not exceeding one thousand dollars, and not less than two hundred dollars, or in the case of a person, imprisonment for not more than one year or both, for each and every offense, in the discretion of the court. Duty as to Produce Tax. 1250. [Sec. 1, Act 65, 1894, p. 75.] Produce liable to special assessment or forced contribution shall not be removed from the limits of the parish or levee district where the same has been raised until the special assessment or forced contribution thereon shall have been paid; and any railroad company or other carrier, or any steamboat, vessel, or other water-craft or the owners, or master or person or persons in command of such boat, vessel or other water craft, removing such produce or aiding or concerned in the removal thereof, shall be liable for and forfeit and pay to the Levee Board within the limits of whose levee district such parish is situated, double the amount of the special assessment or forced contribution for which said produce is and was liable, together with all costs including attorney's fees, which said fees are hereby fixed at fifteen dollars in each case, to be taxed as costs. Service of Process. 1251. [Sec. 3.] The service of any and all judicial processes under the provisions of this act upon any steamboat, vessel, or water craft, or the owners, masters or persons in command thereof may be made on board thereof upon the master, clerk or mate of such boat, vessel or other water-craft, or other person exercising the functions of said officers. Costs. 1252. [Sec. 5.] The penalties, costs and attorney's fees provided for by Section 1 of this act against boats, vessels and other water-craft shall be secured by first lien and privilege upon said boat, vessel or other water-craft. Transporting Game. 1253. [Sec. 3, Act 204, 1912, p. 402.] No common carrier or person in its employ while engaged in such business of common carrier shall transport any wild game protected by law or any part thereof except as may be permitted by law. Transporting Fish. [Sec. 41.] 1254. [Sec. 41.] It shall be unlawful to carry, transport, or offer for shipment, within or without the State, any package or barrel containing dead fish, unless said package or barrel is plainly and clearly marked with the name of the consignor and consignee, with an itemized statement of the number of pounds of the fish, and the names of the species contained therein. Section 65 fixes the penalty for violation of Sec. 3 or Sec. 41, fine not less than $25 nor more than $100 or imprisonment not less than 30 days, or both fine and imprisonment. Transporting Deer. 1255. [Sec. 9, Act 142, 1910, p. 219.] It shall be unlawful for any common carrier to carry, take or transport beyond the confines of the State any deer except under regulations of the Board of Commissioners for the Protection of Birds, Game and Fish [now the Conservation Commission]. Section 14 fixes the penalty, fine not less than $25 nor more than $200, or imprisonment not less than one day nor more than six months, or both fine and imprisonment. Transporting Bear. 1256. [Sec. 6, Act 268, 1910, p. 466.] It shall be unlawful for any common carrier, its officers, agents or servants to carry, take or transport beyond the confines of the State, any bear at any time; except under the written permission of the Board of Commissioners for the Protection of Birds, Game and Fish [now the Conservation Commission]. Section 9 fixes the penalty, fine not less than $5 nor more than $100, or imprisonment not less than one day, nor more than 60 days, or both fine and imprisonment. Transporting Non-Game Bird. 1257. [Sec. 8, Act 198, 1906, p. 351.] It shall be unlawful for any person or persons or any corporation acting as a common carrier, its officers, agents or servants, to receive for shipment, ship, carry, take or transport, either within or beyond the confines of the State, any resident or migratory wild non-game bird, except as permitted by this Act. Section 12 fixes the penalty, fine not less than $5 nor more than $10, or imprisonment not less than 5 days nor more than 10 days for each bird, living or dead, or part of a bird, or nest, or set of eggs, or part thereof, shipped, carried or transported in violation of the Act. Transporting Insane Person. 1258. [Act 173, 1898, p. 422.] It is hereby declared unlawful for the managers of any public carrier or for any individual to bring into the State of Louisiana from any other State or Country, any insane person who may become a charge upon the State, and any person violating this Act shall be punished upon conviction before any Court of competent jurisdiction by a fine of one hundred ($100.00) Dollars, or imprisonment for sixty (60) days, or both, at the discretion of the court, and any insane person so brought in shall be removed out of the State by and at the expense of the public carrier or individual so offending. Mileage to Be Paid for Militia. 1259. [Sec. 1, Act 105, 1888, p. 170.] All common carriers in this State are hereby required to transport by all regular trains and steamers, promptly and comfortably in coaches, or cars, or boats, at a rate not exceeding one cent per mile per man, each way, going from and returning to their proper stations, all State troops, together with the necessary arms, equipage and stores for the field, whenever said troops are ordered by the government to move within the limits of this State, for the purpose of aiding the civil authorities in suppressing disorder or maintaining the laws, or for any other purpose, or when sent into camps of instruction and practice. Penalty. 