Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, etc., That all fines collected under this act (of which the Commissioner shall keep a correct and detailed account), shall be used by him to defray the expenses of the inspection of said goods, and the enforcement of the act. Sec. 8. De it further enacted, etc., That this act shall take effect from and after its promulgation. Approved July 10th, 1906. ACT NO. 179 OF 1906. AN ACT Creating the members of the Board of Directors of the Louisiana State Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, a commission, the duty of which is to be the catching and impounding of stray dogs on the streets of New Orleans, and to provide for the defraying of the expenses of said Commission. Due notice of intention to apply for the passage of this act having been published for thirty days, as required by Article 50 of the Constitution. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, That on and after the promulgation of this act, the duty of catching and impounding of unlicensed, lost, stray, homeless and wandering dogs in the streets of New Orleans, shall be delegated to a Commission, who shall be the members of the Board of Directors of the Louisiana State Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Said members of the Board of Directors of said society shall be appointed by the Mayor as members of this Commission, and the said Commission shall have full power to patrol the streets with a proper and suitable dog wagon, and are given full power to employ such implements and agents, and perform such acts as may be necessary in order to efficiently and humanely catch and impound such unlicensed, lost, stray, homeless and wandering dogs, as may be found on the streets of New Orleans. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, etc., That the City of New Orleans, from and after the date of the passage of this act, shall pay annually to the said Commission, appointed as provided in Section 1 of this act, from the proceeds of the sale of dog tags only, as provided in the ordinances in the City of New Orleans, the sum of twenty-four hundred ($2,400.00) dollars, in twelve (12) equal installments, of two hundred ($200.00) dollars each, due on the first of each and every month; which amount shall be employed by said Commission in defraying the expenses incidental to the performance of their duties as imposed by Section 1 of this act. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, etc., That the City of New Orleans snall furnish to the said Commission a police officer or officers, who shall accompany the representative of said Commission on the dog wagon, and who shall aid the Commission in the enforcement of this law. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, etc., That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with this law, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved July 11th, 1906. ACT NO. 180 OF 1906. Making a misdemeanor for persons, domiciled in the State of Louisiana, between whom marriage is prohibited by existing laws, on account of relationship within the prohibited degrees, to return to this State to reside permanently, after having contracted marriage in another State, without first having acquired a domicile, in said State, and prescribing penalties for the violation of this act. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, That any person, domiciled in this State, between whom marriage is prohibited by existing laws, on account of relationship within the prohibited degrees, who shall leave this State for the purpose of being married in another State without first having acquired a domicile in said State, and shall return to the State of Louisiana to reside permanently, after having contracted marriage in another State, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the parish prison for not less than six months nor more than one year, and a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars. Section 2. Be it further enacted, etc., That all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved July 11th, 1906. ACT NO. 188 OF 1906. AN ACT Providing for the protection of public roads and highways througnout the State by prohibiting their use as drains for water derived from artesian wells or other artificial sources. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, That it shall be unlawful for any owner or user of water from artesian wells or other artificial sources of water supply to allow said water to flow or drain on any public road or highway. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, etc., That any person violating the provisions of this act shall, upon proper conviction be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be subject to a fine of not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00), or imprisonment for a term of not less than five nor more than thirty days. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, etc., That all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved July 11th, 1906. ACT NO. 197 OF 1906. To require the weight of Grain, Chops, Bran, Fertilizer, Meal, Flour and Shorts, stamped upon the sack, package or barrel, and providing penalty for the violation of same. Section 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, That it shall be unlawful for any corporation, firm, manufacturer, merchant or other dealer their agents or employes, to sell or offer for sale any Grain, Chops, Bran, Fertilizer, Meal, Flour or Shorts, in sacks barrels or other original packages, unless the true weights of each package of such Grain, Chops, Bran, Fertilizer, Meal, Flour and Shorts, be stamped or marked upon the sacks, barrels or other packages. 