SEC. 2031. (Laws relative to certain appeals from district courts applicable to appeals from parish courts.) See D. 51. SEC. 2032. (Police jury of each parish to appoint a district attorney pro tem.) See D. 1178. D. sec. 1072, 2760; Act 1868, p. 156. SEC. 2033. (Term of office.) See D. 1173. D. sec. 1073, 1179. SEC. 2034. (Duties of district attorneys pro tem.) See D. 1180. D. sec. 1074. SEC. 2035. (Conducting prosecutions in criminal cases.) See D. 1181. D. sec. 1075. SEC. 2036. (Accused may elect to waive trial by jury.) Repealed. SEC. 2037. (When trial by jury is waived, parish court shall have jurisdiction.) See D. 1077. Con. 1879, art. 81; D. sec. 1077, 1183. SEC. 2038. (When jury is waived in district court the case may be sent to parish court.) See D. 1078. D. sec. 1184. SEC. 2039. (Forfeited recognizance bonds, how to obtain judgment.) See D. 1185. D. sec. 1079; Act 1880, p. 122, No. 96. SEC. 2010. (District attorneys pro tem. to act as parish attorneys.) See D. 1186. D. sec. 1080, 2761. SEC. 2041. (Fees and compensation.) See D. 1187. D. sec. 1081. SEC. 2042. (District attorneys pro tem. to report to attorney-general annually. See D. 1188. D. sec. 1082. SEC. 2043. (Sale of vacant estate.) See D. 3455. C. P. 990; D. sec. 586, 3711, 3837; Act 1868, p. 129. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. SEC. 2014. An election shall be held in each of the police jury wards Number of of the several parishes of the State (the parish of Orleans excepted) peace to be every two years, for the election of justices of the peace. Act 1855, p. 479; Con. 1879, art. 125-term four years. SEC. 2045. As many justices of the peace shall be elected in and for each ward in the several parishes, by the qualified voters, residents justices of the elected. Election of jus- of the ward, as the people of each of the wards respectively are now tices of the peace, when held. Justices to be commissioned or. entitled by law to elect members of the police jury; but in those wards in which there is an incorporated town, or a town containing three hundred inhabitants, there shall be elected two justices of the peace. Con. 1879, art. 125. SEC. 2046. The returns from each ward shall be made according to law, and the governor shall issue commissions to the persons by the govern elected as justices of the peace, and the justices shall enter upon the discharge of their duties as soon as soon as they shall have received their commissions and taken the oaths required by the constitution and laws, and shall remain in office until their successors shall have been elected and qualified. Jurisdiction of justices of the peace. Cases in which appeals may be taken to the parish court. Marriages. Justices may issue writs of injunction. Justices' jurisdiction limited to their districts. Exceptions. D. sec. 1572, 2073. SEC. 2017. Justices of the peace shall have jurisdiction when the amount claimed or value of the object in dispute does not exceed one hundred dollars, exclusive of interest, subject to an appeal to the parish court in all cases when the amount sued for or the value of the object in dispute exceeds ten dollars. Con. 1879, art. 125. SEC. 2048. They may celebrate marriages within their respective parishes. C. C. 103; D. sec. 2208; Con. 1879, art. 111, 125. SEC. 2019. Justices of the peace are authorized and empowered to issue writs of injunction enjoining the execution of judgments emanating from their respective courts, in the manner and for the reasons authorizing the issuing of writs of injunction on judgments rendered by the district or parish courts of this State; the party requring the same to furnish the same proof and give the same bond and security as is required to obtain the same from the district or parish courts of this State. C. P. 1096. SEC. 2050. No justice of the peace shall hold, exercise or entertain jurisdiction in any civil matter where the defendant does not reside within the limits of his section. In cases where there is no justice of the peace resident in any section, where he is absent or where there exists some legal ground for his recusation, then the nearest justice of the peace to the residence of the defendant may exercise jurisdic tion. C. P. 1070. SEC. 2051. (Justices authorized to appoint constables pro tem.) Repealed. D. sec. 637. tried. SEC. 2052. All appeals from justices' courts shall be tried de novo. Appeals, how D. sec. 38, 589; C. P. 1129. to certain jus SEC. 2053. The several justices of the peace throughout the State (except in the incorporated cities) are hereby authorized and em- Powers granted powered to take cognizance of and exercise jurisdiction over all in- tices. fractions of the levee laws and municipal ordinances and regulations of the respective parishes where the penalty imposed in the law or ordinance that is