STATE INTEREST IN CORPORATIONS.

1660. Who shall vote stock subscribed by State and city of New Orleans in certain corporations. See Sec. 695.

METROPOLITAN POLICE COMMISSIONERS.

1661. Appointment and removal. Repealed Act 35, 1877, p. 57.

BOARD OF IMMIGRATION.

1662. Appointment of Commissioners. See Sec. 1721.

LAND OFFICE.

1663, 1664. Appointment of Register, salary, fees, bond, oath of office. See Secs. 2917, 2918.

COMMISSIONER OF DRAINAGE IN ORLEANS AND JEFFERSON.

1665. Appointment, repealed. See title "Public Works."

LIGHTS FOR LIGHTHOUSES.

1666, 1667. The executive authorized to transfer to United States title and jurisdiction over property selected by officer of United States for purpose of erecting lighthouses thereon, etc. See Secs. 2948, 2949.

QUARANTINE.

1668. Board of Health, how composed and chosen, term of office, oath. See Sec. 3034.

1669. Appointment of resident physician. See Sec. 3042. 1670, 1671. Proclamation by Governor in certain cases, effect thereof penalties for violation. Sec. 3042.

REGISTER OF CONVEYANCES FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS. 1672, 1673. To be appointed every fourth year. Bond. See Secs. 3152, 3153.

RECORDER OF MORTGAGES FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS. 1674, 1675. To be appointed. Term of office. Bond. See Secs. 3169, 3170.

TO PROVIDE FOR DEFICIENCIES IN THE PAYMENT OF INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC DEBT.

1676. Governor and Treasurer authorized to effect loans, make pledges of bonds, etc., to meet interest on bonds of State. See Sec. 3798.

REPORTER.

1677. Of decisions of Supreme Court. To be appointed. See Sec. 3221.

REGISTRATION.

1678. General Supervisor to be appointed in each parish. See Sec. 3197.

Tenure of officers appointed when senate is not in session. State vs. Powell, 40 An. 241. Mandamus against Governor. See State ex rel. McEnery vs. Nicholls, Governor et al., 42 An. 209.

Act 79, 1871, p. 191. Authorizes the Governor to grant leave of absence to State and parish officers, not to exceed ninety days at one time.

Act 125, E. S. 1877, p. 194. Authorizes the Governor to remove for cause or incompetency, any officer or appointee whose appointment is vested in him.

Act 118, 1896, p. 167. Authorizes the Governor to suspend any tax collector or ex-officio tax collector, who by the books of the Auditor is shown to be a defaulter, until settlement is made.

Act 127, 1896. Appointment of State warden of the Penitentiary, printed unde title Prisons."

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Act 46, 1882, p. 58. Appointment of a keeper of the State House and premises and a night watchman for the same, and prescribing their duties, fixing salary and authorizing the employment of other necessary labor, and limiting the amount to be paid for such labor. Sec. 3 of this Act amended by Act 76, 1874, p. 89.

Act 105, 1886, p. 194. Authorizing the Governor to contract with the fire department of Baton Rouge for the special protection against fire of all the buildings belonging to or occupied by the State and their contents, etc.

Many other acts conferring powers and imposing duties upon the Governor will be found noted under various titles, as "Officers," "Elections," "Education,” etc., and reference is made to them in the index, verho "Governor." Where under this title reference is made to other sections, it will be found that many of them have been changed by acts passed after adoption of the Revised Statutes. These changes are noted under the sections referred to.

HARBOR MASTER.

1679. Nomination, Term of Office.-The Governor shall nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint five harbor masters, who shall constitute and be known as the Board of Harbor Masters, for the port of New Orleans, and whose term of office shall be two years; Provided, however, That the Governor shall have the power to remove from office any of said harbor masters, upon satisfactory proof made to him of negligence, incapacity or official misconduct (Act 195, 1856, 206).

See Sec. 2217 and entire title "Master and Wardens."

1680. Bond They Shall Give.-Each of said harbor masters shall give bond, payable to the Governor and his successors in office, with two sureties, in the penal sum of twenty-five hundred dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties required of him by law.

1681. Duties and Powers-Penalty for Opposing, etc.Said harbor masters, under the rules and regulations to be established by the board, shall have authority to regulate and station. all vessels in the stream of the river Mississippi, within the limits of the port of New Orleans, and at the levees thereof, and remove, from time to time, such vessels as are not employed in receiving and discharging their cargoes, to make room for such others as require to be more immediately accommodated, for the purpose of receiving or discharging their cargoes; and, as to the fact of any vessel being fairly and bona fide employed in receiving or discharging, the said harbor masters are constituted the sole judges. And further, the harbor masters shall have authority to determine how far and in what instances it is the duty of the master and others having charge of ships and vessels, to accommodate each other in their respective situations; and if any master or other person shall oppose or resist any harbor master in the execution of the duties of his office, he shall, for each offense, forfeit and pay the penal sum of fifty dollars, to be sued for by the treasurer of the Charity Hospital of the city of New Orleans, for the use of said hospital; Provided, however, That if any person shall consider himself aggrieved by the decision of any individual harbor master, he shall be at liberty to appeal to the board, and their concurrence shall be given thereto before such decision is carried into effect.

