post mortem examination shall be paid by the parish or municipal authorities within whose jurisdiction the inquests shall be held.

SEC. 661. The coroner shall administer the following oath to all Oath of witwitnesses:

"You solemnly swear that the evidence you are required to give on this inquest shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth; so help you God."

nesses.

SEC. 662. The testimony of all witnesses examined on any Testimony in inquest shall be reduced to writing and subscribed by the witnesses. writing.

SEC. 663. The jury, upon the inspection of the body, and after hearing the testimony of witnesses and making all needful inquiries, Verdict of coroshall sign and deliver to the coroner their inquisition, under their ner's jury. hands, in which they shall certify when and by what means deceased came to his death, and his name, if it is known, together with all material circumstances attending his death, and if it shall appear that the deceased was feloniously killed, the jurors shall further state who were charged with being guilty, either as principals or accessories, if known, or with being in any manner the cause of his death, which inquisition may be in substance as follows:

on the

day of

in

An inquisition, taken at the year before the coroner of the parish (or portion of the parish, in case of the parish of Orleans) of , upon view of the body of (or of an unknown person), there lying dead. The jurors whose names are hereunto subscribed, having. been sworn to inquire on behalf of the State, when and by what means said came to his death, upon their oath do say: [then insert when, how and by what person or persons, means, weapons or instruments he was killed]. In testimony whereof the coroner and jurors of this inquest have hereunto subscribed their names, the day and year above stated.

SEC. 664. If the jury find that any murder or manslaughter has

been committed on the deceased, the coroner shall bind over, by Recognizance of recognizance, such witnesses as he shall think proper to appear and witnesses. testify at the next court to be held in the parish at which an indictment for such an offense can be found; he shall also return to the court the inquisition, written evidence, and all recognizances and examinations by him taken, and may commit to the jail of the parish any witnesses who shall refuse to recognize in such manner as he shall direct.

accused persons

SEC. 665. If any person charged by the inquest with having committed such offense shall not be in custody, the coroner shall arrest Power to arrest and conduct him before some committing magistrate in the parish in which the inquest is held, to be examined and proceeded with according to law.

SEC. 666. The expenses of the inquest, with the coroner's fees, shall be paid by the parish, incorporated city or town within which Expenses, how the inquest shall be held when the coroner shall make out an account paid.

of the expenses of the inquest, and certify under oath that the charges are no more than allowed by law; and in case the chrges

in the certified account exceed those allowed by law, he shall be liable to the penalties of perjury.

SEO. 667. Any coroner shall, in case of sickness or necessary absence, bave power to appoint a deputy to perform his duties. Said Deputy deputy shall possess the qualifications required for the office of

Fees.

No other fees allowed.

Pay of jurors.

Certificate of

ble for parish

taxes.

coroner specified in section 650 of this act; and the coroner appointing him shall be responsible for his acts, and shall pay him out of the fees to which the said coroner may be entitled.

SEC. 668. A coroner shall receive for every inquest held, twentyfive dollars; for every viewing of a body in which no inquest is held, five dollars; for every burial performed at his expense, twelve dollars; and for all other fees, including the swearing and qualifying of a jury, the administering of oaths, the returning of the proces verbal, and the summoning of witnesses, £ve dollars.

SEC. 669. No other fees than those specified in the foregoing section of this act shall be allowed to any coroner, any law or ordinance to the contrary notwithstanding; Provided, That nothing in this act shall be construed as prohibiting the payment by parish or municipal authorities, of necessary or unavoidable expenses, being certified to as necessary or unavoidable by the coroner and majority of the jury.

SEC. 670. Every person who shall serve as a juror on any inquest shall be allowed the sum of two dollars for each day he shall so serve, and in other parishes of the State than that of Orleans, five cents for every mile he shall necessarily travel to attend such inquest and to return home; Provided, That mileage shall in no case be allowed more than once going to and once returning from the said inquest; And provided further, That no mileage shall be allowed in the parish of Orleans.

SEC. 671. It shall be the duty of the coroner, immediately after the jury shall have been discharged, to deliver to each juror a cerservice receiva- tificate specifying the number of days he has attended, the distance for which he shall be entitled to receive mileage, and the amount due, which shall be ascertained by the oath of the juror, to be administered by the coroner, and such certificate shall be receivable in payment of parish taxes, or paid out of any money in the parish treasury not otherwise appropriated.

the General

Assembly.

SEC. 672. It shall be the duty of every coroner throughout the Annual report to State to transmit to the General Assembly of the State, through the Governor of the State, within ten days after the opening of every regular session of the said General Assembly, a report of the inquests held by him, of bodies viewed by him without inquests being held, and of bodies buried by him, specifying the name, if known, of the deceased, the verdict of the jury in each case in which an inquest shall have been held, the cause of death in which he shall have viewed bodies, but shall have adjudged an inquest unnecessary, and the total amount of fees received by him during the period covered by his report.

