by any mechanic or workman; and the proceedings shall be had on the account duly attested of such person furnishing materials, and the same liabilities incurred by and enforced against the contractor or owner of such building, or other person, as those provided for work or labor performed.

C. C. 2770 (2741) to 2777 (2748), 3249 (3216).

SEC. 2884. If, by collusion or otherwise, the owner of any building Owner respon erected by contract, as aforesaid, shall pay to his contractor any sible, in certain cases, to pay money in advance of the sum due on said contract, and if the amount amount of said account. still due the contractor, after such payment has been made, shall be insufficient to satisfy the demand for work and labor done and performed, or materials furnished, the owner shall be liable to the amount that would have been due at the time of his receiving the amount of such work, in the same manner as if no payment had been made.

Privilege of consignee.j

C. C. 2774 (2745), 3272 (3236), 3274 (3241); Act 1855, p. 327.

SEC. 2885. (Privilege of widow and minor children on deceased husband and father's estate.) See D. 1693, 1691.

C. C 3252 (3219), 3254 (3221); D. sec. 444, 2369, 3686; Act 1852, p. 171, sec. 1, 2; 34 A. 820.

SEC. 2886.

ried women.)

(Recording of mortgages and privileges in favor of marSee D. 2381.

D. sec. 3086, 3988; Act 1869, p. 114.

SEC. 2887. Article three thousand two hundred and forty-seven shall be so amended that every consignee, commission merchant, agent or factor, shall have a privilege, preferred to that of any attaching creditor, on the goods consigned to him, for any balance due to him, whether specially advanced on said goods or not; provided, they or an invoice or bill of lading have been received by him previ ous to the attachment. The privilege established by this section shall not have a preference over a privilege preëxisting in behalf of a resident creditor of this State.

C. C. 3247 (3214), 3384 (3347); D. sec. 443, 2482, 2490; Act 1841, p. 22;
Act 1841, p. 58.

SEC. 2838. (Certain effects not subject to the lessor's privilege.
See D. 2160.

C. P. 644, 647, 1140; D. sec. 572; Act 1855, p. 343.

SEC. 2889. (Additional cause for provisional seizure.) See D. 2912.
C. P. 285, sec. 5; Act 1868, p. 81.

SEC. 2890, (Privilege for towage.) See D. 3668.

SEC. 2891.
See D. 2817.

C. C. 3237 (3204); D. sec. 2914; Act 1858, p. 68.
(Term of prescription of privileges against ships, etc.)

D. sec. 3671; Act 1858, p. 111.

SEC. 2892. Hereafter the owner or owners of all private canals with

in the limits of the State of Louisiana shall have a privilege of equal Privileges on ships, etc., by rank with those granted by article three thousand two hundred and caual owners. four of the civil code, on all ships, steamboats, barges, flatboats or other vessels, for the payment of the toll or canal fees.

D. sec. 3669; Act 1867, p. 297.

continue six

SEC. 2893. Said privilege shall exist on said ships, steamboats, Privilege to barges, flatboats or other vessels, for six months from the date the months. toll of fees became due.

D. sec. 2817, 3659.

SEC. 2894. (Taxes a lien.) See D. 3270.

Act 1877, p. 56, No. 34; D. sec. 738; Act 1869, p. 146; Act 1876, p. 11, No. 13; Act 1877, p. 136, No. 96, sec. 36, 102.

SEC. 2895. (Claim for wood to be a privilege.) See D. 3657.

Act 1845, p. 468.'

SEC. 2896. (Privilege for damages caused by collisions, etc.) See D. 3659.

SEC. 2897. From and after the passage of this act, in addition to the privileges enumerated in title twenty-first of the civil code of this State, a special privilege is hereby granted in favor of attorneys-atlaw for the amount of their professional fees on all judgments obtained by them, to take rank as first privilege thereon.

D. sec. 128, 2873; Act 1868, June 9.

SEC. 2898. (Notes protested to be a lien.) See D. 295.
Act 1855, p. 214.

SEC. 2899. (Sequestration.) See D. 3533.

C. P. 274, 375; D. sec. 538; Act 1826, p. 170, sec. 9.

SEC. 2900. (In what cases obtained.) See D. 3534.

C. P. 275; D. sec. 539; Act 1839, p. 164, sec. 6.

SEC. 2901. (Provisional seizure.) See D. 2165.

