39. [SEC. 3531.] The State Printer shall deliver to the Secretary of State copies of his Official Journal containing any of the laws or resolutions of the General Assembly of this State which shall have Official Journal. been hereafter enacted or agreed to, immediately after the same shall

Shall furnish the Secretary of State with copies of his

have been published therein; and as soon as practicable thereafter the said Secretary of State shall cause the said Official Journal to be sent to the Judges and Clerks of Courts, and it shall be their duty to preserve all copies of the Official Journal so received carefully in their respective courts for the use thereof, until they shall have received the copies of the laws in pamphlet form.

40. [SEC. 3532.] The State Printer shall receive sixteen dollars Compensation for every three hundred papers delivered to the Secretary of State, as directed by the preceding section.

for newspapers.

1855-360. Weights and measures to be the Governor.

procured by

1870-57, extra session.

Records of marriages in the parish of Orleans.

1855-44. Duplicates of the signature and seal of

41. [SEC. 3912.] The Governor, at the expense of the State, shall procure or cause to be procured, one complete set of copper weights, to correspond with weights of their like denomination used by the revenue officers of the United States in their offices, together with scales for said weights, and a stamp or seal, with such device as the Governor may deem proper; as also one complete set of measures, calculated for dry, liquid and long measures, of the same capacity and length as those of their like denomination used by such revenues officers aforesaid; which set of weights and measures, together with the scales and stamps, shall be deposited in the office of the Secretary of State, to serve as a general standard of weights and measures in this State.

42. [SEC. 1.] The present Recorder of Births and Deaths for the parish of Orleans, and his successors in office, shall hereafter be known as the Recorder of Births, Marriages and Deaths for the parish of Orleans. He shall take an oath before any competent authority faithfully to perform all the duties imposed upon him by law for the registry of births, marriages and deaths, a duplicate or a certified copy whereof he shali transmit to the Secretary of State, who shall keep the same on file in his office.

43. [SEC. 601.] The duplicate original of the signature and seal of office of each Commissioner appointed in the different States and Commissioners Territories of the Union shall be deposited in the office of the to be deposited Secretary of State of Louisiana.

out of the State

with the Secre tary of State.

1855-447.

Bond of State

Treasurer to be approved by the Governor

44. [SEC. 3767.] The Governor shall indorse on the bond his approval of it, and the President of the Senate shall also indorse thereon that it is approved of by the Senate; the bond so indorsed shall be delivered by the Governor to the Secretary of State, who

and Senate, and shall record and keep the same in his office.

recorded and

kept by the Secretary of State.

For duties of Secretary of State respecting bankers and banking corporations, see "BANKS," sections 29, 30, 31, 37.

Sheriff and Coroner elective.

In the parish

of Orleans two

Sheriff's elective

CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS.

ART. 93. There shall be a Sheriff and Coroner elected by the qualified electors of each parish, except the parish of Orleans. In the parish of Orleans, there shall be elected by the qualified electors of the parish at large, one Sheriff for the Criminal Court, who shall be the executive officer of said court, and shall have charge of the Parish Prison. There shall also be elected, by the qualified electors of the parish at large, one Sheriff, who shall be the executive officer of the Civil Courts, and who shall perform all other duties heretofore devolving upon the Sheriff of the parish of Orleans, except those herein delegated to the Sheriff of the Criminal Court. The qualified Two Coroners electors of the city of New Orleans, residing below the middle of for the city of New Orleans Canal street, shall elect one Coroner for that district; and the qualiand parish of Orleans. fied electors of the city of New Orleans, residing above the middle of Canal street, together with those residing in that part of the parish known as Orleans, right bank, shall elect one Coroner for that district. All of said officers shall hold their office for two years, and receive such fees of office as may be prescribed by law.

Salaries and terms of office.

1855-366.

Sheriff's bond.

1. [SEC. 3538.] The Sheriff of the parish of Orleans shall give bond in the sum of fifty thousand dollars with two securities, as required by law; and in all other parishes the Sheriff shall, in like manner, give bond in the sum of six thousand dollars, with the following conditions, to wit:

"Condition of the above obligation is such, that whereas, the above bound A. B. has been elected or appointed Sheriff of the parish of -; now, if the said A. B. shall well and faithfully execute and make true returns, according to law, of all such writs, orders and process as shall come into his hands, as Sheriff aforesaid, and well and truly pay over all sums of money that shall come into his hands, as Sheriff aforesaid, to the person entitled by law to the same, and shall faithfully do and perform all such other duties