1855-162. FEES OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. SEC. 775. Justices of the peace shall be entitled to demand the Fees of justices following fees, to wit: in civil cases. In criminal prosecutions. 1855-151. For each order issued on the demand of the party, fifty cents. For rendering a final judgment, one dollar. For administering an oath when the affidavit is written, and signing the same, twenty-five cents. For administering an oath and writing the same, for every twenty words, twelve and a half cents. For filing petition, answer, or answer to interrogatories, each twenty-five cents. For citation or process to compel appearance, fifty cents. For filing the same when returned and noticing return, twelve and a half cents. For summons for witness, twelve and a half cents. For each necessary certificate, twenty-five cents. For swearing each witness, twelve and a half cents. For entering judgment in each case, fifty cents. For issuing attachment, seventy-five cents. For receiving and entering return on attachment, twelve and a half cents. For entering satisfaction on judgment, twenty-five cents. For issuing fieri facias, one dollar and seventy-five cents. For filing fieri facias when returned and recording return, twentyfive cents. For issuing a warrant in a crimiñal prosecution, one dollar. For taking their deposition and writing the same, twenty-five cents each. For examination of the party and writing the same, one dollar. For taking the recognizance of the party or the witnesses in the cases directed by law, twenty-five cents. SEC. 776. Whenever a complaint shall be made before a justice of the peace, or the recorder of either district of the city of New Persons bound Orleans, the object of which will be to have the person complained of bound to keep the peace, the costs incurred shall be paid by the person bound; but when it shall appear to the magistrate that the complaint is founded on frivolous or malicious motives, the costs shall be paid by the party complaining. to keep the peace in New Orleans to pay costs. SEC. 777. The constables throughout the State shall be entitled to demand the following fees: For serving a State warrant, to be paid by the parish, fifty cents. Summoning each witness, fifty cents. Serving an execution for debt, fifty cents. Selling property taken under execution, for each dollar, five cents. Serving peace or search warrants, one dollar. Serving attachment, fifty cents. SEC. 778. Constables for the parish of Orleans shall be entitled to demand and receive the following fees of office, and no more, to wit: For serving citation, fifty cents. For serving notice of trial, fifty cents. For serving subpena, fifty cents, and attachment for witnesses, fifty cents. For serving a rule or motion, fifty cents. For serving notice of judgment, fifty cents. Return of fieri facias, no property found, fifty cents. For levying fieri facias and making sale, five per cent.; however no percentage shall be allowed to constables on any money made on execution over and above the amount for which they may have a writ in their hands. For serving provisional seizure, one dollar. For serving attachment, bail writ, sequestration and injunction, each one dollar; for taking bond in any case, fifty cents. The constable may be allowed whatever expenses he may necessarily incur in keeping property while under seizure; provided, the same does not exceed one dollar a day. For serving notice of appeal, fifty cents. only liable for For all other process not herein before provided for, fifty cents. SEC. 779. In all cases before any justice of the peace of the State, where a writ or order of provisional seizure, attachment, sequestra- 1858-171. tion, or final seizure, has been issued, under which any vessel, Vessels, etc., steamer, or other water craft, is being placed in the hands of any costs under the constable, the said vessel, steamer, or other water craft, shall not be first writ, where subject to any other costs than those accrued on the first writ so writ has issued issued; and any other writ or order of provisional seizure, attach- against them. ment, or final seizure, shall be levied on the first writ or order in the hands of the said constable without any other costs whatever. more than one SEC. 780. So long as any vessel, steamer, or other water craft, shall remain in the hands of the constable, the court shall not allow Relative costs for more than one or two keepers, if the case require it, and keepers. the costs of said keeping, in case of the dissolution of the writ or order under which the vessel, steamer, or water craft, was seized, shall be borne in proportion by the parties having wrongfully prayed for the same. stables in Or plaintiff. SEC. 781. Three months after the institution of any suit, con- 1855-110. stables in the parish of Orleans may demand their fees from the Fees of con plaintiff or party by whom they are due, and upon failure to pay, leans, when de the justice may, after proof has been adduced of the correctness of mandable from the account contradictorily with the party against whom the motion is made, issue a fieri facias in favor of the constable; but nothing May be collected herein contained shall be so construed as to prevent any constable from defendant from collecting his fees from the defendant at any time after judgment. judgment against such defendant. at any time after SEC. 782. A coroner shall receive for every inquest held, twentyfive dollars; for every viewing of a body in which no inquest is held, 1868-204-8. 20. five dollars; for every burial performed at his expense, twelve dollars; Fees of coroner. and for all other fees, including the swearing and qualifying of a jury, the administering of oaths, the returning of the proces verbal, and the summoning of witnesses, five dollars. charging more SEC. 783. If any officer shall demand or collect any other or greater fees than are particularly and specially herein set forth, he 1861–186. shall be considered guilty of a misdemeanor in office, and on convic- Penalty for tion thereof, be condemned to pay a fine of not less than one hundred than the fees dollars, nor more than two hundred and fifty dollars, and liable to allowed by this be dismissed from office, and it shall be the duty of the judge of the court, on the complaint of any person aggrieved, to summon the act. officer complained of to appear before him in open court, by rule, after ten days' notice, to show cause why the penalties of this section should not be enforced. The fines and forfeitures collected under this act are in the city of New Orleans to be for the use and benefit of the Charity Hospital, and in the other parishes to be paid over to the parish treasurer of the respective parishes of the State, and it shall be the duty of the district attorney to collect and pay over the same. ! CRIMES AND OFFENSES. Punishment of murder.. Manslaughter... Punishment of manslaughter..... 786 Attempt to procure premature 807 thereof.... Punishment of crime against nature 788 Incest... ... 789 Shooting, stabbing with intent to murder while lying in wait or attempting to commit certain other crimes... delivery or abortion...... Penalty for excluding from schools OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY. 790 Shooting or stabbing with intent to Robbery of rights and credits. 810 791 .... Pickpockets... ...... 811 ...... 812 813 murder, rape or robbery....... 792 Assault with a dangerous weapon or with intent to kill. Inflicting a wound less than may ........ 793 Obtaining money or property by .... false pretenses..... Stealing horses, asses or mules... 814 Malicious killing of certain animals 815 Beating or maiming animals...... 816 794 Trespass by cutting timber, etc.... 817 795 Trespass on lands and tenements.. 818 796 Trespass on lands belonging to the State........ ... 819 Judges to charge grand juries..... 819 Allegations in indictment and proof thereof........ hem with dangerous weapon, or with intent to kill.. Biting, maiming, etc... Assault and battery. False imprisonment. 796 Assault....... 797 Putting out eyes. 798 820 Affray.. 799 Penalty for carrying firearms on 821 |