Louisiana Slavery Statutes

Coverage: 1804-1865

Volumes:

An Act relative to apprentices and indentured servants. (1865.11)
An Act to provide for the punishment of persons for tampering with, persuading or enticing away, harboring, feeding or secreting laborers, servants or apprentices. (1865.11)
Joint Resolutions relative to Federal Relations. (1865.11)
Joint Resolution ratifying a proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States. (1864.1)
An Act to amend Article 155 of the Civil Code of Louisiana. (1864.1)
Joint Resolution instructing the Senators and requesting the Representatives of Louisiana in Congress to vote for the Constitutional amendment prohibiting Slavery. (1864.1)
An Act relative to the trial of slaves accused of certain crimes. (1863)
An Act relative to Slaves. (1863)
An act to prohibit the distillation of grain, sugar, molasses or can juice into spirituous or other alcoholic liquors. (1863)
An Act to appropriate five hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay for the hire or loss of slaves and other property, lost by death or otherwise, while employed on the public works within the State. (1863)
An Act to authorize the citizens of the several parishes in this State wherein slaves are impressed by the State or Confederate States, to select a suitable person or persons not liable to military duty, to supervise them, and to exercise a general supervision over said slaves in all things affecting their health and comfort. (1863)
An Act to Organize the Militia for the Defence of the State. (1862)
An Act to provide for the support of the families of officers, soldiers and marines, non-commissioned officers in the military and naval service of the Confederate States and of this State, being citizens or residents of the State of Louisiana. (1862)
An Act to authorize the Governor of the State of Louisiana to press into the service of the State, Slaves and other property, for the public defences of the State during the present war. (1862)
An Act to authorize Sam. Clark and his associate to obstruct the Channel of Red River. (1862)
An Act to repeal the fourth section of an act entitled an act relative to Sheriffs Sales and writs of Fieri Facias. (1861.1)
An Act relating to the hiring of Overseers on country or summer residences. (1861.1)
An Act for the relief of Hervy Drake, of the parish of Onachita. (1861.1)
Joint Resolution for a joint special committee to examine the jails and lock-ups in New Orleans, to see whether the law is complied with in relation to runaway negroes. (1861.1)
An Act making appropriations for the General Expenses of the State, for the year ending the thirty-first day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. (1861.1)
An act to organize the parish of Madison into a Levee District, and for the proper administration of the same. (1861.1)
An Act relative to the transfer of the regular military force of this State and the arms and munitions of war acquired from the United States, to the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America. (1861.1)
An Act to provide for the sale of the remaining Slaves belonging to the Internal Improvement Department of the State, and also all the Steamboats, Barges, Engines, Boilers, etc., belonging to said Department. (1861.1)
An Act to repeal the second Section of an act entitled An act relative to Patrols. (1861.1)
Joint Resolutions on the Right of Secession. (1861.1)
Joint Resolution requesting the Governor of this State to communicate with the Governors of the Slaveholding States in relation to the present critical condition of the country. (1861.1)
An Act making appropriations for the General Expenses of the State, for the fiscal year ending the thirty-first day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. (1860.1)
An Act for the relief of Hamilton D. Wagnon, of the parish of Carroll. (1860.1)
An Act relative to pardoned slaves. (1860.1)
An Act to amend the Second Section of an Act entitled an Act to grant certain privileges to the town of Harrisonburg . (1860.1)
An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the town of New Iberia, in the parish of St. Martin, and for other purposes. (1860.1)
An Act for the relief of Thomas Hassam, Joseph Maillot, Richard Condon and Bernard Cohen, of the parish of Orleans. (1860.1)
An Act making appropriations for the General Expenses of the State for the fiscal year, ending the thirty-first day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty. (1859)
