REVISED LAWS.

ABSENTEES.

1. Curator of Absentee, Duties, etc. That whenever the curator or attorney in fact of an absentee shall apply to the court, by a petition made under oath to the best of his knowledge and belief, setting forth that the absentee has not been heard from for the space of ten years, and that he has no heirs known to him residing in the State; or when such facts relative to any absentee shall be known to the judge of the court, or due and satisfactory proof of the facts aforesaid shall be made to him by any other person than the curator or attorney in fact, it shall be his duty. in all such cases to order the sale of the property of such absentee in the same manner, and on the same conditions, and the funds to be paid into the State treasury in the same manner, as in cases of vacant successions (Act 2, 1855, 2).

R. C. C. 53, 1049, 1195, 1653; C. P. 995.

Laws relating to absentees must be strictly construed, and all formalities observed. Stockton vs. Hasleech, 10 M. 474; Hill vs. Barlow, 6 R. 142.

Representative of absentee may prosecute partition suit, sell portion allotted, paying proceeds into State Treasury. Wilson vs. Smith, 14 An. 368.

2. Prescription as to non-residents and absentees. See Sec. 2810.

3. In absence of principal; agent, etc., may make oath, etc. C. P., Art. 216, part 2.

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ACCOUNTS.

4. Mode of Keeping.-The money accounts of this State shall be expressed in dollars or units, cents or hundredths and mills or thousandths; and all accounts in banks and public offices, and all proceedings in the courts of this State, shall be kept in conformity herewith (Act 45, 1855,39).

Judgments for money should be expressed in dollars and cents-one for a certain amount in francs is erroneous. Erlanger vs. Avegno, 24 An. 77; see Marshall vs. Railroad, 5 An. 360; Galliaro vs. Pierce, 18 An. 10; Olanyer vs. Blanchard, Id. 615.