, to deliver to each Certificate of juror a certificate specifying the number of days he has attended, ble for parish the distance for which he shall be entitled to receive mileage, taxes. and the amount due, which shall be ascertained by the oath of the juror, to be administered by the coroner, and such certificate shall be receivable in payment of parish taxes, or paid out of any money in the parish treasury not otherwise appropriated. SEC. 436. It shall be the duty of every coroner, throughout Annual report the State, to transmit to the General Assembly of the State, to the general through the Governor of the State, within ten days after the assembly. opening of every regular session of the said General Assembly, a report of the inquests held by him, of bodies viewed by him without inquest being held, and of bodies buried by him, specifying the name, if known, of the deceased, the verdict of the jury in each case in which an inquest shall have been held, the cause of death in which he shall have viewed bodies, but shall have adjudged an inquest unnecessary, and the total amount of fees received by him during the period covered by his report. 1875-60. Record of in SEC. 437. It shall be the duty of the clerks of the district courts throughout the State, the parish of Orleans excepted, to keep a suitable book, which shall be known as the book of quests-by inquest, to be open to the public at any time during office hours, kept. J. whom and how Penalty. Duty of coro clerk. for inspection, in which he shall inscribe the proces-verbal of the proceedings of any inquest or post mortem examination held by the parish coroner, or coroner pro tempore, or by any person acting in that capacity or conducting a post mortem examination, under penalty of a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars for neglect or non-compliance with the provisions of this section, to be collected by the district attorney or the attorney representing the parish, by suit before any justice of the peace of the parish, and when collected shall be paid over to the parish school fund, less the cost of prosecuting the said fine. SEC. 438. It shall be the duty of the parish coroner, or coroner to furnish ner pro tempore, or of any person acting in that capactity or proceedings to conducting a post mortem examination, to furnish the proceedings of the proces-verbal of the inquest or post mortem examination, within ten days of the holding of the same, to the clerk of the district court of the parish, for recording, as directed in the preceding section, under a penalty of a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars for neglect or non-compliance with the provisions of this section, to be collected as provided for in the preceding section, and the fine when collected shall be paid over to the parish school fund, less the cost of prosecuting the said fine. SEC. 439. The clerk shall be entitled to and shall receive from the parish treasury the sum of two dollars and fifty cents for each proces-verbal recorded as herein directed, payable on his own warrant. Penalty. Clerks' fees. Duty of per corpse. SEC. 440. Any person who shall have knowledge of a son finding a drowned person, or shall find a' corpse adrift, shall be authorized to take it ashore, and shall be required to cause notice to be given to the nearest coroner having jurisdiction; provided, That in case a coroner can not be notified in time to hold an inquest thereon forthwith, a justice of the peace of the neighborhood, or two witnesses, shall be immediately called to view the body, ascer tain its condition, and draw up a proces-verbal thereof, to be forthwith transmitted to the clerk of the district court. 1865-50. Authorized to act as coroner. SEC. 441. The justice of the peace in and for that portion of the parish of Orleans lying on the right bank of the Mississippi river is authorized to act as coroner whenever a dead body shall be found lying within the limits of that portion of the parish. SEC. 442. Justices of the peace, in the country parishes, are empowered to perform the duties of the coroner, in case of there the peace to act being none, or of his absence or inability to attend. 1855-83. Justices of 28 coroner in certain cases. CORPORATIONS FOR PUBLIC WORKS, Judgments, how obtained........509 Penalty to be sued for before any court of competent jurisdiction..... ....517 Lite insurance companies not incorporated may avail themselves of the benefits of this act...... .518 Statement required by the charters of all life insurance companies to be furnished to the Auditor ...519 Life insurance companies to be enjoined for not filing state ments with the Auditor......520 CONSOLIDATION OF CORPORATIONS. Railroad companies organized under the laws of this State may consolidate with companies of other States........521 Formalities for such consolidation. Form for such consolidation......523 Effect of such consolidation......524 Act of consolidation to be re 522 corded in the parish of the domicile of the company thus consolidated and promulgated as above provided for........525 I. POLITICAL CORPORATIONS IN GENERAL. SEC. 443. In all elections by the people, for officers under political charters, granted or to be granted by the General 1855-325. Qualifications Assembly of Louisiana, the qualification of voters shall be the of voters. same as those prescribed at the time being by the Constitution of Louisiana for the electors of Representatives of the General Assembly. Persons eligi SEC. 144. All persons shall be eligible to hold office under all political corporations granted or to be granted by the General ble to office. Assembly of Louisiana, when, by the Constitution of the State for the time being, the same class of persons are eligible to the House of Representatives of the General Assembly of this State. SEC. 445. It shall not be lawful hereafter for any municipal Municipal corporations procorporation within this State to lay any tax on persons engaged hibited rom levying a in selling articles of their own manufacture manufactured within upon certain arthis State. 1 ticles. tax ries and muni SEC. 446. The police juries of the several parishes and the Restrictions constituted authorities of incorporated towns and cities in this upon police juState shall not hereafter have power to contract any debt or cipal authoripecuniary liability without fully providing in the ordinance is contract. creating the debt the means of paying the principal and interest of the debt so contracted. ties in ing debts. Until what di ances shall SEC. 447. The ordinance of enactment providing for the payment of the principal and interest of any debt created by time certain orany board of police or authorities of incorporated towns and remain in force. cities shall remain in full force until the debt and interest are paid. ment of debts SEC. 448. Whenever police juries or authorities of incorpo- Mode of onrated towns or cities shall have provided for the payment of a forcing pay debt by levying a tax, and shall fail or refuse to cause the tax to due by police be collected for the purpose of paying the debt and interest for juries or which it was imposed, it shall be the duty of the district judge on motion of the attorney of any of the creditors of the parish porations. cor |