To place the inmates of insane asylums under the protection of the laws by securing to them their postal rights.

thorized to select

tution.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, That henceforth each and every inmate of each Each inmate of and every insane asylum, both public and private, in the State insane asylums auof Louisiana, shall be allowed to choose one individual from the an outside party outside world to whom he or she may write when and whatever with whom he may freely correspond, he or she desires, and over these letters to this individual, there free of all censorship, the necessary shall be no censorship exercised or allowed by any of the stationery to be furasylum officials or employes; but their postoffice, so far as this nished by the instione individual is concerned, shall be as free and unrestricted as are those of any other resident or citizen of the State of Louisiana, and shall be under the protection of the same postal laws; and each and every inmate shall have the right to make a new choice of this individual party every three months, if he or she so desires to do; and it is here made the duty of the superintendent to furnish each and every inmate of every insane asylum in this State, either public or private, with suitable material for writing, inclosing, sealing, stamping and mailing letters, sufficient at least for the writing of one letter a week, provided they request the same, unless they are otherwise furnished with such material; and all such letters shall be dropped by the writer thereof, accompanied by an attendant when necessary, into a postoffice box provided by the State at the insane asylum, and kept in some place easy of access to all the patients; the attendant is required in all cases to see that this letter is directed to the patient's correspondent, and if it is not so directed, it must be held subject to the superintendent's disposal; and the contents of these boxes shall be collected once every week by an authorized person from the postoffice department, and by him placed in the hands of the United States mail for delivery. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, etc., That it is hereby made the duty of the superintendent to keep registered and posted in A true copy of some public place at the Insane Asylum, a true copy of the the names of every names of every individual chosen as the inmate's correspondent, respondent to be and by whom chosen, and it is hereby made the duty of the su- kept registered and perintendent to inform each of the individuals of the name of lic place of the asythe party choosing him or her, and he is to request him or her to lum. write his or her own name on the outside of the envelope of every letter he or she writes to this individual inmate; and all such letters bearing the writer's name on the outside shall be delivered without opening or reading the same, or allowing same to be opened or read, unless there is reason for believing the letter contains some foreign substance which might be used for medieation, in which case the letter shall be required to be opened in the presence of a competent witness, and this substance shall be delivered to the superintendent to be used at his discretion.

chosen outside cor

posted in some pub

of this act.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, etc., That any person refusing Penalties for vioor neglecting to comply with, or willingly or knowingly violations of the prolating any of the provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by fine or imprisonment, at the discretion of the court, and shall be ineligible to any office in the asylum afterwards.

this act to be framed

SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, etc., That a printed copy of Printed copy of this act shall be framed and kept posted in every ward of every and kept posted in insane asylum, both public and private, in the State of Louisevery ward of each isiana; that all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed, and that this act shall be in force thirty days from its passage.

insane asylum.

S. P. HENRY,

To create an additional justice of the peace and constable for the Tenth Ward of the parish of Natchitoches.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State Creation of addi- of Louisiana, That an additional justice of the peace and contional officials, and stable for the tenth ward of the parish of Natchitoches be and concurrent jurisdicthe same is hereby created, who shall possess the same power and authority as is now conferred upon the justice of the peace and constable now created by law.

tion.

term of office.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, etc., That until the general elecAppointment and tion, which is to be held in this State in 1892, it shall be the duty of the Governor to appoint the justice of the peace and constable for the said ward, whose appointment shall be confirmed by the Senate; and the justice of the peace and constable so appointed shall hold office until the next general election.

S. P. HENRY.

Creating a privilege on Louisiana moss in favor of the party advancing money and supplies, and in favor of laborers engaged in gathering, picking, saving and preparing moss for market and designating the rank of such privileges.

vor of designated

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, That any person advancing money, or furnishing sup- Creation of speciplies to enable another to gather, pick, save and prepare for fied privilege in famarket moss grown on trees in this State, shall have a privilege parties. for such advances and supplies upon the moss so gathered, picked, saved and prepared for market.

and

SEC. 2. That all laborers engaged in gathering, picking, Gatherers saving and preparing for market auy moss grown on the trees pickers to have the first privilege. in this State shall have a privilege for their wages on such moss, which privilege shall rank first and that of the furnisher of supplies second.

SEC. 3. That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed.

S. P. HENRY,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JAMES JEFFRIES,

Lieutenant Governor and President of the Senate.

Repealing clause.

Declaring it to be a crime for any person to permit his name to be carried on the lists or pay-rolls of any State, parish, municipal or other political corporation, and to receive a salary or pay for services not actually rendered, and prescribing a penalty therefor.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, That any person who shall knowingly permit his name to be carried on the lists or pay-rolls of any State, parish, municipal or other political corporation, as employee, and receive salary or pay for services not actually rendered, shall be deemed guilty of obtaining money under false pretenses, and on conviction by a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by imprisonment at hard labor or otherwise, not exceed ing twelve months.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, etc., That all laws or parts of laws in conflict therewith be and the same are hereby repealed. S. P. HENRY,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

JAMES JEFFRIES,

public warehouse

before transaction

rity; ditto as to corporations.

