3414, 3415. Return, where no sale made. Copy of writ and proceeding thereunder. See C. P., Art. 642, parts 6 and 7.

3416. Return of Writs-Effect of.-Hereafter the return of any writ of fieri facias, on the return day thereof, shall in no case operate as a release of the seizure of property made under such writ, or as a discharge of any lien acquired by service of such a writ, unless the property so seized. shall have been duly sold, or unless such seizure shall have been released by order of the party in whose favor it was made, or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction (Act 109, 1855, 253).

3417. Several writs may issue at same time to different parishes. Reduction of seizure. See C. P., Art. 642, parts 4 and 5.

3418. Rights of personal servitude, etc., exempt from seizure. See C. P., Art. 644.

3419 to 3421. Corn, hay, etc., exempt. Other exemptions. See C. P., Art. 645.

3422. Property belonging to public schools or employed by municipal corporations for that purpose, exempt from seizure. See Sec. 1320.

3423. Cemeteries, etc., exempt from tax and seizure. See Sec. 386.

3424. Application for appraisement does not prevent sale. See C. P., Arts. 652, 653.

3425. Advertisements to contain title of suit. See Sec. 24. 3426. Two days' notice to be given parties to appoint appraisers. See Sec. 64.

3427. Oath of appraisers. See C. P., Art. 673.

3428. At second adjudication sale shall be for highest bid, on twelve months' credit. See C. P., Art. 682.

3429. Credit sales in Jefferson and Orleans. This section is like Sec. 3624, which was amended by Act 22, 1884. See Sec. 3624. 3430, Execution on twelve months' bond, etc. Art. 721.

See C. P.,

3431. Repeal of C. P. Art. 721.-The article seven hundred and twenty-one is repealed (Act 1826, Sec. 14, p. 174).

3432. Writ of Ca. Sa.-The writ of capias ad satisfaciendum is abolished (Act 1840, Sec. 1, p. 131).

3433. Holder of judgment obtained in another State can not proceed by executory process. See Sec. 1478.

3434. Sheriff may administer oath to appraisers. See C. P., Art. 770.

3435. Judicial advertisement, except in Orleans, to be made in official journal, etc. Repealed by Act 49, 1877, Sec. 20, p. 68.

3436. When sheriff who adjudicated property fails to pass act, successor in office shall do so. See C. P., Art. 691, part 2.

3437. Provisions Applicable to Sales Antedating Act.-The provisions of the above section of this act shall apply to all cases as described in the said section that may have occurred previous to the passage of this act.

or final

3438.-Sheriff seizing personal property under mesne writ, may ask for indemnity bond. See Sec. 3579 (amended Act 37, 1882).

3439 to 3443.-Failure to give indemnity bond, qualification of bondsman; solvency of surety, how tested; assignment of bond to claimant, etc. See Secs. 3580 to 3584.

3444.-When fi. fa. issues on judgment against sheriff or other officer for money received in official capacity, writ of ca. sa. may issue. See C. P., Art. 730.

3445 to 3450.-Monitions, when granted; description of property; clerk may issue monition; judgment, effect thereof, etc. See Secs. 2370 to 2376.

3451 to 8454.-Division and survey of lands seized, fees of surveyors, etc, Repealed, Act 32, 1877, p. 33.

3455.-Sale of property of vacant estate on application of creditors. See R. C. C. Art. 990.

3456.-Suits on bonds when persons charged with collecting tax fail to pay over, etc. See Sec. 3321.

PARISH OF JEFFERSON.

3457. Sheriff's Sales, How Made and Advertised.—The fourth section of an act entitled "An Act relative to sheriffs' sales and writs of fieri facias," approved March fifteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, which reads thus: "That hereafter all sheriffs' and coroners' sales shall be advertised to take place, and shall take place at the courthouse, or at some other public place in the vicinity of said courthouse, on the first Saturday in each month, commencing at eleven o'clock, after the expiration of the time required by law for the advertisement of such sales; and the said sheriffs or coroners shall have the right to adjourn said sale to the Monday following, and then from day to day, only in case there should not be time to conclude the same in one day; Provided, however, That nothing in this section shall deprive the defendant of the privilege now enjoyed by him of having his plantation, when it is under seizure, offered for sale at his domicile, upon giving notice to the proper officers, within three days after notice of seizure," is hereby repealed, so far as it is applicable to the parish of Jefferson.

In said parish of Jefferson, hereafter, all sheriffs' and coroners' sales shall be advertised to take place at the courthouse, commencing at eleven o'clock A. M., after the expiration of the time provided by law for the advertisement of such sales, and the said sheriff or coroner shall have the right to adjourn said sale to the following day, and then from day to day, only in case there shall not be time to conclude the same in one day; Provided, however, That nothing contained in this section shall deprive the defendant of the privilege now enjoyed by him of having his plantation, when it is under seizure, offered for sale at his domicile, upon his giving notice to the proper officer within three days after notice of seizure.

See Sec. 3410; C. P., Art. 664.

TAX SALES.