1682. Fees, Exemption from Charges, etc.-The Board of Harbor Masters shall have power to demand and receive from the commanders, owners, consignees, or either of them, of every vessel that may enter the port of New Orleans, and load, unload, or make fast to the levees, within the said limits, at the rate of one and a half cent per ton, to be computed from the tonnage expressed in the register of said vessel, respectively, and no more. This shall not extend to the chalands, flats, keelboats, steamboats or other vessels which are employed in the river trade, unless upon the application of the person having charge of said chaland, flat, keelboat, steamboat or other vessel so employed. The harbor master shall interfere and adjust any difference respecting the situation or position of such flat or boat, which difference the harbor masters are authorized to hear and determine, in which case they may demand and receive from the party in default in the premises the sum of two dollars for every dif

ference so adjusted, and no more (as amended by Act 2, E. S. 1877, p. 4).

FEES.

Aot 64 E. S. 1877 p. 104.

AN ACT to determine the fees of the Board of Harbormasters of the port of New Orleans.

SECTION 1. That the Board of Harbormasters for the port of New Orleans shall hereafter have only the right to demand and receive from the commanders, owners, consignees, and agents, or either of them, of every vessel that may enter the port of New Orleans and load, unload, or make fast to the levees within the said limits of the port of New Orleans, the following fees, viz.: For every steamship, except steamships running to Texas and Gulf ports, twenty dollars; for every steamship running to Texas and Gulf ports, ten dollars; for every ship, twenty dollars; every bark, fifteen dollars; every brig and threemasted schooner, ten dollars; every other schooner, two dollars and fifty cents. This shall not extend to the chalands, flats, keelboats, steamboats, or other vessels which are employed in the river trade, unless upon the application of the person having charge of such chaland or other vessels employed, the harbormaster shall interfere and adjust any difference respecting the situation or position of such chaland or boat, which difference the harbormasters are authorized to hear and determine, in which case they may demand and receive from the party in default in the premises the sum of two dollars for every difference so adjusted, and no more.

1683. To Prevent and Remove Nuisances.-It shall also be the duty of the said harbor masters to superintend and enforce all laws of this State, and all laws of the city of New Orleans, for the preventing and removing of all nuisances whatsoever in or upon the levee of the city (Act 195, 1856, 207).

1684. Location of Office, Employes.-The said Board of Harbor Masters shall keep an office in a central part of the city, and may appoint such clerks and deputies as they think proper, but the deputies and clerks shall take an oath to perform truly and faithfully the duties imposed on the harbor masters, and the said harbor masters shall be responsible for their acts.

RELATIVE TO SHIPPING MASTERS.

1685. Qualification, License, Bond.-No person shall be authorized to exercise the functions, or to act as shipping master for any of the ports of this State, unless the same be a citizen of the United States, a duly qualified voter of the State and of the parish wherein he resides, and shall have received from the Secretary of State a license in due form to act as shipping master for any port of the State, upon his filing in the said Secretary's office a bond in favor of the Governor of the State in the sum of five thousand dollars, with two securities, to be approved of by the Board of Harbor Masters, or a majority thereof; and the Secretary of State shall be authorized to charge the sum of five dollars for every license so issued.

1686. Penalty for Employing Others Than Licensed Shipping Masters.-The owner, master or agent of any vessel, steamer or other sea going water craft, who shall employ any other person than a licensed shipping master, as provided in this act, for the shipment of any seaman, steward, cook or other person employed on such vessel, steamer or other water craft, (other than officers thereof), such owner, master or agent shall, on conviction thereof, pay, in solido, a fine of five hundred dollars, recoverable before any court of competent jurisdiction, in the name and for the benefit of the Charity Hospital, with lien and privilege for the payment thereof, on such vessel, steamer or other sea going water craft.

1687. List of Shipping Masters.-The harbor masters of New Orleans shall keep posted up, in their central office, a list of the duly licensed shipping masters, containing only the names of such as shall have exhibited to said Board of Harbor Masters their license from the Secretary of State.

1688. Acting Without License-Penalty.-Any person acting as a shipping master, or engaging the services of any seaman, steward, cook, or other person employed on board any sea going vessel, without having first been duly licensed to that effect, shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to not less than three and not more than six months' imprisonment in the parish jail of the parish wherein said offense shall have been committed.

1689, 1690. Duty of harbor masters, and liability of towboats to inspection and quarantine. See Secs. 3053, 3054.

HOMESTEAD AND EXEMPTIONS.

Const., Arts. 219 to 223.

1691, 1692. What property exempt from seizure; liability for taxes and purchase price. C. P., Art. 645, part. 2.

1693, 1694. Widow and minors right to receive one thousand dollars out of estate of husband and father. See R. C. C., Art. 3252, part 7.

1695. Right of personal servitude, etc., exempt. See C. P., Art. 644.

1696. Corn, fodder, etc., and other provisions for carryiug on plantation, exempt. See C. P. 645, part 1.