than those herein otherwise provided for, and for making return of service, twenty-five cents (25c).

Third-For service of subpoena on each witness, and making return thereof, twenty-five cents (25c).

Fourth-For service of attachment on a witness or any person for contempt of court to be brought into court forthwith or at any subsequent time, and for return thereon, one dollar ($1.00).

Fifth-For service of notice of judgment, and for return thereon, fifty cents (50c).

Sixth For service of citation of appeal, for each party on whom service is directed to be made, and for making return thereon, one dollar ($1.00).

Seventh-For executing a writ of attachment including notice of seizure served on defendant, and for returns thereon, for all, one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50).

Eighth-For making and serving each notice of seizure upon garnishee under writ of attachment of fieri facias, including copy and return, one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50).

Ninth-For executing writ of arrest, and making returns thereon, one dollar ($1.00).

Tenth-For executing writ of sequestration, provisional seizure, distringas or possession, including notice to defendant, and making returns thereon, in each case, one dollar ($1.00).

Eleventh-For serving writ of injunction or notice of demand, and making returns thereon, in each case, one dollar ($1.00).

Twelfth-For serving notice of seizure and sale on one party and making copy for recordation in the mortgage office, when necessary or required, and for making returns, for all, one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50), and for service of each additional notice of seizure and return, fifty cents (50c).

Thirteenth-For making seizure under writ of fieri facias, making and serving notice of seizure on one party, and for making copy for recordation in the mortgage office, when necessary or required, and for returns thereon, for all two dollars ($2.00). And for service of notice of seizure on each additional party, and return, fifty cents (50c).

Fourteenth-For advertising sale under writ of fieri facias, seizure and sale, or other order of court, the rates established by existing laws for judicial advertisements, and no more.

Fifteenth-For preparing advertisements for newspapers,

for each one hundred words or part thereof, seventy-five cents (75c).

Sixteenth-For keeping property under seizure when stored in warehouses the usual charge of warehouse-keepers shall be allowed, and no more, provided that this shall not be construed as to bar the constable from collecting the cost of insurance effected, or for drayage, or other incidental expenses necessary for the preservation or keeping of property actually paid by him.

Seventeenth-For keeping property when a keeper or guardian is required, one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) for every twelve hours of part thereof shall be allowed; and in all cases in which the property under seizure is of a nature or kind requiring the constant attention of the constable, one or more additional keepers at the same rate of compensation shall be chargeable.

Eighteenth-For commission on sales of property made by the constable five per cent. (5 per cent.) shall be allowed.

Nineteenth-For commission on moneys realized under mesne or final process, the same rates as in case of sale, provided, no commission shall be allowed in case where nothing is realized by the plaintiff in the execution or other writ.

Twentieth-For making return or writ where sale has been made, including proces verbal of sale, one dollar ($1.00).

Twenty-first-For each deed of conveyance of real property, four dollars ($4.00).

Twenty-second-For taking bond in cases allowed by law, fifty cents (50c). (Amd. Act 212, 1906, p. 368.)

Each Party Pays Constable.

1590. [Sec. 34.] The fees of the constable shall be paid by the party requiring the service to be performed, and such party shall be entitled to recover the same from the other party on the final termination of the cause, if costs should be decreed in his favor, and such party shall be protected by a bond or security in the same manner as is provided by section four of this act.

Sections 25-29 Apply to Constables.

1591. [Sec. 35.] Sections 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29 of this act, relative to the costs of the civil sheriff of the parish of Orleans, shall apply to and govern the costs of the constables of the city courts of New Orleans, and the collections thereof.

Constable's Fees City License Suits.

1592. [Sec. 2, Act 90, 1877, E. S., p. 128.] The fees and charges of the constable [in city license suits], not including

actual disbursements nor the usual commissions on collections and sales, shall be in all cases in which he receives any process or orders of court for services previous to judgment, one dollar.

In all cases in which he receives a fieri facias, an additional dollar, if the amount does not exceed fifty dollars, and two dollars when the amount sued for does not exceed one hundred dollars nor less than fifty dollars. In all cases where a keeper is placed in possession of the defendant's property under seizure, one dollar a day shall be allowed.

Fees of Constable When Demandable.

1593. [R. S. 781.] Three months after the institution of any suit, constables in the parish of Orleans may demand their fees from the plaintiff or party by whom they are due, and upon failure to pay, the justice may, after proof has been adduced of the correctness of the amount contradictorily with the party against whom the motion is made, issue a fieri facias in favor of the constable; but nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to prevent any constable from collecting his fees from the defendant at any time after judgment against such defendant. (Reenacted Sec. 7, Act 27, 1880, p. 28.)