C. P. 287; D. sec. 541, 2-73, 2908; Act 1839, p. 172, sec. 22.

SEC. 2902. (Seizure of ships, when set aside.) See D. 2909.

C. C. 289; D. sec. 3674; Act 1839, p. 166, sec. 12.

Privilege of attorneys on judgments.

Conflict be

to be trans

SEC. 2903. Whenever a conflict of privilege arises between creditors all the suits and claims shall be transferred to the court by whose tween creditors mandate the property was first seized, either in mesne process or on ferred to the execution, and said court shall proceed to class the privileges and court first seiz. mortgages according to their rank and privilege, in a summary man

ner, after notifying the parties interested.

ing.

Act 1870, p. 119, No. 86; C. P. 126; D. sec. 1942.

Manner of pawning certain evidences of credit.

Movable prop

erty, how pawned.

Notice to be to be given.

Sale of
ty pawned.

proper

PLEDGE.

SEC. 2904. When a debtor wishes to pawn promissory notes, bills of exchange, stocks, obligations or claims upon other persons, he shall deliver to the creditors the notes, bills of exchange, certificates of stocks or other evidences of the claims or rights so pawned, and such pawn so made, without further formalities, shall be valid, as well against third persons as against the pledgors thereof, if made in good faith.

Act 1876, p. 113, No. 72; D. sec. 335, 337, 2482; Act 1866, p. 266.

SEC. 2905. All pledges of movable property may be made by private writing, accompanied by actual delivery, and the delivery of property on deposit in a warehouse shall pass by private assignment of the warehouse receipt, so as to authorize the owner to pledge such property; and such pledge so made, without further formalities, shall be valid, as well as against the third persons as against the pledgors thereof, if made in good faith.

C. C. 3158 (3125); D. sec. 2490; Act 1874, p. 114, No. 66; Act 1876, p 113, No. 72; Act 1882, p. 56, No. 44.

SEC. 2906. If a credit not negotiable be given in pledge, notice of the same must be given to the debtor.

C. C. 2643 (2613), 3158 (3125); D. sec. 336.

SEC. 2907. In all pledges of movable property it shall be lawful for the pledgor to authorize the sale or other disposition of the property pledged, in such manner as may be agreed upon by the parties, without the intervention of courts of justice.

C. C. 3165 (3132).

Seizure of ships, when set aside.

PROVISIONAL SEIZURE.

SEC. 2908. (Provisional seizure.) See D. 2165.

C. P. 287; D. sec. 541, 2573, 2901; Act 1839, p. 172, sec. 22. SEC. 2909. Whenever ships or other vessels are provisionally seized the defendant shall be permitted to have the seizure set aside, on executing a bond in favor of the plaintiff, as in cases of attachment.

C. P. 289; D. sec. 2902, 3674; Act 1830, p. 166, sec. 12.

SEC. 2910. (Lessee's right to bond.) See D. 2161.

C. P. 287; D. sec. 3587; Act 1868, p. 94.

SEC. 2911. (Appraisement.) See D. 2162.

C. P. 287; D. sec. 3588.

SEC. 2912. In addition to the causes for which provisional seizures may now be granted, they may be granted in the following case: La- Additional cause for proborers on farms or plantations, whether they are employed by the visional seizure. day, month or year, when they sue for their wages, shall have the right to provisionally seize the crop or other thing on which they have a privilege for such employment, by making oath that they verily believe the crop or other thing on which they have a privilege is about to be removed from the farm or plantation or place where it was raised or ordinarily belongs; or, if it has already been removed, that they verily believe the thing is about to be sold or disposed of so as to deprive them of their privilege.

C. P. 285, sec. 5; D. sec. 2889; Act 1868, p. 81.

Additional

visional seiz

ure.

SEC. 2913. In addition to the cases in which provisional seizures are allowed by law, the right to such remedy shall be allowed to cause for pro. laborers on farms or plantations when they shall sue for their hire, or may fear that the other party is about to remove the crops, in the cultivation of which they have labored, beyond the jurisdiction of the court.

