Fees of Recorders, by whom paid. The death or re moval of the master to dis solve the con tract. expenses for passing and recording said acts of indenture shall be paid by the employe, which fees shall be the same as now allowed by law for passing ordinary acts of conveyances, and no more. 10. [SEC. 73.] The death or removal of the master from the State before the term of an apprentice expires, shall dissolve the contract of apprenticeship. Electors, when privileged from arrest, 24 Members of General Assembly, when privileged from arrest,... 40 Bail authorized to give up defendant, 1 Orders of arrest to be issued by the The body of defendant to be deliver- Judge.. 6 Electors, when privileged from arrest. Freedom of members from arrest. CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS. ART. 24. Electors in all cases except treason, felony, or breach of the peace, shail be privileged from arrest during their attendance on, going to, and returning from elections. ART. 40. The members of the General Assembly, in all cases except treason, felony, or breach of the peace, shall be privileged from arrest during their attendance at the sessions of their respective Houses, and going to, or returning from the same; and for any speech or debate in either House shall not be questioned in any other place. 1855-42. Bail authorized to give up defendant. 1. [SEC. 88.] In all civil suits instituted in any of the courts of this State, in which the defendant shall have been held to bail, the bail shall be authorized to deliver up the defendant in discharge of his recognizance or bail bond, at any time. Mode of pro 2. [SEC. 89.] Whenever the bail of any defendant in any suit shall be desirous to deliver up the defendant, he shall apply to the ceeding. Judge of the court in which the suit may be pending, for a cepi corpus, or certificate that the defendant has been delivered to him on bail, which certificate shall be a good and sufficient warrant to the bail, or any person duly authorized by him, to arrest the defendant wherever he may be found, for the purpose aforesaid. fendant to be court or to the Sheriff. 3. [SEC. 90.] Whenever any bail shall have arrested such defendant, he may produce his body, and deliver him up to the court The body of dein which the suit may be pending, if in session, who shall commit delivered in him to the custody of the Sheriff, and cancel the bail bond; or, if the court shall not be in session, the bail may tender the body of the defendant to the Sheriff of the parish, together with his authority for delivering him up, which Sheriff shall be bound to receive such defendant into his custody, to be dealt with in all respects as if he had never been bailed, and shall deliver to the bail his receipt for the body of the defendant, which receipt shall entitle the bail to have his bond canceled, upon exhibiting the same to the court where the suit may be pending. preventing bail defendant. 4. [SEC. 91.] Whoever shall forcibly oppose, obstruct or prevent any bail, or his agent duly appointed, from arresting any such defend- Punishment for ant, or shall forcibly rescue, or attempt to rescue him after he shall from arresting have been arrested, shall be liable, on conviction thereof, to all the pains and penalties that are by law prescribed for opposing, obstructing or preventing Sheriffs from executing process, and shall, moreover, be liable to the bail for all damages he may sustain by reason of such forcible opposition, obstruction or rescue. 5. [SEC. 92.] No debtor shall be kept in confinement at the suit of any creditor, unless he shall pay the keeper of the jail three dollars Allowance to be and fifty cents a week, in advance, for the use of the debtor. by 6. [SEC. 96.] The orders of arrest, attachment, sequestration, provisional seizure, and injunction, as well as the commissions to take the deposition of witnesses in civil matters, shall be issued the Judge before whom the case is brought; provided, that the parties applying for the same comply with the formalities prescribed by law to obtain any of the above mentioned orders. paid for debtors in confinement. charged with 7. [SEC. 102.] Any creditor who may justly believe that he has good cause of complaint, may appeal to a competent Judge, who may 1855–432. thereupon order the arrest and confinement of the party complained Debtors of, until he shall give bond, in a sum to be fixed by the Judge, with fraud may be arone or more solvent sureties residing in the State, conditioned for such party's appearance to answer the petition and abide the final order of the court thereon. rested under the insolvent laws. 1870-161-Ex tra session. 8. [SEC. 87.] All militiamen are free from arrest in all civil cases when going to or returning from militia muster, and during one day Freedom from for every twenty miles they have to travel in so going or returning. arrest. Their arms, uniforms, accoutrements, and the horses of those required to be mounted, with their equipage, are free from seizure in any civil action. ATTACHMENTS. 1828-38-1. Oath of agent or attorney. 1857-84. Appointment and fees of advocates. NO. Oath of agent or attorney. 1 Appointment and fees of advocates NO. 2 1. [SEC. 106.] The oath required to authorize the issuing of an attachment in cases where the debt is already due, may be made by the agent or attorney of the creditor, to the best of his knowledge and belief. 