SEC. 673. Any person who shall have knowledge of a drowned Duty of persons person, or shall find a corpse adrift, shall be authorized to take it finding a corpse. ashore and shall be required to cause notice to be given to the nearest coroner having jurisdiction; Provided, That in case a coroner can not be notified in time to hold an inquest thereon forthwith, a justice of the peace of the neighborhood, or two witnesses, shall be immediately called to view the body, ascertain its condition, and draw up a proces verbal thereof, to be forthwith transmitted to the

1865-50.

Authorized to act as coroner.

coroner.

SEC. 674. The justice of the peace in and for that portion of the parish of Orleans lying on the right bank of the Mississippi river is authorized to act as coroner, whenever a dead body shall be found lying within the limits of that portion of the parish.

leans reported

SEC. 675. The death of every person within the parish of Orleans shall be reported at said office within twenty-four hours thereafter. 1869-20. This declaration shall be made by the nearest relative of the deceased, Deaths in Orif he or she is present, and in case of absence, by the testa- by whom rementary executor, if there be one; if none, by the owner or tenant ported. of the house in which the person died, and if the death happened in a State, parish, municipal, charitable or benevolent institution, hospital, asylum, prison, workhouse, house of refuge, insane asylum, etc., it shall be the duty of the president, superintendent or managers of said institutions to have the said deaths recorded in the said office

deatus.

of recorder of birtas and deaths monthly. It shall also be the Coroners to duty of the coroners to record monthly in said office the deaths of record certain all persons upon whose bodies an inquest has been held, or a certificate issued by them for the burial of indigent persons, and the recording fees in such cases shall be charged to the city of New Recording fees, how charged. Orleans, or the police jury of the parish of Orleans, right bank, as the case may be, and any person contravening the provisions of this Penalty. section shall be fined not less than ten, nor more than twenty-five dollars, recoverable before any court of competent jurisdiction.

how served

SEC. 676. Whenever the sheriff and coroner of any parish shall be interested in any suit or other legal process, or when there shall 1855-491. be no sheriff and coroner in office in any parish, or the sheriff or Legal process, coroner shall be disqualified by law, from interest or otherwise, from when sheriffs serving any legal process, it shall be served by any regular constable and coroners are of the parish, or by an officer appointed by the court; and such constable or officer shall have in such suit all the powers, receive all the emoluments, and be liable to all the responsibilities of the sheriff.

interested.

CORPORATIONS

SECTION.

SECTION.

Act of incorporation, how adopted 677 Duration and powers of corpora
To be approved by the district

attorney...

677

684

686

tions.
What shall be contained in the
charter of said corporations.... 685
Charter to be recorded and pub-
lished.........
Charter, how amended or dissolved 687
Charter forfeited for insolvency.... 688
How liquidated....
688
The streets of cities and towns not
to be used without the consent of
the authorities......
Liability of stockholders........
Duty of corporations whose works
cross public roads or navigable
streams..
Power to borrow money by issue of
bonds secured by mortgage .... 692

689 690

691

132

TO PROVIDE FOR THE SUBSCRIPTION BY
THE PARISHES AND MUNICIPAL CORPORA

TIONS OF THIS STATE TO THE STOCK OF Penalty for neglect or refusal to

ORGANIZATION OF CORPORATIONS FOR LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC, RELIGIOUS AND

CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

ration, how

SEC. 677. Whenever any number of persons, exceeding six, may be desirous of forming themselves into a corporation or body politic, for any religious, scientific, literary or charitable purpose, and to 1855 185. acquire and enjoy the rights, privileges and powers of a body Act of incorpo corporate and politic in law, it shall be lawful for such persons to adopted. prepare and sign an instrument, either in an authentic form or under private signature, wherein they shall declare and specify the purposes and objects of such corporation; the name, style and title thereof; the place chosen for its domicile; the manner in which such managers and officers are to be chosen; the officer on whom citations may be served; and the length of time during which the corporation shall exist and continue. The act of incorporation shall be handed to the district attorney of the district in which its domicile is fixed, for To be approved examination as to its legality; and should he be of opinion that the by the district purposes and objects of the corporation, as specified in said act, ary legal, and that none of the provisions therein contained are contrare to law, he shall indorse his opinion to that effect thereon. The act, together with the opinion of the district attorney, shall then be recorded in the office of the parish recorder, or other officer per- To be recorded forming the duties of parish recorder, which act, when so recorded, in the office of shall constitute the subscribers to the same, and their associates and the Recorder. successors, a body politic and corporate, for the purposes and objects declared and contained in the act, and shall have continuance and

attorney.