1260. [Sec. 2.] All common carriers in this State whose manager or managers shall wilfully or without good cause fail, neglect or refuse to furnish transportation as aforesaid, upon the presentation of an official copy of the order for the movement of State troops for the purposes named in section one of this act, shall be fined not less than ten nor more than twenty dollars per man for each day of such failure, neglect or refusal, to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction by a suit in the name of the State, to be brought by the Attorney General or any district attorney. Warrants for Transportation. 1261. [Sec. 3.] The adjutant general is hereby authorized to warrant on the militia appropriation to pay for the transportation of troops under this act. Duty When Delivering Liquor in Prohibition Territory. 1262. [Sec. 3, Act 202, 1914, p. 387.] It shall be unlawful for any railroad company, express company, or other common carrier, firm or corporation, or agent or employee thereof to carry any intoxicating liquor into any territory of this State where the sale of intoxicating liquor is prohibited, from any other State, or from any point of this State, for the purpose of delivery, or to deliver such intoxicating liquor to any person, company or corporation, without making and preserving a record of the delivery of such liquor, consisting of a statement in writing setting forth the date on which said liquor was received, the name and post-office address of the consignor and consignee, the place of delivery, and to whom delivered; such statement to be preserved by the carrier, corporation, firm or person, carrying such liquor, at the point of delivery for a period of not less than one year from the date of the delivery of said liquor; that said statement or record shall be accessible on demand, to any State, Parish or municipal officer charged with the enforcement of the law, or to any member of the Grand Jury of the Parish in which said delivery is made; and any railroad company, express company, or other common carrier, person, firm, or corporation, or any agent, officer, or employee thereof, failing or refusing to comply with the requirements of this Section, shall be punishable as provided in Section 10 of this Act. [Sec. 4.] 1263. [Sec. 4.] It shall be unlawful for any railroad company, express company, corporation or other common carrier, or the agent, or officer, or employee of any railroad company, express company, corporation, or other common carrier to deliver any intoxicating liquor other than to the consignee, or upon the order of the consignee, in any territory within this State where the sale of intoxicating liquor is prohibited by law. Cannot Deliver Liquor to Minor. 1264. [Sec. 5.] It shall be unlawful for any corporation or other common carrier, or person, to deliver any intoxicating liquor to any minor. Must Produce Books, When. 1265. [Sec. 9.] In the prosecution of violations of this Act, any common carrier doing business in the State of Louisi ana, shall be required to produce any book, document or record in its possession or under its control, throwing light upon such prosecution, when commanded by process issued under the authority of any State Court, and are required to permit an examination to be made of such, by any officer in this State whose duty it is to prosecute crime, where such information is sought in the aid of any criminal prosecution. Penalty. 1266. [Sec. 10.] Any person, firm or corporation or any officer, agent or employee thereof, violating any of the provisions of this act shall upon conviction, be fined not less than one hundred dollars, and not more than five hundred dollars for each offence, or shall be imprisoned for not less than thirty days. nor more than six months. CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS. PENSIONS. Board of Pension Commissioners. 1267. [Sec. 1, Act 125, 1898, p. 184.] The Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Louisiana, the Adjutant General of the State, and three Confederate veterans of established war record, selected by the Governor of the State to hold office for two years, shall constitute the Board of Pension Commissioners, who are invested with full power and authority to receive, hear and pass upon all applications for pensions under the provisions of Art. 303 of the Constitution and amendments thereto, and to prescribe such rules and regulations touching such application at such times as they may deem necessary for the proper conduct of their business as such Board and to hear evidence touching such applications at such time and place and in such manner as they may desire, and to allow or refuse pensions according as law and justice may require. The Board shall elect its secretary who shall receive the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars ($150.00) per month, payable monthly on his own warrant, and each member constituting said Board shall receive Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per annum |