1 Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, etc., That any corporation, shipper, manufacturer, merchant or other dealer, their agents or employes, who shall violate any of the provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction in the district court shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, etc., That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith or hereby repealed. Approved July 11th, 1906. ACT NO. 213 OF 1906. AN ACT To protect the water supply of cities and prohibiting any contamina tion thereof or any acts tending to contaminate same, and providing punishment for the violation of these acts: Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, That it shall be and it is hereby declared unlawful and a misdemeanor to knowingly and willfully contaminate any stream, wells, lake, pond or body of water from which the public water supply of any city of this State is taken, by knowingly and willfully placing or causing to be placed therein the dead body of any animal or animals or any offensive or filthy matter, or from doing any other act tending to corrupt, injure or contaminate said water supply; or for any one knowingly and willfully to permit to escape or drain from his premises into said water supply any substance or fluid tending to contaminate or injure said water supply, or willfully and knowingly to permit to escape from his premises or property any sewerage or fluid into the said water supply, that would injure the quality of the said water or contaminate it. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, etc., That for each and every violation of this statute there shall be imposed a fine of not less than $5.00, nor more than $100.00, or imprisonment not less than one day nor more than 30 days in the parish jail; one or both at the discretion of the court. Approved July 12th, 1906. ARTICLES FROM CIVIL CODE STATES OF LOUISIANA, 1870. Art. 92. Age of Parties. Ministers of the Gospel and magistrates, intrusted with the power of celebrating marriages, are prohibited to marry any male under the age of fourteen years, and any female under the age of twelve, and if any of them are convicted of having married such persons, he shall be removed from his office, if a magistrate, or deprived forever of the right of celebrating marriages, if a minister of the gospel. Art. 93. Bigamy. Persons legally married are, until a dissolution of marriage, incapable of contracting another, under the penalties established by the laws of this State. Art. 94. (Amd.). Prohibited Degrees. Marriage between persons related to each other in the direct ascending or descending line is prohibited. This prohibition is not confined to legitimate children, it extends also to children born out of marriage. Marriage between white persons and persons of color is prohibited, and the celebration of all such marriages is forbidden and such celebration carries with it no effect and is null and void. (As amended by Act No. 54 of 1894.) Art. 95. (Amd.). Among collateral relations, marriage is prohibited between brother and sister, whether of the whole or half blood, whether legitimate or illegitimate, between uncle and niece, between aunt and nephew, and also between first cousins. That no marriage contracted in contravention of the above provisions in another State by citizens of this State, without first having acquired a domicile out of this State, shall have any legal effect in this State. No officer whose duty it is to issue a marriage license shall do so until he shall have received an affidavit from one of the parties to be married to the effect that he or she is not related to the other party within the degree prohibited herein before. (As amended by Act No. 120 of 1900 and Act No. 9 of 1902.) Art. 96. Id. All other impediment on account of relationship or affinity are abolished. Art. 97. Parents' Consent for Minors. The minor of either sex, who has not attained the competent age to marry, must have received the consent of his father and mother or of the survivor of them; and if they are both dead, the consent of his tutor. He must furnish proof of this consent to the officer to whom he applies for permission to marry. Art. 98. Proof of Majority. Those who have attained the age of majority, on their demanding permission to marry, must furnish the officer proof of their having attained that age. Art. 99. (Amd.).Licenses to celebrate marriages in the parish of Orleans shall be granted by the Board of Health and Judges of the City Courts, in and for the said parish, and in the other parishes of the State by the Clerks of the Courts, unless the clerk himself should be a party to the marriage, when the license shall be granted by the District Judge. All marriage licenses shall be issued in duplicate. (As amended by Act No. 25 of 1882.) Art. 100. Licenses for marriage can only be granted by the person authorized to issue the same in the parish in which one at least of the parties is domiciled. Art. 101. Bond for License. Before granting the license, the person authorized to issue the same shall require of the intended husband a bond, with a surety in a sum proportioned to his means, with condition that there exists no legal impediment to the marriage. The duration of the security is limited to two years. Art. 104. Special License. No minister of the gospel or other person, shall celebrate any marriage in this State, unless he shall have obtained previously a special license to him directed, issued by the person appointed by law to grant licenses in the parish wherein the marriage is to be celebrated, authorizing him to celebrate such marriage. Art. 105. Witness, Act of Celebration. The marriage must be celebrated in presence of three witnesses of full age, and an act must be made of the celebration, signed by the person who celebrates the inarriage, by the parties and the witnesses. This act must be made in duplicate and appended to the license issued in duplicate; one of these acts, appended to the license, must be returned within thirty days from the date of celebration by the persons celebrating the marriage to the person who granted the license, who shall file and record the same in his office. |