Louisiana's Justice of the Peace: 1910

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ACT NO. 3. AN ACT To amend and re-enact Act No. 139 of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, approved July 14th, 1898, entitled: “An Act to re-enact” Section 27 of Act No. 45 of 1896, entitled: “An Act to incorporate the City of New Orleans, provide for the government and administration of” the affairs thereof, and repeal all acts inconsistent or in conflict. ‘‘there with ''; due notice hereof having been given, as required by the Constitution and evidence thereof exhibited to the General Assembly.

Approved June 3, 1910.

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ACT NO. 12. AN ACT. To amend and reenact Sections 4 and 5 of Act No. 51 of 1902, entitled, “An Act abolishing the offices of Justice of the Peace and Constable in Ward Three (3), Calcasieu Parish. and creating in their stead the City Court of the City of Lake Charles, consisting of Judge and Marshall, and defining their qualifications, powers, jurisdiction and term of office; providing for their salaries and fees, and method of executing process.

Approved June 15, 1910.

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ACT NO 15. AN ACT. To create the Parish of “Evangeline” and to provide for the organization thereof.

Approved: June 15, 1910.

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ACT NO. 27. AN ACT To provide for the organization of new parishes; for the appointment and election of officers therefor; for the transferring of the records and the adjustment of the affairs of the new parish or parishes with the parish or parishes out of which the said new parish or parishes is or are formed.

Approved: June 24th, 1910.

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ACT No. 45. AN ACT To amend and re-enact Article 1131 of the Revised Code of Practice of Louisiana.

Approved June 29, 1910.

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ACT NO. 160. AN ACT To amend and re-enact Act No. 91 of the Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana for the year 1904, approval July 4th, 1904, entitled “An Act to amend and re- enact Section 29 of Act 136 of the Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana for the year 1898, entitled An Act for the creation and government of municipal corporations throughout the State, and defining their powers and duties, and providing for the extension and contraction of their limits.

Approved July 6, 1910.

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ACT NO. 161. AN ACT To amend and re-enact Sections 5, 11, 13 and 16 of Act 169 of 1898, as amended and re-enacted by Act 60 of 1902 and Act 156 of 1906, entitled “An Act to incorporate the City of Baton Rouge and the administration of the affairs thereof, etc., '' and to repeal all laws in conflict therewith.

Approved: July 6, 1910.

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ACT NO. 177. AN ACT To empower and direct Judges of the City Courts throughout the State, and Justices of the Peace, in their respective Parishes, to act for and in the stead of one another.

Approved: July 6, 1910.

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ACT NO. 186. AN ACT To create an additional Justice of the Peace and Constable for Ward two (2) of the Parish of La Salle and to provide for their appointment until the General State Election of 1912 due notice of intention to apply for this Act having been given as required by Article 50 of the Constitution.

Approved : July 6, 1910.

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ACT NO. 203. AN ACT To invest the Justice of the Peace of the First Ward of the Parish of St. Bernard with criminal jurisdiction over misdemeanors to be tried without a Jury, with the right of appeal to the District Court in all cases not appealable to the Supreme Court, and to provide for the qualifications of the said Justice of the Peace.

Approved: July 6, 1910.

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ACT NO. 211. AN ACT To create an additional Justice of the Peace in the 7th Ward of Vermilion Parish: “due notice of the application to apply for the passage of this Act having been published as required by Article fifty of the Constitution.

Approved : July 6, 1910.

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ACT No. 283. AN ACT To amend and re-enact Sections one and two of Act 71 of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana of the year 1906, entitled: “An Act to protect the Natural Gas fields of this State : and to provide for closing, capping or plugging of wild, uncontrolable [sic] or burning natural gas wells in this State or otherwise preventing the escapes and waste of natural gas there from by the owners, or proprietors thereof after due notice; and providing that in default of the owners or proprietors doing so after such notice, that the Governor, on complaint to him shall direct the Board of State Engineers to close, cap or plug the same or otherwise prevent, the escape and waste of natural gas therefrom at the expense of the owners or proprietors; and providing that possession of such natural gas well so closed by the State shall be retained by the State until the expense of closing the same is reimbursed to the State; and the making it a misdemeanor for any person to wilfully and intentionally set fire to any gas well or to negligently permit any natural gas well in his possession or under his management and control, to catch on fire or become wild and uncontrolable, or to negligently permit the escape and waste of natural gas therefrom ; and making it a misdemeanor to abandon any well in, near, or adjacent to any natural gas field, or apparent natural gas field without first plugging or securing the same to prevent the admission of water; into the gas producing sand, and making it a misdemeanor for any person to intentionally or wilfully injure or damage the property, pipes or pipe lines, wells or mains of any natural gas producing company or to intentionally divert gas therefrom ; and prescribing penalties therefor.

Approved: July 7, 1910.