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A Brief History of the Orleans Criminal District Court: 1921

1921

ACT NO. 3.          AN ACT
To make it a felony for any president, cashier or other officer or employee of any State Bank, Savings Bank or Trust Company to knowingly make false entries in any of the books of the bank or to knowingly omit or neglect to make proper entries in the books of the Bank with intent to deceive the Examiner of State Banks or Board of Directors or the public concerning the true condition of the bank; to provide the penalty for the violation of this act and regulate the mode of procedure thereunder; and to repeal all conflicting laws.

ACT NO. 40.        AN ACT
To amend and re-enact Act No. 107 of 1918, being an Act to amend and re-enact Act No. 161 of 1898, being an Act to amend and re-enact Section 845 of the Revised Statutes of the State of Louisiana.

ACT NO. 69.         AN ACT
To prohibit the making of false statements or returns of the sale of any farm or dairy product; providing penalties, and making all who shall aid or assist in any way in the violation of this act, guilty as principals.

ACT NO. 114    AN ACT
To organize the Criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans as established by Article VII, Sections 82, 83, 84, and 85 and 86 of the Constitution of the State; to create a Board of Jury Commissioners for the Parish of Orleans; providing for the appointment of the same and the filling of vacancies therein; fixing the number of the Board; defining its duties, powers, and compensation; providing for the manner of drawing, selecting and empanelling Grand, petit, and tales jurors for the Parish of Orleans; providing for the division of the Criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans into Sections; providing for an annual vacation for each of the Judges of said Court; providing for a presiding Judge of said Court; providing for the jury terms for each section of said Court; providing for the appointment of official stenographers and minute clerks for said Court and fixing their salaries; and that from and after the going into effect of this act, Acts No. 98 of 1880, No. 17Q of 1894, No. 132 of 1898, No. 64 of 1912, and all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith shall stand repealed, provided that the Grand Jury empanelled and sworn prior to the date at which this Act shall go into effect shall continue to serve until their successors shall have been empanelled and sworn under the provisions of this Act, and that the petit jurors drawn for service for the month of October, 1921, shall be empanelled and sworn under the provisions of Act 98 of 1880, and of the several Acts amendatory thereof; provided that the adoption of this Act shall not be taken or construed as vacating the office of the present Jury Commissioners of the Parish of Orleans, and provided further that all subsequent appointments of jury commissioners shall be made under this Act.

1921 Act 3

1921 Act 40

1921 Act 69

1921 Act 114