No dog shall be entitled to the protection of the law unless the same shall have been placed upon the assessment rolls. In civil actions for the killing of or for injuries done to dogs, the owner cannot recover beyond the amount of the value of such dog or dogs, as fixed by himself in the last assessment preceding the killing or injuries complained of. (As reënacted by act 1882, p. 160, No. 107.) DOMICILE. Residence not forfeited by absence on busUnited States iness of the SEC. 1202. Residence once acquired shall not be forfeited by absence on business of the State or of the United States, but a voluntary absence from the State of two years, or the acquisition of residence in any other State of this union or elsewhere, shall forfeit a residence Residence, how within this State. C. C. 46; D. sec. 411, 518; Act 1855, p. 331—not residence, but domicile; 32 A. 467. SEC. 1203. In addition to the cases already provided for by law a party or parties may be cited in another parish than that of his or their domicile-first, in action of trespass on real estate; second, in all matters relating to real servitudes, be they natural or conventional, And the judge of the place where the property is situated shall have cognizance of the case, and it shall be lawful for him to order that the parties residing out of his district shall be cited before him to answer the said suit. And it shall be the duty of the sheriffs of the several parishes of this State to serve the citations which shall be addressed to them by other judges than those of their districts respectively, and to make their returns thereof to the court from whom such process has issued. And the parties thus cited shall have to answer to the said suit within the same delays which are granted to the defendants residing in several places of the State by the provisions contained under the head of petitions and citations in the code of practice. D. sec. 518; C. P. 162; Act 1858, p. 14. or of the State. forfeited. Cases in which parties may be sued in parishes other than their domicile. General rule in cile. SEC. 1204. It is a general rule in civil matters that one must be sued before his own judge-that is to say, before the judge having regard to domi jurisdiction over the place where he has his domicile or residence, and shall not be permitted to elect any other domicile or residence for the purpose of being sued; but this rule is subject to those exceptions expressly provided for by law. D. sec. 518; C. P. 162; Act 1861, p. 137. SEC. 1205. (Corporations' domicile in Louisiana.) See D. 740. SEC. 1206. (Meetings, elections, etc., at the place of domicile.) See D. 741. SEC. 1207. (Sureties on bail bonds residing out of the parish may in certain cases be received.) See D. 1011. C. C. 3064 (3033); D. sec. 2059; Act 1855, p. 151. SEC. 1208. (Bond, how taken in such cases.) See D. 1012. DONATIONS. cation of dona tions. SEC. 1209. The fourth cause for the revocation of donations inter Causes for revo- vivos mentioned in the article of the civil code fifteen hundred and fortysix-to-wit: "the donors having children after the donation"-be and the same is hereby repealed, and the said article shall be so amended as to read as follows: "Donations inter vivos are liable to be revoked or dissolved on account of the following causes: 1, the ingratitude of the donee; 2, the non-fulfillment of the eventual conditions which suspend their consummation; 3, the non-performance of the conditions imposed on the donee; 4, the legal or conventional return." What property husband and wife may give to each other. C. C. 1546 (1546); D. sec. 432, 3690; Act 1855, p. 275. SEC. 1210. Article seventeen hundred and thirty-nine shall be amended so as to read as follows: "Either of the married couple may, either by marriage contract or during the marriage, give to the ofher, in full property, all that he or she might give to a stranger." C. C. 1746 (1739); D. sec. 434; Act 1850, p. 228. See Act 1882, No. 124, as to educational, charitable or other purposes. DRAINAGE. See Act 1835, p. 66; Act 1839, p. 124; Act 1855, p. 124; Act 1858, pp. 114, 118; Act 1859, p.; Act 1860, No. 108; Act 1861, No. 57; Act 1868, pp. 64, 187; Act 1869, No. 51; Act 1870, p. 5, No. 4; Act 1871, p. 75, No. 30; Act 1872, p. 89, No. 35; Act 1872, p. 124, No. 73; Act 1876, No. 16, p. 35; Act 1877, Ex. S., p. 27, No. 22; Act 1877, Ex. S., p. 106, No. 67; Act 1878, p. 28; Act 1877, No. 48, p. 61. DRINKING-HOUSES. grant or with hold licences. SEC. 1211. The police juries of the several parishes, the municipal Police juries authorities of the several towns and cities, and the board of alderand municipal authorities aumen and assistant aldermen, together with the mayor of the city of thorized to New Orleans, shall have the exclusive power to make such laws and such regulations for the sale or prohibition of the sale of intoxicating liquors as they may deem advisable, and to grant or withhold licenseg from drinking-houses and shops, within the limits of any city, ward of a parish or town, as the majority of the legal voters of any city, ward of a parish or town may determine by ballot; and the said ballot shall be taken whenever deemed necessary by the police juries of the several parishes, the municipal authorities of the several towns and cities, and the board of aldermen and assistant aldermen, together with the mayor of the city of New Orleans; provided, that said elec- Provided. tion shall not be held more than once a year. D. sec. 2461, 2778; Act 1855, p. 178; Voorhies' Cr. Jur., 213. SEC. 1212. The State relinquishes all right to grant licenses in any town, city or parish in