Fee for Recording Birth, Death or Marriage, and for Certificate of Recordation.

1594. [Sec. 13, Act 80, 1877, E. S., p. 120.] There shall be collected for the recording under this Act of any birth or death the sum of fifty cents, and like fee for any certificate of such record, and for recording any marriage the sum of one dollar, and like fee for certificate of recording of the same.

Scalage Prohibited.

COTTON.

1595. [Sec. 1, Act 21, 1888, p. 17.] It shall be unlawful for any purchaser or weigher of cotton to deduct two pounds, or any number of pounds, known as scalage, from the actual weight of any bale of cotton, weighed or purchased by them.

Wet Cotton.

1596. [Sec. 2.] The purchasers shall account to the seller of cotton in all instances for the actual weight of the bale purchased or weighed, except in cases of wet or damaged cotton,

when the amount to be deducted may be agreed upon by the parties buying and selling.

Penalty.

1597.

[Sec. 3.] For each violation of this act, the offender shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, by a court of competent jurisdiction, he shall be fined not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars.

Classification.

1598. [Act 312, 1908, p. 316.] The Commissioner of Agriculture and Immigration be, and he is hereby directed to fix a standard for the different grades of cotton (calling to his assistance for that purpose three expert cotton classifiers), and in doing so he shall first fix a standard of middling cotton, and using same as the basis, shall proceed to fix a standard for four grades of cotton above said basis, and four grades of cotton below said basis, giving careful consideration alike to the interests of the producers and spinners of cotton. When said standard has been fixed by said Commissioner of Agriculture and Immigration of the nine different grades of cotton as herein provided, to be designated middling fair, strict good middling, good middling, strict middling, middling, strict low middling, low middling, strict good ordinary, and good ordinary, same shall be, and is hereby declared the official standard of cotton classification. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Immigration is hereby authorized, and directed to prepare, in the most practical form, said standard of cotton, and on request shall furnish same to farmers' institute, union or association, or to any cotton spinners' association, or to any agricultural school or college, or to any cotton exchange dealing in bona fide sales of cotton for future delivery, in each instance the cost for furnishing said standard to be paid by the institute, union, association, or exchange requesting same, when delivered by said Commissioner, certified under his signature, and the seal of his department, provided the grades fixed by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Immigration shall be the same as the standard fixed by the Commissioner of Agriculture of the National Government. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Immigration, after said standard of cotton has been prepared, shall, upon request of cotton producers at any cotton market center in the State appoint an expert cotton classifier, who shall class any lot of cotton

submitted for that purpose, and shall receive therefor a fee of ten cents per bale to be paid by the party requesting said classification.

COURT HOUSE COMMISSION.

Court House Commission Created.

1599. [Sec. 1, Act 244, 1910, p. 408.] A Court House Commission is hereby created which Commission shall have the full custody and control and administration of the new Court House in the City of New Orleans; said Commission to consist of five (5) citizens who are taxpayers, two of whom shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the consent and advice of the Senate, and three (3) by the Mayor of the City of New Orleans. It shall hold office for four years unless sooner removed by the appointing power; said Commissioners will qualify as public officers without furnishing bonds, within thirty (30) days after their appointment; said Commissioners shall be charged with the care, custody, control, administration and conservation of the new Court House in the City of New Orleans, its adjuncts and furnishings, together with the grounds, which are bounded by Royal, Conti, Chartres and St. Louis street in the City of New Orleans. When Commission Shall Organize.

1600. [Sec. 2.] The said Commission shall meet and organize on the second Tuesday in August, 1910, in the City of New Orleans, at a place and hour to be fixed by the Governor of the State, and the said Commission shall then and there organize as a Commission by electing one of its members to serve as President and another to serve as Vice President until the expiration of their terms of office. The Vice President of the Commission shall be Acting President and exercise all the powers of the President whenever the President shall be absent from the Parish of Orleans, or be unable to act.

Transfer Books and Paper of New Commission.

1601. [Sec. 3.] Immediately upon the organization of the said Court House Commission, as provided for in this Act, shall have taken place, that the Court House Commission created by Act No. 79 of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana for the year 1902, and confirmed by Act No. 95 of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana for the year 1904, shall cease to