recorder to keep a book for recording marks and brands. 1. [SFC. 383.] It shall be the duty of the Recorders of the several parishes of this State to keep a book for the purpose of re- 1855–80. cording therein the brands and marks of animals, and upon the request of any person owning cattle or other animals in his parish, to inscribe in the book the brands and marks used by such person. 2. [SEC. 384.] It shall be his duty, in case there shall be the same brands or marks belonging to different persons, to give notice Duty of Reto them immediately of the date of recording of each, and the person persons having whose brand or mark shall have been first recorded shall have the right to the same without alteration. corder to notify brands alike. 3. (SEC. 385.] The Recorder shall be entitled to demand and receive twenty-five cents for each and every brand and mark, or Recorder's fees. brand or mark alone, when only one is used; and whenever a certificate of the Recorder is required, he shall be entitled to demand and receive twenty-five cents for the same. These provisions shall not be so construed as in any manner to interfere with the central office for the recording of marks and Proviso. brands for certain parishes, heretofore established at Vermilionville, in the parish of Lafayette. CEMETERY. NO. Cemeteries exempt from taxation and from seizure and sale for debt..... 1 The proprietors of cemeteries to prescribe the mode of selling burial lots, etc..... NO. Sale of burial lots not to be recorded. 2 2 Penalty for failure. re 1. [SEC. 386.] All public cemeteries for the purpose of interment, with the monuments erected thereon, whether owned by ligious or charitable corporations or associations, by municipal 1855-118. Cemeteries exempt from taxation and from seizure and sale cor- for debt. of cemeteries mode of selling burial lots, etc. porations or by individuals, shall be forever exempt from taxation and from seizure and sale for debt, and shall never be susceptible of mortgage, whether legal or conventional. 2. [SEC. 387.] All religious denominations and congregations of The proprietors this State, and all other associations which now own, or may hereafto prescribe the ter own, any portion of land destined as a place for the interment of the dead, shall have the right to sell, convey and transfer such parts, fractions, or lots of the same, as may be necessary and proper for interments; the acts of sale, conveyance and transfer shall be passed under such form as may be prescribed by the by-laws or special resolutions of the religious denominations and congregations or other associations. lots need not be recorded. Acts of sale so made shall be equally authentic and impart full Sale of burial proof as if they had been passed before a notary public and two witnesses. It shall not be necessary to record them in any public office, nor shall it be lawful for the Recorder of Mortgages in any city or parish of this State, to record or certify the existence of any privilege or mortgage bearing on said lots. The lots shall be forever free from taxation and from seizure, attachment or sequestration for debts of any owner, whether belonging to the succession of deceased persons, or to surviving friends. Sextons of cem Orleans and Jefferson. DUTIES OF SEXTONS IN THE PARISHES OF ORLEANS AND JEFFERSON. 3. [SEC. 6.] It shall be the duty of the sexton of each cemetery 1870-132. in the parishes of Orleans and Jefferson, to deliver, within thirty eteries of New days after the passage of this act, a list of the names, ages and late residences of all males over twenty-one years of age, who have been interred in their respective cemeteries since the twenty-fourth day of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight (1868), and also on or before the fifth day of each month, at the office of the State Registrar of Voters, a list of the names, ages and late residences of all males over twenty-one years of age, who have been interred in their respective cemeteries during the preceding month, and in the event of any such sexton failing or neglecting so to do, he shall be liable to a fine of twenty-five dollars, to be recovered before any court of competent jurisdiction, for the benefit of the Charity Hospital. Failure. 1855-203. Eight Adminis trators to be ap pointed annu ernor. The Governor to 1. [SEC. 388.] Within twenty days after the meeting of the General Assembly each year, the Governor shall nominate and, with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint eight Administrators of ally by the Gov- the Charity Hospital at New Orleans, who, together with the Governor of the State, shall compose the Board of Administrators. The Govbe President of ernor shall be in perpetuity President of the Board. They shall at their first meeting elect a Vice President, who shall perform the duties of President in his absence. A quorum for the transaction of business shall be four Administrators, who shall have power to elect, in the absence of the President and Vice President, a President pro tempore. They shall assemble on the first Monday of each month, and oftener if the President thinks fit or business requires it. the Board. Vice President. Their powers. Their powers. 