An Act to incorporate the City of Carrollton. (1859)
An Act to provide for the government of the town of Monroe, and the administration of the affairs thereof. (1859)
An Act to permit free persons of African descent to select their Masters and become slaves for life. (1859)
Joint Resolution requiring the State Engineer to deliver the aged and infirm negroes belonging to the State to the Superintendent of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum. (1859)
An Act for the relief of John D. Holly. (1859)
An Act to prevent slaves from hiring their own time in the parishes of St. Tammany, Washington, St. Helena and Livingston. (1859)
An Act for the prevention and punishment of selling liquor to slaves, in the parish of Orleans. (1859)
An Act to authorize Nicholas Verret, Administrator of the succession of Mrs. Bela Hubbard, to sell a certain property belonging to said succession. (1859)
An Act additional to An Act relative to and regulating the collection of municipal taxes in the city of New Orleans. (1859)
An Act supplementary to an act entitled An Act relative to crimes and offenses . (1859)
An act to legalize and confirm two acts of sale made by Marie Emilie Derbanne, wife of John Bernard Vandegriffe, through Pierre Alcide Dupleix, her attorney in fact, all of the parish of Natchitoches, of certain dotal property, to Joseph Roman Fred6ric and Terence Chaler, also of the parish of Natchitoches, which acts were. (1859)
An Act relative to free persons of color coming into the States or foreign countries. (1859)
An Act in relation to Lands and Levees in the parish of Point Coupee. (1859)
An Act relative to a special road and bridge tax in the parish of Franklin. (1859)
An Act to prohibit the issuing of licences to free negroes and free persons of color, for the purpose of keeping billiard tables, coffee-houses and retail stores where spirituous liquors are sold. (1859)
An Act to incorporate the town of Keachi, in the parish of DeSoto. (1858)
An Act to take the census of the State. (1858)
An Act for the relief of W.D.V. Downing, of the parish of Point Coupe'e. (1858)
An Act relative to roads, levees, ditches, bridges, and the powers of police juries relative thereto, in the parish of Lafourche. (1858)
An Act to authorize a change of venue for tHe trial of the slave Eugene, the property of Valsin Marmillon, of the parish of St. John the Baptist. (1858)
An Act for the relief of Eugene G. Robichaux, Sheriff of the parish of Lafourche. (1858)
An Act making an appropriation for the general expenses of the State for the fiscal year ending the thirty-first day of March, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine. (1858)
Joint Resolution appointing commissioners to inquire into the propriety of dispensing with the Internal Improvement Department and other subjects connected therewith. (1858)
An Act providing for the trial of slaves accused of capital crimes in the parish of Orleans. (1858)
An Act relative to and regulating the collection of municipal taxes in the city of New Orleans. (1858)
An Act to incorporate the New Orleans Marine and Life Insurance Company. (1857)
An Act for the relief of Lastie Nezat, of the parish of St. Landry. (1857)
An Act relative to Slaves. (1857)
An Act for the relief of Aspasic and Catiche Boham, free women of color. (1857)
An Act to prevent the buying from, selling or giving to slaves without the consent, in writing of their owner or employer. (1857)
An Act providing for Runaway Slaves and establishing a General Depot for the same. (1857)
An Act making an appropriation for the General Expenses of the State for the fiscal year ending the thirty-first day of March, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. (1857)
An Act to repeal the second section of an Act entitled An Act relative to Patrols. (1857)
An Act for the relief of Mrs. N.P. Hale. (1857)
An Act to amend the second, fourth, fifth, eighth, fourteenth and sixteenth sections of an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Donaldsonville. (1857)
An Act for the relief of George H. Wells of the city of New Orleans. (1857)
An Act to prohibit the emancipation of Slaves. (1857)
An Act for the relief of Alexander R. Hendry of the parish of Catahoula. (1857)
An Act to authorize Leonelle LeBlanc of Donaldsenville, Louisiana, to ratify and make good and valid, the sales of certain slaves. (1857)
An Act to authorize Marcelin Bordelon of the parish of Avoyelles, to give by last will or donation, inter vivos, to Celina Bordelon, f.w.c, his property. (1857)
