1113. Tax of ten per cent. on foreign heirs, etc. (See R. C. C. 1221 and 1222.) Repealed by Act 86, E. S. 1877, p. 125, and re-enacted, Act 130, 1896, p. 165.

DAYS OF PUBLIC REST.

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1114. Commercial Paper, When Payable. Half Holiday. The following shall be considered as days of public rest and legal holidays and half holidays in this State, and no others, namely: Sundays. the first of January, the eighth of January, the twenty-second of February, Good Friday, the fourth of July, the first of November, the twenty-fifth of December, Thanksgiving Day as designated by the President of the United States, and, in the parish of Orleans, Mardi-Gras and the twenty-fifth of November, to be known as "Labor Day," and also, in cities and towns whose population shall exceed one hundred thousand, every Saturday, from 12 o'clock noon until 12 o'clock midnight, to be known as a half holiday Saturday; and all promissory notes, bills of exchange and commercial paper which by law or commercial usage are required to be protested for non-payment, shall be deemed to be and shall be due and payable on the first day, not a Sunday or legal holiday, or half holiday Saturday, succeeding the third or last day of grace, if the third or last day of grace be a Sunday or legal holiday or half holiday Saturday, and in computing the delay allowed for giving notice of non-acceptance or nonpayment of a bill of exchange or promissory note, or other commercial paper, the days of public rest or legal holidays or half holiday Saturdays shall not be counted, and if the day or days next succeeding the protest for non-acceptance or non-payment shall be days of public rest, or legal holidays or half-holiday on Saturdays, then the day next following shall be computed as the first day after the protest. Provided, however, that for the purpose of protesting or otherwise holding liable any party to any bill of exchange, check or promissory note, and which shall not have been paid before 12 o'clock noon on any half-holiday Saturday, a demand of acceptance or payment may be made and notice of protest or dishonor thereof may be given on the next succeeding secular or business day. And, provided further, that when any person shall receive for collection any check, bill of exchange or promissory note, due and presentable for acceptance or payment on any half-holiday Saturday, such person shall not be deemed guilty of any neglect or omission of duty, nor incur any liability in not presenting for pay

ment or acceptance, or collecting such check, bill of exchange or promissory note on that day (as amended by Act 93, 1892, p. 124).

DECORATION DAY.

Act 110, 1896, p. 158.

AN ACT to create the 6th day of April a legal holiday in the State of Louisiana.

SECTION 1. That the 6th day of April, Decoration Day, be considered and set aside as a dies non throughout this State in memory of the Confederate dead. SEC. 2. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this are hereby repealed.

C. P., Art. 207 as amended by Act 98, 1890, p. 115. When citations shall issue, etc.

DEAF, DUMB AND BLIND INSTITUTION.

1115 to 1126, inclusive, were superseded by Acts 88, p. 203, and 92, p. 203, of 1871. These acts established one institution for "The Deaf and Dumb" (Act 88), and another for "The Blind (Act 92). The two were reunited by, and are now administered under,

Act 49, 1888, p. 51.

AN ACT to unite the institutes for the deaf and dumb and the institute for the blind under one general superintendent, to be known as the Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind, and to provide for its management and control. SECTION 1. That there shall be maintained an institution for the deaf, dumb and blind, in the city of Baton Rouge, and that they are hereby united under one general management and control.

SEC. 2. That the Governor shall every four years, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint five resident citizens of the State, who, together with the Governor, who shall be ex-officio president of the board, and the Superintendent of Public Education, who shall be ex-officio a member, constitute and be styled the Board of Administrators of the Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind, and who shall manage and control the said institution; provided, that whenever the Louisiana Board of Trustees of the American Printing House for the Blind shall offer to donate the sum of thirty thousand dollars, or thereabouts, for the erection of a building at Baton Rouge for the exclusive use of the blind, the Governor shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, a board of trustees for the said institution for the blind, to consist of five members, with power and authority to receive and administer said fund in accordance with the terms and conditions of said donation, said board to possess all authority and power for the administration of the affairs of said institution for the blind conferred upon the similar boards before the passage of this act.

