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An Act to create two additional Sheriffs for the Parish of Orleans, to fix the place of holding Courts of Justice and for other purposes. 1841 13 (1841.1)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsla0229 and id is 1 raw text is: [No. 16.--AN ACT
To create two additional Sheriffis for the Parish of Orleans, to fix the place of hold-
ing Courts of.Justice and for other purposes.
Preamble.  *Wereas the multiplicity of law suits, that has accumulated
in the Courts of Justice at New Orleans, is in a great
measure attributable to the inability of a single sheriff to
perform the duties now devolved on him; and whereas
the growing commercial business of the City of New
Orleans, and the rapid increase of its population render a
prompt and efficient administration of justice of vital im-
portance; and whereas this desirable end will likewise be
promoted by having the different Courts sitting in the
City of New Orleans, located as near to each other as
practicable, and by establishing a uniform mode of fixing,
causes for trial in said Courts
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and .House of Rep-
resentatives of the State of Louisiana in General Assembly
Creation  of convened, That two additional Sheriffs shall be and are hereby
rlfor the created in and for the Parish of Orleains, to wit; one for the
Parish of Or. District Court of the first judicial District, who shall be styled
 The Sheriff of the District Court of the first District, and
one for the Commercial Court of New Orleans, to be styled
 The Sheriff of the Commercial Court of New Orleans
who shall be the officers of said Courts respectively, and
outies,   shall perform all the duties in and appertaining to their said
respective Courts, which are now performed by the Sheriff
of the Parish of Orleans, and shall be entitled to demand and
receivethe same fees as are allowed by law to said Sheriff
for similar services.
SEc. 2. Be itfurther enacted, c. That hereafter the duties
Duties of the Of the Sheriff of the Parish of Orleans shall be confined to
Setriff of te the Supreme Court, the Court of Probates and the Parish
leans.     Court of the Parish and city of New Orleans andto such other
functions as are not specially imposed on one or other of the
two additional Sheriffs created by this act.
SEC. 3. Be it .Tinter enacted, 4c. That the Sheriff of the
Parish of Orleans shall be bound to deliver over to the Sher-
iffs created by this act, as soon as they are appointed and
qualified, all the writs, orders, bonds, obligations or other
Papers  and papers dopunents or books, as also all monics in his posses-
nocuments. sion appertaining to or connected with suits pending or de-
cided in the respective Courts to which said Sheriffs are at-
Iventory.  tached: and a notarial inventory shall be made of the writs,
orders, bonds, obligations or other papers and documents and
monies thus delivered; which inventory shall be signed by
the parties.
SEC. 4. Be itfurthel*,enacted, 4c. That the Sheriffs created
by this act, shall, before entering upon the exercise of their

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