State, for promulgation, under the Constitution, without his signature, the Clerk of the House or Secretary of the State, in which the bill originated, is hereby directed to make a duplicate enrolled copy of said law, affixing thereto his certificate that it originated in the house of which he is Clerk or Secretary, and an additional certificate to the fact of the delivery and date thereof by him of said bill to the Governor, and of the failure of the Governor to return the same, as required by law; and upon the delivery to the Secretary of State of said enrolled copy, with said certificate, by the Secretary of the Senate or Clerk of the House, as the case may be, he is hereby directed to promulgate the same.

Promulgating Unsigned Bill.

4137. [Sec. 2.] It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Senate and of the Clerk of the House, as the case may be, to present for their signature, to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House, two enrolled copies of each bill, one of which shall be directed to the Governor who shall receipt therefor to the Secretary or Clerk, as the case may be, a duplicate of said receipt, signed by the Governor, to be written on the face of the duplicate enrolled bill, which duplicate bill and receipt shall be delivered on the same day by the Secretary or Clerk to the Secretary of State for promulgation, in case the Governor shall fail within the delay fixed by the Constitution to return the bill with his veto to the house in which it originated.

Enrolled Bills Shall Be Typewritten.

4138. [Act 222, 1914, p. 420.] Official Enrolled Bills of the General Assembly and copies of the same shall be typewritten with indelible ink, and to this end the two houses of the General Assembly shall arrange for the employment of and shall have authority to employ the required typewriters, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to provide the necessary covers for the same in order that they may be uniform and standardized. Promulgating Bill Not Returned by Governor.

4139. [Sec. 1, Act 20, 1877, p. 23.] Whenever the enrolled copy of any bill shall have been delivered by the Clerk of the House or Secretary of the Senate to the Governor, and said enrolled copy shall not have been returned by him to the house in which it originated with his objections within the time provided by law; or whenever the Governor, after delivery to him,

has failed to approve the same within the legal delay, and has omitted or neglected to return said enrolled copy to the Secretary of State for promulgation, under the Constitution, without his signature, the Clerk of the House or Secretary of the Senate, in which the bill originated, is hereby directed to make a duplicate enrolled copy of said law, affixing thereto his certificate that it originated in the house of which he is Clerk or Secretary, and an additional certificate to the fact of the delivery and date thereof by him of said bill to the Governor, and of the failure of the Governor to return the same, as required by law; and upon the delivery to the Secretary of State of said enrolled copy, with said certificate, by the Secretary of the Senate or Clerk of the House, as the case may be, he is hereby directed to promulgate the same.

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4140. [Sec. 2.] It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Senate and of the Clerk of the House, as the case may be, to present for their signatures, to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House, two enrolled copies of each bill, one of which shall be delivered to the Governor, who shall receipt therefor to the Secretary or Clerk, as the case may be, a duplicate of said receipt, signed by the Governor, to be written on the face of the duplicate enrolled bill, which duplicate bill and receipt shall be delivered on the same day by the Secretary or Clerk to the Secretary of State for promulgation, in case the Governor shall fail within the delay fixed by the Constitution to return the bill with his veto to the house in which it originated.

Statutes of Other States Are Evidence.

4141. [R. S. 2171.] The public statutes and digests of other States shall be received in the courts of this State as prima facie evidence of the statute laws of the States from which they purport to emanate.

LEGITIMATING.

4142. [R. S. 2173.] That so much of the article two hundred and seventeen as abolishes all other modes of legitimation except that by marriage, be, and the same is hereby repealed, and that law seventh, title fifteenth, of the fourth Partidas, which was repealed by said article of the Code, be and the same is hereby revived; and that natural fathers and mothers shall have power

to legitimate their natural children, by acts declaratory of their intentions, made before a notary and two witnesses. Nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to prevent a white parent from legitimating a colored child, nor to prevent a person of color from legitimating his colored children; provided, the natural children are the issue of parents who might, at the time of conception, have contracted marriage; and, provided, that there do not exist, on the part of the parent legitimating his natural offspring, ascendants or legitimate descendants.

Another way of legitimating natural children is, where a father declares by writing executed by his own hand, or which he causes to be executed by a notary public, and attested by three witnesses, that he acknowledges such a one for his son, designating him expressly by name. But in such acknowledgment the father ought not to say he is his natural son; for if he does the legitimation will have no effect. Likewise, where a man has several children by a concubine (amiga), and he acknowledges one of them only in writing, in the manner above mentioned; by such acknowledgment, the other brothers and sisters will be legitimated, though no mention be made of them, so far as to enable them to inherit the estate of their father, as effectually as the one whose name is mentioned in the writing. And what we say in this and the preceding laws, is to be so understood that they who are therein mentioned as being legitimated, can inherit both the estates of their fathers and other relations.

