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An Act to authorize Louis Bourgeois and others to make a Lottery of certain property therein mentioned and for other purposes. 1825 180 (1826)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsla0130 and id is 1 raw text is: 180 AN ACT supplementary to the several acts relative to Weights and Measures. Retailers on Be it enacted b the Senate and House of Representa- . VaO- tives of the State of Louisiana, in General Assembly con- what weights vened, that whoever shall sell, orn board of any ship, o usue vessel, flat-boat, boat, or other water craft mooring within the limits of the port of New Orleans, any spe- cies of groceries, produce, or other merchandize of any kind or nature whatsoever, shall be bound to make use of such weights and measures as are pre- scribed by the laws of the state, and stamped in the manner thereby directed: under the penalties pre- scribed by the act, approved on the twenty-eighth of February, one thousand eight hundred and twen- ty four, entitled An act supplementary to the act entitled an act to establish an uniform standard of weights and-measures within this state, approved December twenty-first, one thousand eight hun- dred and twenty-four. Persons con- Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all and traventg, every prosecutions against persons contravening where sued. the provisions of this act shall be instituted before the associate judges of the city court, or any other tribunal of a competent jurisdiction of the city of New Orleans. When this Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this act t shallbe shall be in force ten days after the promulgation thereof. A. B. ROMAN, Speaker of the House of Representatives. H. S. THIBODAUX, President of the Senate. Approved April 7, 1826. H. JOHNSON, Governor of the State of Louisiana. AN ACT to authorize Louis Bourgeois and others to make a Lottery of certain property therein mentioned and for other purposes. Whereas Louis Bourgeois has addressed a peti- tion to the general assembly, praying to be allowed to dispose of certain property to him belonging, consisting of six slaves.

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