C. P. 285, sec. 5; Act 1867, p. 3.

have it set

SEC. 2914. Whenever ships, vessels or any other property, are provisionally seized, the defendant shall be permitted to have the seizure Seizure of ships, when deset aside, on executing his obligation, with a good and solvent security, fendant may for whatever amount the judge may determine as being equal to the aside. value of the property to be left in his possessiɔn; or the condition of said bond to be that he will satisfy such judgment as may be rendered against him or return the property.

C. P. 289; D. sec. 542, 638, 2890, 3672; Act 1867, July 6.

SEC. 2915. When the defendant does not bond said property within ten days, the intervenor, claiming the ownership of the property, his agent or attorney, shall have the right to give a similar bond and nor may bond security to the sheriff as required in this act from the defendant, and property.

to take the property seized into his possession.

C. P. 289; D. sec. 543, 3673; Act 1876, p. 92, No. 51-intervenor's right to bond; Act 1877, p. 22, No. 19—plaintiff's right to bond.

When interve

PUBLIC LANDS.

ACTS OF CONGRESS DONATING SWAMP LANDS TO LOUISIANA. An act to aid the State of Louisiana in draining the swamp lands therein. SEC. 1. To aid the State of Louisiana in constructing the necessary levees and drains, to reclaim the swamp and overflowed lands therein, the whole of those swamp and overflowed lands which may be or are found

Office of regis ter of the State land office.

unfit for cultivation, shall be and the same are hereby granted to that State.

SEC. 2. As soon as the secretary of the treasury shall be advised, by the governor of Louisiana that the State has made necessary preparation to defray the expenses thereof he shall cause a personal examination to be made, under the direction of the surveyor-general thereof, by experienced and faithful deputies, of all swamp lands therein which are subject to overflow and unfit for cultivation, and a list of the same to be made out, and certified by the deputies and surveyor-general, to the secretary of the treasury, who shall approve the same so far as they are not claimed or held by individuals; and on that approval the fee simple to said lands shall vest in the State of Louisiana. subject to the disposal of the legislature thereof; provided, however, that the proceeds of said lands shall be applied exclusively, as far as necessary, to the construction of the levees and drains aforesaid.

SEC. 3. In making out a list of these swamp lands, subject to overflow and unfit for cultivation, all legal subdivisions, the greater part of which is of that character, shall be included in that list; but when the greater part of a subdivision is not of that character the whole of it shall be excluded therefrom; provided, however, that the provisions of this act shall not apply to any lands fronting on creeks, bayous, water courses, etc., which have been surveyed into lots or tracts under the acts of third of March, eighteen hundred and eleven, and the twenty-fourth of May, eighteen hundred and twenty-four; provided, further, that the United States shall in no manner be held liable for any expense incurred in selecting these lands and making out the lists thereof, or for making any surveys that may be required to carry out the provisions of this act. Approved March 2, 1849.

An act to enable the State of Arkansas and other States to reclaim the swamp lands within their limits.

SEC. 1. To enable the State of Arkansas to construct the necessary levees and drains, to reclaim the swamp and overflowed lands therein, the whole of those swamp and overflowed lands made unfit thereby for cultivation, which shall remain unsold at the passage of this act, shall be and the same are hereby granted to said State.

SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the secretary of the interior, as soon as may be practicable after the passage of this act, to make out an accnrate list and plats of the lands described as aforesaid, and transmit the same to the governor of the State of Arkansas; and at the request of said governor cause a patent to be issued to the State therefor; and on that patent the fee simple to said lands shall vest in the State of Arkansas, subject to the disposal of the legislature thereof; provided, however, that the proceeds of said lands, whether from sale or by direct appropriation in kind. shall be applied exclusively, as far as necessary, to the purpose of reclaiming said lands by means of the levees and drains aforesaid.

SEC. 3. In making out a list and plats of the land aforesaid, all legal subdivisions, the greater part of which is "wet and unfit for cultivation," shall be included in said list and plats; but when the greater part of a subdivision is not of that character the whole of it shall be excluded therefrom.

SEC. 4. The provisions of this act shall be extended to and their benefits be conferred upon each of the other States of the Union in which such swamp and overflowed lands, known and designated as aforesaid, may be situated. Approved September 28, 1850.

LAND OFFICE AT THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT.

Section 2916 to section 2926, inclusive, are superseded by the following Act of 1880, p. 85, No. 75:

SEC. 1. There shall be established, under the provisions of this act, an office for the sale of public lands donated to the State by congress, which