Shall furnish

State wi h

conies of his

official journal.

the Legislature one copy of the journals and one copy of the acts of the Legislature.

SEC. 3531. The State Printer shall deliver to the Secretary of State copies of his official journal containing any of the laws or the Secretary of resolutions of the General Assembly of this State which shall have been hereafter enacted or agreed to, immediately after the same shall have been published therein; and as soon as practicable thereafter the said Secretary of State shall cause the said official journal to be sent to the judges and clerks of courts, and it shall be their duty to preserve all copies of the official journal so received carefully in their respective courts for the use thereof until they shall have received the copies of the laws in pamphlet form.

SEC. 3532. The State Printer shall receive sixteen dollars for every three hundred papers delivered to the Secretary of State, as for newspapers, directed by the preceding section.

Compensation

1826-170-9.

Arts. 274 and 275, C. P.

SEC. 3533. In addition to the cases mentioned in articles two hundred and seventy-four and two hundred and seventy-five, the plaintiff may obtain a sequestration in all cases where he has a lien Sequestration in or privilege on property, upon complying with the requisites provided by law.

cases of lien or privilege.

1839-161-6.

SEC. 3534. Article two hundred and seventy-five shall be so amended that, in addition to the cases therein mentioned, a sequestration may be ordered in all cases, when one party fears that the other will conceal, part with, or disposa of, the movables in his dency of suit in possession during the pending of the suit, on complying with the requisition of the law.

Art. 275, C. P. Bequestration during pen

@ertain cases.

1942-204-1.

Art. 279, C. P.

SEC. 3535. In actions of sequestration, whenever the defendant shall fail or neglect to comply with the provisions of the two hundred and seventy-ninth article of the Code of Practice, within Plaintiff may se- ten days after the seizure of the property by the sheriff, it shall then be lawful for the plaintiff, his agent or attorney in fact, to give similar bond and security to the sheriff as that required by law from the defendant, and to take the property sequestrated into his possession.

questrate in certain cases.

1828-150.

Arts. 212 and

214, C. P. Attachments, etc., may be

granted before

the Aling of pe

tion,

SEC. 3536. In all cases where attachments, arrests, and sequestrations are demandable, the plaintiff, his agent or attorney having made affidavit and given bond, in conformity to law, and having filed the same in court, it shall be the duty of the clerk to issue forthwith the process required without any petition being then pre

flied on the next

sented; but the usual petition shall be filed on the day succeeding Petition to be that on which the said process shall have issued, except in cases way, except in where a Sunday, Fourth of July, or Eighth of January shall be the case of certain succeeding day; then on the next day succeeding such Sunday, then upon the Fourth of July, or Eighth of January; and the sheriff shall proceed day 1 llowing immediately to execute said process according to its tenor,

holidays, and

the holiday.

686

SEC. 3537. Elections for sheriffs and coroners of the several 1868-218. parishes of this State shall be held at the same time provided for Election of the election of members of the General Assembly.

sheriffs.

SEC. 3538. The sheriff of the parish of Orleans shall give bond in the sum of fifty thousand dollars, with two securities as required 1855-366. by law; and in all other parishes the sheriff shall, in like manner, Sheriff's bond. give bond in the sum of six thousand dollars, with the following conditions, to wit:

"Condition of the above obligation is such, that whereas, the above bound A. B. has been elected or appointed sheriff of the parish of ; now, if the said A. B. shall well and faithfully execute and make true returns, according to law, of all such wri.s, orders and process as shall come into his hands as sheriff aforesaid, and well and truly pay over all sums of money that shall come into his hands as sheriff aforesaid, to the person entitled by law to the same, and shall faithfully do and perform all such other duties as may be required of him by law, then the above obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue."

on.

SEC. 3539. The bond may be put in suit against the sheriff and his securities, when in behalf of the State, by the Attorney General, Bond, how sued or district attorney of the district, in the name of the Governor for the time being, for the use of the State; and in all other cases in the name, for the use, and at the request of the party injured. The

ing as sheriff

before qualify.

ing.

bond shall not become void by a first or any other recovery, but may be put in suit and recoveries had, as often as any breach of the conditions thereof shall happen; Provided, The securities shall not be liable for more than the penalty of the bond.

SEC. 3540. Any person who shall presume to act as sheriff before Penalty for act he shall have qualified according to law, shall forfeit and pay five hundred dollars. Should any sheriff or collector of taxes, after receiving his commission from the Governor, proceed to exercise any of the duties, or avail himself of any of the rights appertaining to his office as collector, or as sheriff, before giving all the bonds and security required by law for the collection of taxes, or discharge of duties as sheriff, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum not less than one thousand dollars, and imprisoned not less than six months, at the discretion of the court.

Their duties.

Deputies.

SEC. 3541. It shall be the duty of each sheriff or deputy, to attend every court that shall be held in their respective parishes, to execute all writs, orders, and process of the court or judge thereof that may be issued, to them directed; and do and perform all other duties that may be required of them by law.

Each sheriff shall moreover be keeper of the public jail of his parish, and shall, by all lawful means, preserve the peace and apprehend all disturbers thereof, and other public offenders. They shall also attend on the Supreme Court when sitting in their parish.

SEC. 3542. The sheriff is authorized to appoint as many deputies as he may think necessary, to be sworn in by any officer vested with the power of administering oaths.

SEC. 3543. The sheriffs and their deputies are authorized to Sheriffs and de- administer the oath required by law to all appraisers of property puties to swear under seizure, sequestration, 'or order of attachment; for such service they shall not be entitled to any compensation, and this privilege shall not extend further than the objects mentioned.

appraisers.

posse comitatus

SEC. 3544. Every sheriff shall have the power to call for the aid Power to call on and command the services of every able bodied inhabitant of his parish to preserve the peace in cases of riot, to execute the process of court in cases where resistance is made or threatened; and every person so called, who shall refuse to render such assistance, may be runished by fine, at the discretion of the court, not exceeding twentyfive dollars.

Penalty for refusing.

Sheriffs and

coroners to ex

ecute all writs in the hands

their predecessors.

SEC. 3545. After the sheriffs and coroners newly elected shall have entered upon the discharge of their duties, they shall have power to carry into execution all writs and judicial orders directed to their predecessors, and not definitely acted upon by them, and to inake thereon all necessary returns.

SEC. 3546. The sheriffs and their securities shall be able to Prescription in prescribe against their acts of misfeasance, nonfeasance, costs, favor i sh riffs offenses, and quasi offenses, after the lapse of two years from the day of the omission or commission of the acts complained of.

and securities.

1855-106.

ing without authority.

SEC. 3547. No other person than an auctioneer, or a civil officer acting under the authority of some court of the United States or Penalty for act of this State, or the legal representative of a succession of minors, or the sheriff, when there is no auctioneer in the parish, shall exercise the trade or business of an auctioneer, by selling or offering for sale at auction, any property, real or personal, within this State, under a penalty of five hundred dollars for each offense, one-half of the penalty for the informer when recovered.