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No. 250. AN ACT
To chansge the times of holding cour s in the twelthJudiilaldstrict ofthesatteoionidana
SEcTIoN 1. Be itenacted by the Senate and House If Re
rams uof the State of Louis-iana, in General Assembly convened, That the judge
in the twelsh of the twelfth judicial district of the State, shall not be required to hold
udicialdistrit. more than two terms of court a year, in each parish composing said dis-
trict, except in cases hereinafter provided.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, 4v., That said courts shall commence
court sessions upon the following days, viz.: in the parish of Jackson, on the third Mon.
Inthe aorer*ald days of March and October; in the parish of Union, on the first Mondays
of April and November; in the parish of Morehouse, on the third Mon.
days of April and November; in the parish of Ouachita on the first Mon.
days of May and December.
SEc. 3. Be it further enacted, 4-c., That at said terms of courts, cases
in which juries are required, shall have the pieference to be tried first, and
Ptfer.ne should the time Allowed not be sufficient to try all the cases ready for trial
gaswdfr trial at any one of said courts, it shall be the duty of the judge, on the requedt
in.nat case of either party to such cause or causes, to hold a special term for the trial
seall thereof; to commence upon a day anterior to the next regular term of such
con court, which day shall be fixed and entered upon the minutes of the court
before adjourning the term.
SEc. 4. Be it further enacted, 4jv., That this act shall have effect from
when this act and after the first day of July next, and from that day all laws inconsistent
t e herewith be, and the same are hereby repealed.
[Signed] PRESTON W. FARRAR,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
[Signed] TRASIMON LANDRY,
Lieutenant.Governor and President of the Senate.
Approved 3rd May, 1847.
(Signed] ISAAC JOHNSON,
Governor of the State of Louisiana,
No. 280.] AN ACT
To amend An Act rolative to trials of slaves Approved on the first day of juno one thousand
eight hundred and forty six.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the State ofLouisiana, in General Assembly convened, That the fourth
lanner In section of An act relative to trials of slaves approved on the first day
phctheum. of June one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, be amended and re-enac.
=oshall beted so as to read as follows: Such summons shall be served by the
of slave. sheriff or one of his deputies, or by any constable of the parish in which
the trial is to take place; in case of vacancy in the office of sheriff or
any interest of such officer in the proceedings, they shall be served by the
coroner; and in case there be neither sheriff nor coroner, or both be in.
gerested, or shouldthere-be no constable in the ward in which said tribu.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactsla0316&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)