An Act to legalise and confirm an act of sale made by George S. Walmsley and his wife, Marie Arthemise Adle, of certain dotal property to Lewis R. Walmsley and Christopher L. Walmsley, all of the parish of Natchitoches, which act was. (1857)
An Act to authorize Mrs. Marie Emma Mille, a minor, wife of Doctor Alfred Duperier, of the parish of Saint Martin, to alienate, with the consent and assistance of her husband, her immovables and slaves, or her undivided interest in immovable property and slaves. (1857)
An Act making appropriations for the General Expenses of the State for the fiscal year ending thirty-first of March, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. (1856)
An Act to incorporate the Town of Natchitoches and to accord certain privileges thereto. (1856)
An Act to equalize the rate of Taxation on Slaves. (1856)
An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to consolidate the city of New Orleans and to provide for the government of the city of New Orleans and the administration of the affairs thereof. (1856)
An Act to provide for the government of the city of Baton Rouge and the administration of the affairs thereof. (1856)
An Act to limit and equalize Municipal Taxation in the City of New Orleans. (1856)
An Act for the relief of Dr. C.R. French. (1856)
An Act to regulate the assessment and collection of Taxes in the town of Mansfield. (1856)
Resolution relative to the President's Message. (1856)
An Act for the relief of William H. Williams. (1856)
An Act relative to Slaves and Free Colored Persons. (1855)
An Act relative to seamen. (1855)
An Act relative to the Sheriff of New Orleans. (1855)
An Act relative to Patrols. (1855)
An Act making appropriations for the General Expenses of the State for the fiscal year ending on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. (1855)
An Act to compensate C.J. Nixon, of the parish of Winn, for pursuing and arresting Nicholas Kieffer, charged with murder, and the slave Toney, charged with shooting with intent to kill. (1855)
An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the town of New Iberia, in the parish of St. Martin, and for other purposes. (1855)
An Act for the relief of North and Heinel. (1855)
An Act to regulate and define Costs and Fees generally. (1855)
An Act relative to Criminal Proceedings. (1855)
An Act to provide for the Registry of Births and Deaths. (1855)
An Act to provide for the trial of slaves accused of capital crimes in the parish of Orleans. (1855)
An Act to incorporate the town of Grand Coteau, in the parish of St. Landry. (1855)
An Act for the relief of James G. Lassley of Adams county, State of Mississippi. (1855)
An Act in relation to the Fee Bill. (1855)
Resolution of the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana. (1854)
An Act to grant to the Mayor and Trustees of the Town of Shreveport, and to the Police Jury of the Parish of Caddo, power to establish Workhouses. (1854)
An Act to provide compensation to owners of slaves condemned to death or the Penitentiary, by the State. (1854)
An Act authorizing Mathilda Laure Olivier to mortgage her property. (1854)
An Act for the relief of Dr. Thomas J. Buffington. (1854)
An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to amend the several Acts relative to Patrols. (1854)
An Act making appropriations for the general expenses of the State, for the fiscal year ending thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five. (1854)
An Act entitled an Act to reclaim and drain the Swamp and Overflowed Lands of the State of Louisiana, etc. (1854)
An Act to authorize Judith Toutant, wife of Alexander Legendre, to sell certain slaves. (1854)
An Act for the relief of Benjamin Borel, of the Parish of St. Mary. (1854)
An Act for the relief of James J. Odom. (1854)
An Act to authorize Mrs. S.A. Withers, wife of Joseph M. Kennedy, to emancipate her female slave, Clarisse, with permission to remain in the State. (1854)
An Act to authorize John Cousin, of the Parish of St. Tammany, to emancipate the slave Frances and her three children. (1854)
An Act authorizing W.C. Wilson to emancipate his slave David. (1854)
An Act to authorize Hypolite Chretien and Celestine Cantrelle, his wife, to dispose of, by deed of sale or otherwise, a family of slaves. (1854)
An Act to reclaim and drain the Swamp and Overflowed Lands donated to the State of Louisiana by act of Congress, entitled An Act to aid the State of Louisiana in draining the Swamp Lands therein. (1853)