which it is not granted by the authorities. Relinquish ment by the Whenever any licenses may be granted the State shall have power to State. collect the tax coming to the State for such licensed drinking-houses or shops. D. sec. 2162, 2779. SEC. 1213. It shall be the duty of the judges of the several district courts in this State, out of the parish of Orleans, and the judge of the Judges to charge grand criminal court in the parish of Orleans, to call the attention of the juries. grand jury to the laws regulating the sale of intoxicating liquors at each jury term. D. sec. 1983, 2463. Laws and or SEC. 1214. It shall be the duty of the police juries of the several parishes, the municipal authorities of the towns and cities, to adopt dinances to be adopted. such regulations as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act. D sec. 2464, 2780. SEC. 1215. (Keeping grog-shops without license.) See D. 910. 5 A. 748; 10 A. 785; Act 1855, p. 130; Voorhies' Cr. Jur., p. 242. SEC. 1216. (Election days.) Repealed. Act 1877, Ex. S., p. 89, No. 58; D. sec. 893, 1395, 3609; Act 1868, p. 218. EDUCATION. School-house sites. Suit by landholder. State seminary exempt from operation of this law. Admission of pupils. N. B.-All the sections from section 1217 to section 1297 inclusive are repealed by Act 1877, Ex. S., p. 28, No. 23. See Act 1877, Ex. S., p. 28, No. 23-regulating public education; Act 1877, Ex. S., p. 7, No. 6-board school directors; Act 1877, Ex. S., p. 193, No. 123-board administrators; Act 1877, Ex. S., p. 105, No. 65-agricultural and mechanical college; Act 1877, Ex. S., p. 152, No. 96, sec. 80-revenne; Act 1877, Ex. S., p. 193, No. 124-State board of education; Act 1880, No. 87, p. 110-colored university; Act 1880, No. 126, p. 171-schools in Orleans, expenses; Act 1880, No. 143, p. 207-State board of education; Act 1882, No. 70, p. 90-amending Act 1877, Ex. S., p. 28, No. 23; Act 1882, No. 106, p. 150-mechanics' institute; Act 1882, No. 129, p. 179-amending Act 1877, Ex. S., No. 23, p. 28. SEC. 1298. Where lands shall be required for erection of a schoolhouse or for enlarging a school-house lot, and the owner thereof shall refuse to sell the same for a reasonable compensation, the district board of school directors shall have the power to select and possess such sites, embracing space sufficiently extensive to answer the purpose of school-house and grounds. D. sec. 1492. SEC. 1299. Should such land-holder deem the sum assessed too small he shall have the right to institute suit before any proper judicial tribunal for his claim; but the title shall pass from him to the school corporation. No person shall hold any office under the provisions of this act unless he is a qualified voter of the State. D. sec. 1493. SEC. 1300. (Failure of officers.) See D. 872. SEC. 1301. Nothing in this act shall be construed to apply to the State seminary of learning at Alexandria, it being the true intent and meaning of this act to leave that institution to be controlled by laws heretofore enacted concerning it. SEC. 1302. In addition to the students admitted from the representative and senatorial districts, as herein provided, there may be admitted fifty pupils, possessed of the required qualifications, who desire to qualify themselves as teachers in private schools and academies, who shall pay such sum per session as the State board of education may determine, and purchase their own text-books. They shall be subject in every respect, except the filing of written declarations in regard to teaching in the public schools, to the rules and regulations of other students. SEC. 1303. The State superintendent shall prescribe the course of study and supervise the general curriculum in every particular not provided for in this law. He shall make provision for model, primary Model schools. and grammar schools, under permanent and highly qualified teachers, in which the students of the normal school shall have opportunity to practice in the art of teaching. The salary of the teachers of the model and experimental schools shall be paid from the tuition fees derived model schools. from the pupils of said model schools, and those of the normal school who pay for their tuition; and any balance that may be required shall be paid by the State board of education out of the public school fund. SEC. 1304. (Certain ferries, bridges and roads free for school children.) See D. 1506. Act 1868, p. 212. SEC. 1305. (Sale to school directors authorized.) See D. 2946. SEC. 1307. (Reservation of school lands to be obtained by the register.) See D. 2951. SEC. 1308. (Scrip to be issued in certain cases.) See D. 2952. SEC. 1309. (In certain cases warrants to be canceled and money returned.) See D. 2953. SEC. 1310. (Price of seminary lands.) See D. 2954. SEC. 1311. (Repayment of purchase price of lands in certain cases.) See D. 2955. SEC. 1312. (Transfer made before money refunded.) See D. 2956. SEC. 1313. (Free school fund. Donations for support of schools, how disposed of.) See D. 2957. D. 593, 595; D. sec. 3809; Act 1855, p. 422. SEC. 1314. (Manner in which the vote shall be taken on the sale of school lands.) See D. 2958. D. sec. 2652. SEC. 1315. (Survey to be made before sale. Expenses of survey, how paid.) See D. 2959. D. sec. 2653. SEC. 1316. (Manner, terms and conditions of the sale of school lands.) See D. 2960. D. sec. 2654. SEC. 1317. (Percentage to be received by parish treasurer) See D. 2660. D. sec. 2961; Act 1859, p. 27. SEC. 1318. (Lands leased in certain cases.) See D. 2962. D. sec. 2655; Act 1855, p. 422. SEC. 1319. (Interest on certain funds, how disposed of.) See D. 2963. Salaries in |