2. [SEC. 108.] Advocates appointed by the Judge to represent absent defendants in cases of attachment, shall be entitled to the sum of ten dollars as a fee, to be taxed as costs, which, upon application and proof to the court, may be increased in proportion to the services rendered. Who may be ad 1. [SEC. 111.] Any citizen of the United States, possessing the qualifications (except that of residence) necessary to constitute a 1855-121. legal voter, shall be admitted to practice as an attorney at law in any court of this State, upon obtaining a license from the Supreme Court of this State. 2. mitted to prac tice as attorneys at law. to grant licenses [SEC. 112.] The Supreme Court shall grant licenses to applicants possessing the qualifications required by the preceding section: Supreme Court First-To all graduates of the Law Department of the University of Louisiana, who shall produce evidence of good character. Second-When they shall produce a license to practice law from any other State of this Union, or a diploma from any law school or college of the other States, with evidence of good character, and shall have been examined in open court touching their fitness to practice in the courts of this State and found qualified. Third-When the applicants shall have been found qualified to practice law in the courts of this State, by an examination before the Supreme Court, according to such rules and regulations as they may adopt from time to time. Attorneys from how licensed. 3. [SEC. 113.] Any person having been licensed to practice law in the superior courts of any of the States of this Union, on the pre- other States, sentation of said license to any one of the Judges of the Supreme Court, or any two of the Judges of the District Courts, with evidence of good moral character, who after being duly examined by said Judge or Judges on the laws of Louisiana and found qualified to practice law, shall be by said Judge or Judges licensed to practice law in any and all courts of this State, on taking the oath prescribed by law. 1868-266. Attorneys from 4. [SEC. 114.] Attorneys at law who have been admitted to practice at the bar of the highest court of record in any State of the United States, may be admitted to practice before any court of this other States, State, upon motion of any member of the bar of this State, and upon presentation of a certificate that such attorney has been duly how admitted. 1857-7. Oath of attor. neys and counselors it law. 1855-121. Penalty for Judges and officers of courts admitted to the bar, the same being duly attested by the Clerk of said highest courts of record, and bearing the seal thereof, which shall be spread on the minutes of court with the order admitting the applicant to practice. 5. [SEC. 115.] Each and every counselor and attorney at law shall, before he be allowed to practice in any of the courts of this State, take oath to support the Constitution of the United States and of this State, as also the following additional oath, to wit: "I (A. B.) do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will demean myself honestly in my practice as counselor or attorney at law, and that I will discharge my duty in every respect to the best of my knowledge and ability;" and no other oath or affirmation shall be required from any applicant for admission to the bar of this State. 6. [SEC. 116.] No Judge shall appear or plead in any court for any other person; and no Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff, or Clerk of any court shall appear or plead for any person in the court for which he is an acting as attor Officer, except as attorney in fact (as must be made to appear by authentic documents), for any persons not residing within this State, or being absent from the same, under the penalty of being fined by the court in the sum of five hundred dollars for every such offense. neys at law. 7. [SEC. 117.] No Judge, Clerk or Deputy Clerk, Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff, or any other officer or his Deputy, of any court in this State, Judges, Clerks, shall appear or plead as attorney for any other person in the court 1861-87. Deputy Clerks, law. Penalty. etc., prohibited for which he is an officer, or shall practice or receive a fee or fees as from practicing as attorneys at an attorney at law in any case of succession opened in said court, or act as attorney at law for said successions in any matter whatever, either directly or indirectly, in his own name or that of persons interposed; and any of said officers who shall violate the provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on indictment and conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned not less than six months, fined not less than five hundred dollars, be removed from office, and, if an attorney at law, have his license canceled, and be forever afterwards incapable of appearing and practicing as an attorney at law in any court in this State. 1855-121. For exciting suits, etc. For refusing to 8. [SEC. 118.] Whenever it shall be made to appear to any court, having jurisdiction thereof, that an attorney at law has been guilty of exciting or fomenting suits or quarrels, the court shall, on motion, in a summary way, on giving the accused due notice, direct that the name of said attorney be erased from the names of the officers of court. 9. [SEC. 119.] If any attorney at law shall recover any sum of Fay over money money for his client, and shall neglect or refuse to pay it over when collected. |