deaf and dumb and blind established at

Sec. 1115. There shall be established an institution for the Institution for deaf, dumb and blind in the town of Baton Rouge.

Act 1855, p. 356.

Baton Rouge.

of five admin

Sec. 1116. The governor of the State shall appoint every two years, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, five resi- Appointment dent citizens of the State of Louisiana, who shall manage the istrators. institution of the deaf, dumb and blind, and be known under the name and style of the board of administrators of the Louisiana institution for the deaf, dumb, and blind, at Baton Rouge, in this

State.

D. Sec. 1618. Act 1866, p. 124.

Place of

Sec. 1117. The board of administrators shall have a room appropriated for their exclusive use in the institution where they or ing of said adthey may deem expedient for the transaction of business. They majority of them, shall meet monthly and as much oftener as ministrators. shall keep a correct journal of their proceedings, and make annual reports to the general assembly of the affairs and condition of said institution during the first week of each regular session of the

legislature.

the board.

Sec. 1118. They shall elect from among their members, one President of

member to act as

president of the board.

Sec. 1119. Three members of said board shall constitute a quorum to transact business, and shall have power to choose, from Quorum. among themselves, one member to act as president pro tempore in the absence of the president.

Duties of the

manage- board.

Sec. 1120. The board shall have general superintendence and control of the institution, make all laws necessary for its ment, and adopt such rules and regulations as may be required for the proper management of the institution and government of

the pupils.

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admission.

Sec. 1121. They shall receive, instruct and support in the asyConditions of lum all persons deaf, dumb and blind, who reside within the State of Louisiana, and are in indigent circumstances and unable to pay, or whose parents or guardians are unable to pay for the same, and the board shall have power to receive such other deaf, dumb and blind, on such terms and conditions as may be determined on by the board.

Powers of the board.

Election of a

treasurer; his

Sec. 1122. The board shall have power to appoint and remove the necessary superintendents, matrons, physicians, teachers and such other officers as they deem proper for the good management of the asylum, and to fix their compensation; to accept any donation or legacy for the sole or exclusive use of the asylum; to sue and be sued.

Sec. 1123. They shall elect annually a treasurer, who shall duties. give bond and security for the faithful performance of his duty, and be approved by a majority of the board. It shall be his duty to receive quarterly, upon the warrant of the president of the board, whatever appropriations may be made by the State, and all other money or donations whatever for the benefit of the institution, to pay out on the order of the board all claims against the institution under such rules and restrictions as may be estabElection of a lished by the board. They shall also elect a secretary, whose duty it shall be to keep an exact account of all money received and disbursed, of the property, credits and resources of the institution, and of all work done, and claims against the institution, and to be present and attend the meetings of the board; said treasurer, secretary and the superintendent shall keep their accounts and records in well bound books, subject at all times to the inspection of the board of administrators.

secretary; duties.

Weekly in

his

spection.

Time of ap

Sec. 1124. At each monthly meeting of the board, they shall appoint one of their members whose duty it shall be to visit the institution at least once a week, and report to the next monthly meeting the manner in which its affairs have been conducted.

Sec. 1125. The first appointments under this act shall be made pointments. within ten days after its passage. The board thus appointed shall immediately enter upon the discharge of its duties as provided by the foregoing sections of this act, and the members thereof shall continue in office for two years from the date of such appointment, and until their successors are appointed as provided in the eleven hundred and sixteenth section of this act, and have qualified.

Board authorized to intro

Sec. 1126. The board of administrators of the deaf, dumb and duce printing blind asylum of this State be, and are hereby authorized and eminto the insti- powered to provide for the introduction of printing into the said institution, for the employment and education of the inmates

tution.

thereof.

Act 1859, p. 171.

ceeding

Sec. 1127. Whenever it shall appear from an official publica- Mode of protion that any person, acting as an officer within the State, is a de- against defaulfaulter, it shall be the duty of the judges of the several district ters. and parish courts to require the district attorney or district attorney pro tempore to proceed by rule against him for his removal Duty of judges. from office after ten days' notice.

D. Sec. 1980. Act 1855, p. 268.

tain cases to

See. 1128. If upon the trial it should appear that he is a de- Courts in cerfaulter, the court shall declare the office vacant, subject to an ap- declare the peal to the supreme court upon the defendant giving bond and office vacant. security for costs.