SEC. 3. That the Board of Administrators shall have a room for their exclusive use in the institution, where they, or a majority of them, shall meet once every three months, and as much oftener as they may deem expedient for the transaction of business. They shall keep a correct journal of the proceedings, and report to the General Assembly the affairs and condition of the institution during the first week of each regular session.

SEC. 4. That they shall elect from among their numbers a vice-president of the board, and that four members of said board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

SEC. 5. That the board shall have general superintendence and control of the institution, make all laws necessary for its management and adopt such rules

and regulations as may be required for the proper management of the institution and government of the pupils.

SEC. 6. That they shall receive, instruct, and support in the institution, all the deaf, dumb and blind residents of this State of sound mind and proper health of body, between the ages of eight and twenty-five, shall be admitted into said institution as pupils and be provided with instruction, board, lodging, medicine and medical attendance at the expense of the institution, and all those in such indigent circumstances as shall appear by the certificate of any member of the police jury of the parish, or the mayor of the city, where they reside, to render such aid necessary shall also be furnished with clothing and traveling expenses to and from the institution.

SEC. 7. That all persons admitted as pupils into said institution between the ages of eight and fourteen years may continue in the institution eight years; all admitted between the ages of fourteen and seventeen years may continue eight years, and all admitted at an age exceeding seventeen years may continue five years; provided, the board may, in their discretion, extend the limit above set forth two years in each case.

SEC. S. That the board shall appoint one general superintendent of said institution, and matrons, teachers, physicians and such other officers as they deem proper for the good management of the institution. and fix their compensation; to accept any donation or legacy for the sole or exclusive use of the institution; to sue and be sued. The said superintendent, teachers, physicians and other officers shall be elected for the term of one year, and subject to removal at any time for good and sufficient cause.

SEC. 9. That the first meeting of the board shall be held at such time and place as may be fixed by the Governor, and they shall at said meeting elect a superintendent of the institution, a vice president of the board, a treasurer and such other officers as may be necessary for the proper organization and management of the institution.

SEC. 10. That the superintendent shall have charge and management of the institution; he shall reside in the institution and only be provided with quarters and receive such salary and perform such duties as may be determined by the board.

SEC. 11. That the vice president shall preside at the meetings of the board in the absence of the president, and shall exercise a general supervision over the affairs of the institution.

SEC. 12. That the treasurer shall give bond in such sum as the Board of Administrators may determine, with security to the satisfaction of the vice president. He shall receive from the State Treasurer the appropriations which may be made from time to time by the Legislature for the support of the institution, upon his warrant countersigned by the Governor. He shall pay out the same upon the order of the superintendent of the institution, countersigned by the vice president of the board. He shall receive such salary as may be determined by the board; provided, that all donations now existing, or which may be made hereafter, for either class, deaf and dumb, and blind, and the expenditure thereof shall be made and kept separate.

SEC. 13. That the expenses of the members of the Board of Administrators, incurred in attending the meetings of the board, shall be paid out of the funds of the institution.

SEC. 14. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the foregoing act be and the same are hereby repealed.

DEFAULTER.

1127. Mode of Proceeding Against Defaulter.-Whenever it shall appear from an official publication that any person, acting as an officer within the State, is a defaulter, it shall be the duty of the judges of the several District and Parish Courts to require the district. attorney or district attorney pro tempore to proceed by rule against

him for his removal from office, after ten days' notice (Act 220, 1855, p. 268).

1128. Office Declared Vacant.-If upon the trial it should appear that he is a defaulter, the court shall declare the office vacant, subject to an appeal to the Supreme Court upon the defendant giving bond and security for costs.

1129. Appeal Not Suspensive.-It shall not be lawful for any person to discharge the duties of an officer pending the appeal allowed by the eleven hundred and twenty-eighth section of this act.

1130. Penalty.-Any person violating the eleven hundred and twenty-ninth section of this act, on due conviction thereof, shall suffer fine or imprisonment, or both, at the discretion of the court.