alleged to be contravened does not exceed one hundred dollars. D. sec. 2784; C. P. 1063. SEC. 2054. (Justices empowered to appoint curators ad lites.) See D. 2350. D. sec. 3853; C. P. 1155. SEC. 2055. (Protest by notaries and justices of the peace.) See D. 329. D. sec. 2531; Act 1855, p. 47. SEC. 2056. Justices of the peace in the country parishes are em- Justices of the. powered to perform the duties of the coroner in case of there being peace to act as none, or his absence or inability to attend. D. sec. 674, 2095; Act 1855, p. 85; Con. 1879, art. 147. SEC. 2057. (Manner of forcing the tenant to give to proprietor pos-. session of the leased property.) See D. 2155. Act 1855, p. 343; C. C. 2686 (2656). AS COMMITTING MAGISTRATES. SEC. 2058. (Preliminary examination and bail.) See D. 1010. SEC. 2059. (Sureties on bail bonds residing out of the parish may in certain cases be received.) See D. 1011. D. sec. 1207; Act 1855, p. 151. SEC. 2060. (Bond, how taken in such cases.) See D. 1012. D. sec. 1208. SEC. 2061. (Commitment.) See D. 1013. SEC. 2062. (Witnesses for the accused to be bound over to appear at court.) See D. 1014. D. sec. 3950. SEC. 2063. (Witnesses for the State to be bound to appear at court.). See D. 1015. D. sec. 2269-2272.? SEC. 2064. (Justices may bind over to keep the peace.) See D. 1016. SEC. 2065. (Declarations before justices, what to contain.) See D. coroner in certain cases.. Certain duties of justices. SEC. 2066. (Attorney-general or district attorney to make inquiry when informed that a crime or misdemeanor has been committed.) See D. 1018. D. sec. 134, 1167. SEC. 2067. (Persons committing offences in one parish and fleeing to another to be arrested.) See D. 1019. SEC. 2068. (Judges and justices may issue search warrants for stolen property.) See D. 1020. SEC. 2069. (Duty in relation to discharges of seamen.) See D. 3479. Act 1855, p. 358. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE FOR THE PARISH OF SEC. 2070. (When elected and number of justices of the peace.) Con. 1879, art. 135-city courts; see Act 1880, Nos. 8, 45, 67, 130; Act 1980, p. 44, No. 45; p. 63, No. 67. SEC. 2071. (How elected.) Repealed. SEC. 2076. (To make rules for their courts.) Repealed.. SEC. 2077. (Office hours.) Repealed. SEC. 2078. (Taxes on suits, when paid.) Repealed. D. sec. 775. SEC. 2079. (Jurisditiction of the third district court.) Repealed. SEC. 2080. (Appeals, when allowed.) Repealed. SEC. 2081. SEC. 2082. D. sec. 2012. (Execution, when suspended.) Repealed. SEC. 2083. Justices of the peace shall enter on their records a minute, stating the names of witnesses and designating the documents read or offered, and such minute shall be received on the trial of the appeals as proof of the fact. C. P. 1074. SEC. 2084. (Appeal, when dismissed.) Repealed. SEC. 2085. (Judgment on appeal, how executed.) Repealed. SEC. 2086. (Appeals to the supreme court in certain cases,) Repealed. Con. 1879, art. 81. SEC. 2087. (In case of absence to supply each others' places.) Repealed. to issue until SEC. 2088. No execution shall issue upon any judgment by a justice of the peace in the parish of Orleans until three judicial days after Execution not notice of the judgment signed shall have been served upon the party after three judicial days. against whom the judgment shall have been rendered, or, in case of his absence, upon his attorney or curator ad hoc, appointed by the justice of the peace to represent him; and the party may, within three days, pray for a new trial or appeal from the judgment, upon complying with the requisites of the law. C. P. 1139. SEC. 2089. (Fee for record of appeal.) Repealed. D. sec. 775. SEC. 2090. They shall be entitled to and receive ten cents for every Fees for taking hundred words of testimony taken under commission. D. sec. 624, 775. testimony. etc. SEC. 2091. For actions of sequestration before the justices, whenever the defendant shall fail or neglect to execute his bond in favor of Sequestration bonds, by the constables, with one good and solvent security, for whatever whom given, amount the justice may determine as being equal to the value of the property to be left in his possession, within three days after the notice of the seizure by the constable, it shall then be lawful for the plaintiff, his agent or attorney, to give similar bond or security to the constable as that required by law from the defendant, and take the property sequestrated into his possession. SEC. 2093. SEC. 2094. SEC. 2095. (Appeals to be made within ten days.) Repealed. SEC. 2096. 3576. (Justices to employ the sheriff or his deputy.) See D. C. P. 1160; D. sec. 637, 2051, 644. SEC. 2097. SEC. 2098. D. 2002. (Each justice may appoint a clerk.) Repealed. D. sec. 484; Act 1855, p. 310. SEC. 2099. 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