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No. 172. AN ACT
To exempt the town of Jackson in the pay ish of East Feliciano, from the payment of
parish taxes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
n~xemptionof the State of Louisiana, in General Assembly convened, That
of pari',m tho town of Jackson in the parish of East Feliciana be and the same
is hereby exempt, from the payment of parish taxes.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, cc., That the mayor and trustees
Mayor and f,.. of said town shall have power to tax all taxable property within the
et mwerno limits of the corporation, to any extent, for the purpose of repairing
)l:Vy ta~xes. iso h o
the streets, buildings, bridges, and erecting a jail and for all purposes
which they may doom necessary for the improvement and security of
said town.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, 4.c., That all laws and parts of
f pet of cer- laws contrary to the provisions of this act be and satne are hereby
repecaled].
JOHN E. KING,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
J. B. PLAUCHE,
Lieutenant-Governor and President of the Senate.
Approved, March 12th, 1852.
JOSEPH WALKER,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
No. 173 AN ACT
To refund to the parish of Concordia money expended for the State.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
orpruionor State of Louisiana, in General Assembly convened, That the State
$oay 'Treasuret le and lie is hereby authorized and directed to pay out of
n C . any money, in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated, oi tie war.
rant of the Auditor of Public Accounts to the order of the parish
treasurer of Concordia, the sum of seven hundred and twenty two
dollars, for the expense and maintenance of eight negro slaves, in the
parish jail of said parish. Said negroes were condemned to sufler
death for murder, but were reprieved by the Governor, and wire do-
tained under said authority, at the expense of said parish, from the
ninth of April, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, to sixteenth of Feb-
ruary eighteen hundred and fifty, when the sentence was commuted
for imprisonment for life in the Penitentiary of the State.
JOHN E. KING,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
J. B. PLAUCHE,
Lieutenant-Governor and President of the Senate.
Approved, March 12th, 1852.
JOSEPH WALKER,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
No. 174. AN ACT
Relative to bail in certain cases.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
Certain bail al- tives of the State of Louisiana, in General Assembly convened, That
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