1131. Officers Who Shall Report Defaulters.-It shall be the duty of the Auditor of Public Accounts, the presidents of the police juries, and the mayors of the several municipal corporations of this State, to report annually to the Governor, on or before the tenth day of November of each year, all persons who may be defaulters to the State, parish or municipal corporations, with the amounts of said defalcation, and any of said officers who shall fail or neglect to perform this duty shall forfeit the sum of five hundred dollars, to be sued for and recovered in the name of the State of Louisiana by the district attorney (Act 270, 1855, p. 332).

1132. Commissions Not to Issue-New Election.-It shall not be lawful for the Governor to issue a commission to any person elected or appointed to office who may appear to be a defaulter by the reports on file in his office, unless it shall be proved to his satisfaction that such person was not a defaulter, or that he has paid the amount of his defalcation; such proof shall be made within ninety days from the date of the election at which said person was elected, or the date of the appointment of any such person to office; otherwise the Governor shall order a new election or make a new appointment, as the case may be.

1133. Publication of Defaulters.-It shall be the duty of the Governor to report to the General Assembly, and cause to be pblished annually, in the State paper, a list of all persons who may appear to be defaulters by the reports on file in his office.

1134. Bond of Sheriff or Tax Collector not accepted until commission is exhibited. See Sec. 373.

1135. Publication-No Commission Until Discharge. It shall be the duty of the Auditor of Public Accounts, on the fifteenth day of December, annually, to publish in the official gazette of the State, for thirty days, the names of all persons who may have become defaulters to the State during the year, with the amount of said

defalcation; and no person who shall be published as such shall be entitled to receive his commission until he has exhibited the proper discharge from the Auditor (Act 20, 1859, p. 20).

1136. Not to Hold Office of Public Trust.-No person who at any time may have been a collector of taxes, whether State, parish, or municipal, or who may have been otherwise intrusted with public money, shall be eligible to the General Assembly, or to any office of profit or trust under the State government until he shall have obtained a discharge for the amount of such collections, and for all public moneys with which he may have been trusted.

1137. Person indebted for taxes, license or commissions, not to act as auctioneer. See Sec. 143.

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1809.

1138. Auditor to report all defaulters to Legislature. See Sec.

1139. Defaulters deprived of benefit of insolvent laws. See Sec.

DENTISTRY.

Act 32, 1880, p. 32.

AN ACT to regulate the practice of dentistry in the State of Louisiana. SECTION 1. Who May Practice, Diploma.—That from and after the passage of this act, it shall be unlawful for any person to practice dentistry in the State of Louisiana, unless said person has graduated and received a diploma from a recognized faculty of a dental college chartered under the authority of some one of the United States, or shall have obtained a certificate from a board of examining dentists duly authorized by this act to issue such certificates, and all such certificates must be registered with the Board of Health (as amended by Act 32, 1894, p. 35).

SEC. 2. Board of Examiners, Appointment. That the Board of Examining Dentists shall consist of five dental graduates, practitioners of dentistry or medical graduates, practitioners of dentistry or medical graduates practicing dentistry, who are members in good standing of the Louisiana State Dental Society, and have been practicing in the State of Louisiana for a term not less than three years. Said board shall be appointed by the Governor at the recommendation of the Louisiana State Dental Society, two members to serve for one year and three members to serve for two years, and thereafter all vacancies occurring in said board shall be filled by appointment for two years. The President of the said Louisiana State Dental Society shall have power to fill all vacancies in the said board for any unexpired term (as amended by act 32, 1894, p. 36).

SEC. 3. Meetings, Examination, Certificates.-That it shall be the duty of this board, first, to meet, annually, at the time of meeting of the Louisiana State Dental Society, or oftener at the call of any three members of the said board, and after thirty days notice thereof; secondly, to grant a certificate to any applicant who shall furnish satisfactory evidence of having graduated or received a diploma from any incorporated dental college, without fee, charge or examination; thirdly, to grant certificates to all other applicants who may undergo a satisfactory examination, also without fee or charge of any kind; fourthly, to keep a book in which shall be registered the names of all persons to whom such certificate shall be granted.

SEC. 4. Dentists, How Registered.-That all dentists practicing in the State of Louisiana register their names and addresses with the State Board of