4143. [Act 68, 1870, p. 96.] Natural fathers and mothers shall have power to legitimate their natural children, by acts declaratory of their intentions, made before a notary public and two witnesses: provided, that there existed at the time of the conception of such children, no other legal impediments to the inter-marriage of their natural father and mother except those resulting from color or the institution of slavery.

Sucn. Davis, 126 La. 178; Davenport vs. Davenport, 116 La. 1009; Marionneaux vs. Dupuy, 48 A. 496; Sucn. Colwell, 34 A. 266; Hart vs. Hoss, 26 A. 90; C. C. 180, 198, 200; also Range vs. Richard, 6 La. 570.

Preamble.

4144.

LEPERS.

[Sec. 1, Act 85, 1892, p. 109.] Whereas, the disease known as Leprosy, which is contaminating and dangerous

to the public health and welfare, exists in this State and persons afflicted with said disease are permitted to be at large, thus endangering Public Health.

Penalty for Harboring Leper; Fees of Sheriff.

4145. [Sec. 2.] All persons afflicted or suffering with said disease of Leprosy shall be confined in an institution isolated and used for the treatment of said disease, and it shall be a misdemeanor for any one to harbor a Leper or Lepers, and the penalty to be imposed upon any one harboring said Leper or Lepers and refusing to commit them to the care of said institution shall on conviction before any committing magistrate in this State, be subject to a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than $25 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding thirty days; said fine shall go to the support of said institution and said party so found to be a Leper shall be committed to said institution. Whenever it shall be made known to the Judge of the District Court, by the petition and oath of any individual, that any person afflicted with Leprosy within his district ought to be sent to or confined in said institution, it shall be the duty of said judge to issue a warrant to bring before him, in chambers, said person so afflicted with Leprosy, and after proper inquiry into all the facts and circumstances of the case, if in his opinion, he ought to be sent or confined in said institution, he shall make out his warrant to the sheriff of the parish, commanding him to convey said leper to said institution; for which duty the sheriff shall have the right to demand the same fees as are now allowed by law for the conveyance of insane persons to the State Insane Asylum, which shall be paid out of the parish treasury upon the order of the District Judge, and likewise all other expenses previously incurred in bringing said person before the District Judge.

Leper Home.

4146. [Sec. 1, Act 80, 1894, p. 92.] A Board of Control for the Leper Home, consisting of nine members to be appointed by the Governor of the State, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, is hereby declared a body politic and corporate; shall be domiciled at New Orleans, La., shall have a seal, may sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with; may hold, purchase, sell and convey property, whether movable or immovable, which may be necessary or beneficial to the care and main

tenance of lepers; may accept and receive bequests and donations and disburse same in accordance with the wishes of the donors. (Amd. Act 180, 1898, p. 427.)

Organization of Board.

4147. [Sec. 4.] As soon as practicable after the appointment of said Board, they shall meet and organize by electing a President and Secretary whose duties shall be prescribed by said Board. All vacancies whether by death, resignation or otherwise on said Board shall be filled by the Governor.

Board May Buy Permanent Home.

4148. [Act 61, 1900, p. 108.] The Board of Control for the Leper Home of this State is hereby authorized to select a suitable site for the establishment of a permanent Leper Home in this State with the approval of the Governor, and to construct the necessary buildings and improvements.

LEVEES.

Chief Engineer and Assistants; Their Duties as to Levees. 4149. [Sec. 2, Act 33, 1879, p. 51.] The Governor of the State of Louisiana shall be authorized to appoint three engineers, one of whom shall be known as Chief Engineer, and two assistant engineers, whose term of office shall be four years from the day of their appointment. It shall be the duty of said engineers to make a careful survey of water courses and public works and levees of the State; said survey to be completed as soon after the subsidence of high water as practicable, in order that the contracts for work may be let out and commenced at the earliest moment possible. They shall report to the Governor of the State the improvements necessary and the levees to be constructed which are of prime importance to the State at large, and are beyond the means of parochial authorities. They shall, also, in said report, furnish estimates and specifications of work necessary to be done.

Number of Assistant Engineers Increased to Four.

4150. [Act 48, 1884, p. 58.] The Governor of the State of Louisiana is hereby authorized to appoint two Assistant Engineers, in addition to the two Assistant Engineers provided for