3458 to 3466.-Notice of collection; unpaid taxes; curator ad hoc for absentees; redemption of property; annual sale of forfeited lands. See Secs. 3293 to 3302, and acts under title "Revenue."

Act 124, 1890. Public carriers may sell goods, etc., printed at p. 762.

Act 85, 1894. Warehousemen may sell goods, etc., printed under title Warehouses."

Act 28, 1896, p. 35. Keeper of hotel, inn, etc., may sell, etc. Amending R. C. C., Art. 3236.

SALVAGE.

3467. On Cotton Found Floating.-Any person who shall recover, save and place upon the bank or land, any bale of cotton found floating in any of the waters of this State, and not in possession or under the actual control of the owner or carrier thereof, shall be entitled to demand and receive, from the owner, his agent, consignee or insurer, the sum of two dollars and fifty cents for each bale of cotton so recovered and saved from the water as aforesaid, and also the additional sum of fifty cents for each bale so saved, as aforesaid, which may have been shipped to the city of New Orleans, as hereinafter provided, previous to its being demanded by the owner, his agent, consignee or insurer (Act 334, 1855, 467).

3468. Who May Require Possession from Salvor.- The master of the boat or vessel from which such floating cotton may have been lost or thrown overboard, the shipper, consignee and insurers of such cotton or any of them, shall be entitled to demand and recetve the possession of the same, after first paying the salvage fees as provided in the preceding section.

3469. Salvor's Duty Where Cotton is Not Claimed.-If the owner, his agent, or consignee, or insurer, should not demand such cotton from the salvor, within ten days after it shall have been recovered from the water, then it shall be the duty of the salvor within the further term of ten days, to ship the same to the city of New Orleans; and the merchant there receiving the same, shall cause it to be advertised for five days in a newspaper published in that city, as cotton found, describing each bale by its original marks or brands, and if after the expiration of the said five days the owner, his agent, consignee or insurer shall not claim said cotton, it shall then be the duty of the merchant to sell the same, and deposit the proceeds, after deducting the salvage fees, freight and charges, in the hands of the treasurer of the Charity Hospital, in the city of New Orleans, together with an account of said sale and charges; and the salvor failing to ship such cotton, as directed herein, shall forfeit all right to demand and receive compensation for salvage.

3470. Salvor's Failure to Deliver Cotton Claimed.-Any person who shall fail or refuse to surrender or deliver to the owner, his agent, consignee, or insurer, any bale or bales of cotton which may have been recovered or saved in the manner herein before mentioned after the salvage fees shall have been paid or tendered to him; and any person who shall secrete, convert to his own use, or sell, otherwise than allowed by this act, any bale or bales of cotton so saved by him from the water, or which may have been placed in his charge by the salvor, shall be deemed to be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, and shall be confined at hard labor in the penitentiary for a term not exceeding one year.

SEAL.

3471. Seal of State. For the purpose of authenticating the acts of the Government of the State of Louisiana there shall be a public seal, with such device or inscription as the Governor may direct (Act 281, 1855, 340).

3472. Secretary of State is Keeper.-The Secretary of State shall be keeper, and shall affix the public seal to all official acts, the laws alone excepted.

3473. To What Acts Affixed, Fees.-Whenever the seal of the State shall be affixed to any instrument of writing other than civil

and military commissions, to reprieves and pardons, or to proclamations issued by the Governor, it shall be lawful for the Secretary of State to charge and receive, for his own benefit, one dollar for each and every impression thereof, to be paid by the party desiring the

same.

3474.-Style of Seal the various courts shall use. See Sec. 485.

SEAMEN.

3475. Certificates of Discharge.-The master of every vessel arriving from sea, at any port of this State, shall give to every person shipped on board such vessel, who shall be entitled to his discharge, or who shall be discharged there, a certificate in the following form:

of

"A. B., one of the crew of the ship or vessel called the
on her voyage from

is hereby discharged.

to in the year of C. D., Commanding said vessel."

3476. Desertions to be Reported.-If any seaman shall desert from any vessel in any of the ports of this State, or in the voyage from the sea up to either of them, the master of the vessel shall, within twelve hours after his arrival, if such desertion shall have taken place before his arrival, or within twelve hours after the desertion, if it shall happen in the port, make out an advertisement, containing the name of the seaman and of the vessel to which he belonged, together with a description of the person of the deserter, which advertisement shall be signed by the master, and, within the time aforesaid, put up in the office, of the Mayor of the city of New Orleans (Act 295, 1855, 358).

3477. Advertisements Outside New Orleans.-In all seaports in this State, other than the city of New Orleans, the advertisements required by law shall be made at the courthouse of the parish in which the port may be situated; and the legal proceedings herein provided for shall be had before and determined by any of the justices of the peace of the port.

3478. Shipping Seamen Not Exhibiting Discharge.-No master of a vessel, nor any person for him, shall ship any seaman who shall not produce such discharge, unless he shall previously thereto. give twelve hours' notice that such seaman has applied to be shipped without a discharge to all the masters of vessels then in port, who