To define and regulate the business of public warehouses, and the issue of public warehouse receipts; to define and punish violations of this act, and to repeal conflicting laws.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State A certificate as of Louisiana, That the proprietor, lessee or manager of any man from the clerk public warehouse, whether an individual, firm or corporation, of court necessary before transacting any business in such warehouse, shall proof business as such; cure from the civil district court of the parish in which the also bond and secu- warehouse or warehouses are situated, a certificate that he is transacting business as a public warehouseman under the laws of this State, which certificate shall be issued by the clerk of said court, upon a written petition setting forth the location and name of such warehouse or warehouses and the name of each person individually or a member of the firm, interested as owner or principal in the management of the same; or if the warehouse be owned or managed by a corporation, the names of the president, secretary and treasurer of such corporation shall be stated; and the said certificate shall give authority to carry on and conduct the business of a public warehouse within the meaning of this act, and shall be revocable by said court upon a summary proceeding before the court, on complaint by written petition of any person setting forth the particular violation of the law, and upon satisfactory proof as in other cases at law. The person receiving a certificate, as herein provided for, shall file with the clerk of the court granting same, a bond to the State of Louisiana, with good and sufficient security, to be approved by said court, in the penal sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) conditioned for the faithful performance of his duty as a public warehouseman, and his full and unreserved compliance with all laws of the State relating to such business.

compliance.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, etc., That any individual, Penalties for non- member of firm, or president, secretary or treasurer of a corporation, who shall transact the business of a public warehouse without first procuring a certificate as herein provided, or who shall continue to transact any such business after such certificate has been revoked (save only that he may be permitted to deliver property previously stored in such warehouse) shall, in summary proceedings on the written petition of any person setting forth the fact, as above, and upon satisfactory proof before the court whose clerk is authorized to issue the certificates provided for in section first of this act, be adjudged to pay to the police jury of the parish where the warehouse is situated, or to the city of New Orleans, if that be the location of the warehouse, at the discretion of the court, a sum uot less than one hundred dollars ($100), nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) and costs of court, for each and every day such business is so carried on; and the court may refuse to renew the certificate or to grant a new one, to any of the persons whose certificate has been revoked, within one year from the time the same was revoked. But nothing herein shall be construed to interfere with, repeal, or conflict with the regular license laws of the parish, city or State.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, etc., That on application of the Warehouse reowner or depositor of the property stored in a public ware- whom issued. ceipts; how and to house, the warehouseman shall issue over his own signature, or that of his duly authorized agent, a public warehouse receipt therefor, to the order of the person entitled thereto, which receipt shall purport to be issued by a public warehouse, shall bear date of the day of its issue, and shall state upon its face the name of the warehouse and its location, the description, quantity, number and marks of the property stored, and the date on which it was originally received in warehouse, and that it is deliverable upon the return of the receipt properly endorsed by the person to whose order it was issued, and on payment of all charges for storage. All such receipts shall be numbered consecutively, in the order of their issue, and no two receipts bearing the same number shall be issued from the same warehouse during the same year, nor shall any duplicate receipt be issued, except in the case of a lost or destroyed receipt, in which case the new receipt shall bear the same date and number as the original, and shall be plainly marked on its face, "Duplicate;" and, provided, that no such duplicate receipt shall be issued by any public warehouseman until adequate security be deposited with, or to the order of, said warehouseman, to protect the party or parties who may finally hold the original receipt in good faith and for a valid consideration. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, etc., That no warehouse receipt No receipt to be shall be issued except upon the actual previous delivery of the issued without previous delivery of the goods into the warehouse or on the premises and under the con- goods. trol of the warehouseman by whom it purports to be issued, and the name of the warehouse shall invariably be specified in such receipt.

On presentation and return to ware

houseman of the receipt,duly indorsed, and payment of all charges, the goods

shall be delivered to the holder of the

SEC. 5. Be it enacted, etc., That on the presentation and return to the warehouseman of any public warehouse receipt issued by him and properly indorsed, and the tender of all proper warehouse charges upon the property represented by it, such property shall be deliverable immediately to the holder of such receipt; but no public warehouseman who shall issue receipt. receipts for goods, shall under any circumstances or upon any order or guarantee whatsoever deliver the property for which such receipts have been issued, until the said receipts will have been surrendered and cancelled, and in default of the strict compliance with the provisions of this section of this act, he shall be held liable to the legal holder of the receipt for the full value of the property therein described, as it appeared on the day of the default, and shall furthermore be liable to the special penalties herein provided, in addition to the existing penalty attached to the crime of obtaining money or goods under false pretenses, or aiding and abetting therein. Upon delivery of the goods from the warehouse upon any receipt, such receipt shall be plainly marked in ink across its face with the word "cancelled," with the name of the person cancelling the same, and shall thereafter be void, and shall not again be put in circulation.

No limitations of

dorsed on the ware

SEC. 6. Be it enacted, etc., That no public warehouseman shall insert in any public warehouse receipt issued liabilities to be enby him any language limiting or modifying his liabilities or house receipt. responsibilities as imposed by the laws of this State, excepting not accountable for leakage or depreciation.