2. [SEC. 389.] They shall have full power and authority to manage and administer the Hospital, to repair and improve its property, of whatever nature it may be, to rent and lease the same, and to enter into any kind of contracts, (sales of real estate excepted), to accept, in behalf of the Hospital, all donations and legacies, also to sue and implead and to be impleaded, in all affairs and actions whatever, before any of the courts of the State. 3. [SEC. 390.] They shall have the power to order, establish, alter and put into execution all by-laws and ordinances which they think best suited to the interest and better regulation of the Hospital, if such by-laws and ordinances be not contrary to the laws of this State, to the Constitution of the United States, nor to the police crdinances of the corporation of New Orleans; and to appoint the several persons they may judge necessary for the service of the Hospital. At each monthly meeting they shall designate two of their own members, whose duty it shall be, either jointly or separately to visit the Hospital, at least twice in every week, to inspect the service of the same, and enforce the execution of the regulations, on all which they shall make their report to the Board. 4. [SEC. 391.] They shall appoint a Treasurer, to be continued Treasurer to be at their own will, who, before he enters upon the functions of his office, shall give a bond and security to the satisfaction of the Board of Administrators. appointed. 5. [SEC. 392.] It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to recover all sums due to the Hospital; to keep a correct statement of its pro- His duties. perty, claims and revenues, and to make all necessary payments authorized by the Board, and not otherwise, and finally to return every year to the Board, a minute account of his receipts and expenditures, which, after being carefully examined by a special committee, shall, if found just and correct, be approved by the Board. cases to vacate 6. [SEC. 393.] The Board shall have power to declare the seat Power in certain of any member vacant who shall absent himself from three successive seat of absent monthly meetings, without leave, and to fill all vacancies that may Power to fill vaoccur in the Board. members. cancies. of the Board. 7. [SEC. 394.] The Administrators shall, within the first ten days after the annual meeting of the General Assembly, make a re- Annual report port to each branch thereof, which report shall contain a faithful account of the receipts and disbursements of the institution, and a faithful statement of all property, both real and personal, owned or claimed by the Charity Hospital. Register to be kept by the Clerk. Tableau to be 8. [SEC. 395.] A register containing the family and christian names of each and every patient who shall have been admitted into the Hospital, also his last place of residence, if known, the disorder with which he may have been afflicted, the time of his death or discharge, and whether cured or not, shall be kept by the Clerk of the establishment, under the superintendence of the Administrators; and it shall be their duty to annex to their annual report to the General Assembly a tableau extracted from this register, exhibiting the nature of the diseases attended to at the Hospital during the preceding year, annexed to their the number of patients admitted, the number of persons dead, cured, or gone out of the Hospital for any other cause, the country in which they were born, and the number remaining at the end of the year. 9. [SEC. 396.] All money coming to the Hospital shall be exclusively appropriated to the use of the patients, but the Admin- Money coming istrators may from time to time make such changes in, or additions how approprito the Hospital as they may deem expedient, whenever the revenues may permit the same to be done. annual report. to the hospital. ated. 1837-199. Tax on balls and tres and circuses Charity Hospital concerts, thea for benefit of the 10. [SEC. 397.] For every public ball or concert the sum of ten dollars shall be paid to the Treasurer of the Hospital, and annually for each theatre, one hundred dollars; for each circus, one hundred and fifty dollars; for every menagerie, fifty dollars; for every show, twentyfive dollars. And it shall be the duty of the Mayor of the city of New Orleans, in authorizing any of these exhibitions, previously to Mayor of the require the receipt of the Treasurer of the Hospital for the payment of the said sums respectively, and in case he should issue any license Duty of the city of New Orleans. |