D. Sec. 1981.

discharge

Sec. 1129. It shall not be lawful for any person to discharge Persons not to the duties of an officer pending the appeal allowed by the eleven duties of office hundred and twenty-eighth section of this act.

D. Sec. 1982.

pending appeal.

Sec. 1130. Any person violating the eleven hundred and twenty-ninth section of this act, on due conviction thereof, shall Penalty. suffer fine or imprisonment, or both, at the discretion of the court.

cers to report

See. 1131. It shall be the duty of the auditor of public ac- Certain offcounts, the presidents of the police juries, and the mayors of the defaulters to several municipal corporations of this State, to report annually to annually.

the governor

Penalty for

neglecting to

make said re

port.

Governor not to issue com

faulters.

the governor, on or before the tenth day of November of each year, all persons who may be defaulters to the State, parish or municipal corporations, with the amount of said defalcation, and any of said officers who shall fail or neglect to perform this duty shall forfeit the sum of five hundred dollars, to be sued for and recovered in the name of the State of Louisiana by the district attorney.

D. Sec. 204, 2465, 2791. Act 1855, p. 332.

Sec. 1132. It shall not be lawful for the governor to issue a missions to de- commission to any person elected or appointed to office who may appear to be a defaulter by the reports on file in his office, unless it shall be proved to his satisfaction that such person was not a defaulter, or that he has paid the amount of his defalcation; such proof shall be made within ninety days from the date of the elecNew election tion at which said person was elected, or the date of the appointment of any such person to office; otherwise the governor shall order a new election or make a new appointment, as the case may be.

to be ordered in certain cases.

D. Sec. 1619.

Sec. 1133. It shall be the duty of the governor to report to List of default- the general assembly, and cause to be published annually, in the lished annu- State paper, a list of all persons who may appear to be defaulters by the reports on file in his office.

ers to be pub

ally.

received until

D. Sec. 1620.

Sec. 1134. No person whose duty it is to receive or approve No bond to be the bond of any sheriff or tax-collector shall receive or approve commission is any such bond until he has exhibited a commission from the gov ernor of the State.

exhibited.

Publication to

auditor.

D. Sec. 1621.

Sec. 1135. It shall be the duty of the auditor of public ac be made by the counts, on the fifteenth day of December, annually, to publish in the official gazette of the State, for thirty days, the names of all persons who may have become defaulters to the State during the year, with the amount of said defalcation; and no person who shall be published as such shall be entitled to receive his commisbe exhibited. sion, until he has exhibited the proper discharge from the auditor. D. Sec. 189, 205. Act 1859, p. 20.

No commission to issue until discharge

to hold any

or trust.

Sec. 1136. No person who at any time may have been a colDefaulters not lector of taxes, whether State, parish, or municipal, or who may office of profit have been otherwise intrusted with public money, shall be eligible to the general assembly, or to any office of profit or trust under the State government, until he shall have obtained a discharge for the amount of such collections, and for all public moneys with which he may have been trusted.

No defaulter

to be auctioneer.

Sec. 1137. No person shall act as an auctioneer who is indebted to the State or any municipal corporation, for any tax as an auctioneer, or any license or commission which he has neglected to pay after final judgment rendered against him therefor.

D. Sec. 143. Act 1855, p. 106.

port to the

house an an

faulters.

Sec. 1138. It shall be the duty of the auditor, the first day of Auditor to rethe session of each legislature, to inclose to the president of the senate and senate and speaker of the house, a list of all persons who are de- nual list of defaulters to the State on account of any public moneys; and if in such list the name of any member of the general assembly should appear, the house to which he may have been returned shall take such action as may be deemed necessary.

D. Sec. 189. Act 1855, p. 125.

insolvent laws.

Sec. 1139. All defaulting receivers of public funds of any Defaulters dekind, and all unfaithful depositaries shall be deprived of the ben- benefit of the efit of all acts passed for the relief of insolvent debtors; also all those whose losses shall have been occasioned by gambling, dissipation or debauch.

D. Sec. 1809. Act 1855, p. 432.