tion, and any such meeting held elsewhere, and any business transacted at any meeting held elsewhere, shall be unlawful and of no effect. 1855-151. Sureties on bail SEC. 1207. Whenever a citizen of this State shall be arrested or confined out of the parish or district of his domicile, on the charge bonds, residing of having committed any bailable offense, the magistrate may admit out of the parhim to bail on the bond of sureties residing in the same parish or tain cases be rejudicial district as the accused. ish, my in cer ceived. cases. SEC. 1208. In such cases the bail bond shall be signed and executed by the sureties before a competent magistrate of the parish or Bond, how district in which they reside, who shall certify the sufficiency of the taken in such bail at the foot of the bond. It shall be made returnable to the court before which the accused is ordered to appear for trial, and all proceedings thereon shall be had in the same court. Causes for revo SEC. 1209. The fourth cause for the revocation of donations inter vivos mentioned in the article of the Civil Code fifteen hundred and 1855–275. forty-six, to wit: "The donors having children after the donation," Art. 1546, C. C. be and the same is hereby repealed, and the said article shall be so cation of donaamended as to read as follows: "Donations inter vivos are liable to tons. be revoked or dissolved on account of the following causes: 1. The ingratitude of the donee; 2. The nonfulfillment of the eventual conditions which suspend their consummation; 3. The nonperformance of the conditions imposed on the donee; 4. The legal or conventional return." 1850-228. SEC. 1210. Article seventeen hundred and thirty-nine shall be amended, so as to read as follows: "Either of the married couple what property may, either by marriage contract, or during the marriage, give to husband and the other, in full property, all that he or she might give to a each other. stranger." wife may give to 1855-178. SEC. 1211. The police juries of the several parishes, the municipal authorities of the several towns and cities, and the Board of Polite juries and Aldermen and Assistant Aldermen together with th Mayor of the thorities author- city of New Orleans, shall have the exclusive power to make such municipal au ized to grant or withhold licenses. by the State. laws and such regulations for the sale or prohibition of the sale of intoxicating liquors as they may deem advisable, and to grant or withhold licenses from drinking houses and shops, within the limits of any city, ward of a parish or town, as the majority of the legal voters of any city, ward of a parish or town may determine by ballot, and the said ballot shall be taken whenever deemed necessary by the police juries of the several parishes, the municipal authorities of the several towns and cities, and the Board of Aldermen and Assistant Aldermen together with the Mayor of the city of New Orleans; Provided, that said election shall not be held more than once a year. SEC. 1212. The State relinquishes all right to grant licenses in Relinquishment any town, city or parish, in which it is not granted by the authorities; whenever any licenses may be granted, the State shall have power to collect the tax coming to the State for such licensed drinking houses or shops. Judges to charge grand iuries. SEC. 1213. It shall be the duty of the judges of the several District Courts in this State, out of the parish of Orleans, and the judge of the Criminal Court in the parish of Orleans, to call the attention of the grand jury to the laws regulating the sale of intoxicating liquors at each_jury term. SEC. 1214. It shall be the duty of the police juries of the several Laws and ordi- parishes, the municipal authorities of the towns and cities, to adopt such regulations as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act. nances to be adopted. 1855-130. SEC. 1215. Whoever shall keep a grog or tippling shop, or retail spirituous liquors, without previously obtaining a license from the Keeping grog police jury, town or city authorities, on conviction, shall be fined not less than one hundred, nor more than five hundred dollars, and in default of payment shall be imprisoned not less than fifteen days, nor more than four months. shop without license. 1868-218. SEC. 1216. The supervisors of registration, or commissioners of election shall have authority on the day of election, to close all ing saloons on drinking saloons, dram shops, groggeries or places where liquor is sold by the glass or bottle, situated within a radius of two miles of Closing of drinkelection days. any poll or place of election. And said supervisors or commissioners shall have the power to call on any sheriff, constable or police officer to enforce this regulation. If such sheriff, constable or police officer shall refuse to obey any order issued under the authority of this section, the commissioner Commissioners or supervisor giving the order shall have power summarily to arrest may arrest and imprison such sheriff, constable or police officer, such imprison- neglect of duty. ment not to extend beyond the hour of closing the polls. And such sheriff, constable or police officer shall be deemed guilty sheriffs, etc., for lect of duty by of a misdemeanor in office, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be Penalty for neg punished by imprisonment for a term not to exceed six months nor such sheriff, etc. less than three months and by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, nor less than one hundred dollars. Which school scholars to attend...1240 Pupils in attendance.... ..1250 |