tion of their respective Boards, or to appear or represent claimants or litigants, in any capacity whatsoever, directly or indirectly, in any cause to which any corporation subject to the jurisdiction of their respective Boards shall be a party.

Penalty.

1904. [Sec. 2.] Any member of the Railroad Commission and State Board of Appraisers of the State of Louisiana who shall violate the provisions of this Act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be imprisoned not less than six months nor more than twelve months and fined not less than One Hundred Dollars or more tha Five Hundred Dollars by the Judge before whom he shall so appear or plead or in whose jurisdiction he shall so represent any litigant.

What Officers May Not Practice Law.

1905. [R. S. 878.] No Judge, Justice of the Peace, Clerk of Court or Deputy Clerk of Court or bookkeeper or regular employee of the Clerk of Court, or Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff or bookkeeper or regular clerical employee, employee of a Sheriff, Constable or Deputy Constable of any court in this State shall appear or plead for any person in any Court of this State in any cause whatever; no Police Commissioner, Police officer nor Recorder, whether in any incorporated town, city or parish in this State shall, appear or plead as attorney for any other person in any Recorder's or Criminal Court, and no Assistant Recorder or Recorder pro tempore shall appear or plead as attorney for any other person in or before the Recorder's Court wherein they officiate as Recorder pro tempore or Assistant Recorder, either directly or indirectly in their name or that of any persons interposed; that no Sheriff, Clerk of Court shall, except for legitimate professional services employ a practicing attorney-at-law, or allow any attorney-at-law to receive any of the fees or emoluments of the said offices for any advice, work or service connected with said offices; that no practicing attorney-at-law shall, except for legitimate professional services, receive from the said Sheriff, Clerk of Court or Parish Treasurer, any of the fees or emoluments of the said respective offices; and that any person or persons violating the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be imprisoned not less than six months, fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, be removed from office, and in addition to the above penalty, the attorney-at-law shall have his

license cancelled and shall be forever afterwards incapable of appearing and practicing as an attorney-at-law in any court of this State;

Provided, that this shall not apply to City Judges or Justices of the Peace, who may be attorneys-at-law in the country parishes. (Amd. Act 135, 1904, p. 304.)

What Officers May Not Go Bail.

1906. [Sec. 1, Act 11, 1880, p. 18.] It shall not be lawful for any judicial or ministerial officer of any of the courts of this State, to go bail for any prisoner or other person in any prosecution or criminal proceeding in their respective courts, or to become surety for the appearance of any prisoner or other person before their respective courts to answer any criminal charge. State vs. Babin, 124 La. 1005.

Penalty.

1907. [Sec. 2.] Any Judicial or ministerial officer who violates the foregoing section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be fined or imprisoned, or both, at the discretion of the court, or shall be sentenced to labor on the public works, roads, or streets of the parish or city, as the case may be, for a term not to exceed six months.

Effect of Pardon.

1908. [Sec. 1, Act 85, 1873, p. 157.] When the Governor of the State shall issue his executive pardon to any person who may have been convicted of any crime or offense, and when the Senate shall have given its consent to such pardon in conformity to Article fifty-eight of the Constitution, the said pardon shall be deemed to have the effect of restoring to the person so pardoned all of the civil and political rights, privileges and immunities which he may have lost by having been convicted and sentenced.

Penalty.

1909. [Sec. 2.] All public officers shall so recognize such effect of a pardon so issued, and shall act accordingly toward any such person who may have been convicted of any crime or offense and then pardoned. If any public officer or any other person shall deprive any such person of any civil or political right, privilege or immunity on the pretense that such person has been convicted of any crime or offense, and when such person who may have been so convicted shall have been pardoned, such officer or person so depriving such person so pardoned of his civil or political

rights shall be deemed to be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be fined a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, and may be imprisoned, at the discretion of the court, or both, and shall furthermore be liable to an action for damages in favor of such pardoned person.

Treasurer Failing to Perform Legal Duty.

1910. [R. S. 870.] Should the Treasurer willfully neglect or refuse to perform any duty enjoined by law, or be guilty of any oppression or extortion in the performance of any duty of his office, or receive any fee or reward not allowed by law; or should he, by color of his office, knowingly do any act not authorized by law, or in any other manner than is required by law, or illegally use or misapply any of the money belonging to the State, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor in office, and upon conviction, shall be fined not less than one thousand dollars, and imprisoned in the penitentiary at hard labor for not less than five years.

Auditor Failing to Perform Duty.

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1911, [R, S. 871.] Should the Auditor knowingly issue any warrant upon the Treasurer not authorized by law, or should he willfully neglect or refuse to perform any duty enjoined by law, or be guilty of any oppression or extortion, or receive any fee or reward for the performance of any duty not allowed by law, or should he, by color of his office, knowingly do any act not authorized, or in any other manner than is required by law, or illegally use or misapply any money belonging to the State, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor in office, and upon conviction be fined not more than one thousand dollars, and imprisoned not more than five years, and be dismissed from office. Collecting Taxes by Unqualified Collector.

1912. [R. S. 967.] Any State collector, collecting or attempting to collect any licenses or taxes in the name of the State of Louisiana, without having duly qualified and given bond in accordance with law, shall be subject to a fine of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars, and be imprisoned not less than two nor more than five years at hard labor. It shall be the duty of the Attorney General to prosecute all such cases upon information from the Auditor, for which he shall receive a fee of fifty dollars, upon conviction. (Re-enacted Sec. 82, Act 170, 1898, p. 381.)

This allowance of fee is contrary to Con. 180.

Officer Not to Pass Acts Till Taxes Paid.

1913, [Sec. 74, Act 170, 1898, p. 379.] Neither, recorders, sheriffs, notaries throughout the State, nor other persons authorized to convey real estate, by public act shall pass or execute any act, or take any acknowledgment to any act under private signature, for the sale, transfer, donation, partition, exchange or other conveyance of any real estate, unless the State, levee district, parish and municipal taxes due on the same prior to the act be first paid, to be shown by the receipt or certificate of the officer having charge of the collection of said taxes, or by the certificate of the State Auditor, city comptroller or other officer having charge of or keeping the accounts of any municipal corporation or parish of this State, said certificates to be annexed to such act and be conclusive evidence of the payment of all taxes therein certified to be paid, and shall exonerate the notary, sheriff or recorder from all responsibility whatever.

Penalty.

1914. [Sec. 75.] Any notary public or recorder violating the foregoing section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and the act offered in evidence shall be prima facie evidence of guilt. The district attorney, on the offense being made known to him, shall proceed against such officer by indictment or information, and on conviction such officer shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two hundred dollars.

Officer Falsely Certifying That Oath Was Taken in His Presence.

1915.

[Sec. 23, Act 171, 1898, p. 419.] Any tax collector or ex officio tax collector, or any notary public or other officer of the State empowered to administer oaths, who shall sign any jurat or certify to the correctness of any oath without administering the oath in person to the applicant, and having the applicant sign the oath in his presence, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be subject to a fine of not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than one thousand dollars, or imprisonment at not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days, or both, in the discretion of the court. (Amd. Act 218, 1910, p. 354.)

Covered Patrol Wagons.

1916. [Sec. 1, Act 17, 1894, p. 13.] All cities and towns of Twenty Thousand (20,000) or upwards population in this

State owning, controlling or employing patrol wagons, busses, vans or other vehicles of any kind for the purpose of conveying prisoners to police stations, jails, work-houses or penitentiaries or other place of detention for such prisoners shall provide suitable covers or canopies for such patrol wagons, busses or vehicles so that the prisoners which may be conveyed therein shall not be exposed to public view.

1917. [Sec. 2.] [Sec. 2.] It shall be unlawful for the authorities or officers of any such city in this State, to compel any person who is under arrest, imprisoned, or detained or in their care, custody or charge to ride or to be driven in an open or uncoverd patrol wagon, omnibus, van or other vehicle of any class named in first section of this act, in or through the streets or other public places in this State.

Penalty.

1918. [Sec. 3.] Any sheriff, coroner, policeman, warden or any other officer of such city or town who violates the provisions of this act shall be fined not less than twenty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not less than thirty nor more than ninety days.

Notaries' Duties as to Place of Business and Office Hours.

1919. [Sec. 12, Act 22, 1912, p. 29.] Every notary public in and for the Parish of Orleans shall keep his office in a building covered with tile, slates or terrace, and keep such office open, for the ready examination of his records, every day from the hour of 10 o'clock a. m. to 3 o'clock p. m., Sundays and holidays excepted. Any Notary Public violating the provisions of this Section shall, on proof thereof before the Criminal Court for the Parish of Orleans be condemned to pay a fine of Twenty-five ($25.00) Dollars for each and every day he shall deprive the public from access to his records; and on his failure to pay such fine, and in case he should continue for a period of ten successive days in the violation of the provisions of this Section, he shall forfeit his commission and he shall be required to turn over his archives to the Custodian of Notarial Records.

Negligence of Parish Surveyor.

1920. [R. S. 2627.] If any parish surveyor shall neglect to perform any of the duties herein prescribed [with reference to surveying parish boundaries], he shall, on conviction thereof,