An Act to provide a Revenue for the support of the Government of this State. (1853)
An Act making appropriations for the General Expenses of the State, for the fiscal year ending thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four. (1853)
An Act to emancipate Henrietta, slave of Rebecca Coleman, of the parish of East Baton Rouge. (1853)
An Act to manumit or emancipate Marie Melandy, slave of Moise Hebert, of the parish of St. Landry. (1853)
An Act for the relief of Mrs. Joseph Dubuelet, of the parish of St. Martin. (1853)
An Act to emancipate the slaves belonging to the Estate of the late J.B. Cajus, of the Parish of Orleans. (1853)
An Act to emancipate the slaves John, Rosie and Henry, belonging to the Estate of the late John Wilkinson, deceased. (1853)
An Act to emancipate the slave Eulalie, belonging to Amadeo Landry, of the City of New Orleans. (1853)
An Act for the Relief of the Heirs of David Thomas, deceased. (1853)
An Act to incorporate the Grosse Tete and Baton Rouge Plank Road Company. (1853)
An Act to emancipate George, William, Desdemona and Elizabeth Robertson, children of George Robertson, f.m.c, of the parish of East Baton Rouge. (1853)
An Act to enable Baptist Dupeyre, or his legal representatives, to emancipate the slave Zoe, without removing her out of the State. (1853)
An Act to emancipate Jane Mary, the slave and daughter of Patsy, f.w.c. (1853)
An Act to refund to Henry Scott, of the Parish of Catahoula, the proceeds of the sale of a runaway belonging to him. (1853)
An Act to amend the several Acts relative to the Police and Government of the Town of Franklin, parish St. Mary. (1853)
An Act to take the Census of the State. (1853)
An Act for the Relief of Hal Frazier, a mulatto man, suing for his freedom in the District Court of the parish of Claiborne. (1853)
An Act forming a Levee District, to be composed of the Parish of Carroll, Madison and Catahoula, for the better protection of same from inundation. (1852)
An Act to suppress more effectually trade and barter with slaves. (1852)
An Act concerning the emancipation of slaves in this State. (1852)
An Act to emancipate Eloy Barabino, a slave belonging to the estate of the late Stefano Barabino. (1852)
An Act to amend an act entitled An act more effectually to prevent free persons of color from entering the State and for other purposes. (1852)
An Act for the relief of William H. Williams. (1852)
An Act making appropriations for the General expenses of the State, for the fiscal years eighteen hundred and fifty two, and eighteen hundred and fifty three. (1852)
An Act to provide for the keeping up of certain levees in the parish of Ascension. (1852)
An Act to provide for the execution of slaves. (1852)
An Act to authorize Judith Toutant, wife of Emile Le Gendre, to sell certain slaves. (1852)
An Act to refund to the parish of Concordia money expended for the State. (1852)
An Act to refund to the heirs of the late Eugene Fortier deceased, a certain sum of money by them paid for State duty on amount of sales of property belonging to said succession. (1852)
An Act to authorize the emancipation of the slave Nanny for meritorious services to her owner. (1852)
An Act to incorporate the town of Alexandria. (1852)
An Act authorizing Maria Lysida Denege Dupre, f.w.c., wife of F. Agenor Metayer, f.m.c., of the parish of Natchitoches, to sell certain slaves. (1852)
An Act to extend and more clearly define the powers of the Board of Police of the town of Washington, in the parish of St. Landry. (1852)
An Act relative to levees in the parish of Rapides. (1852)
An Act to punish white persons for the offence of gambling or betting with free negroes, mulattoes, or slaves. (1852)
An Act for the relief of O. Cony G. Drehr. (1850)
An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of the heirs of Thos. C. Lawrence, deceased. (1850)
An Act prescribing duties to notaries public in the parish and city of New Orleans, in passing acts of sale, donation and mortgages. (1850)
An Act to provide for the government and administration of the affairs of the city of New Orleans, in case the three municipalities thereof should be re-united. (1850)
An Act making appropriations for the general expenses of the State. (1850)
An Act to provide for the assessment and collection of taxes in this State. (1850)
An Act relative to the corporation, police, and government of the town of Shreveport. (1850)
An Act authorizing Cornelia Carter, f.w.c, and her children to remain in the State. (1850)
An Act to incorporate the town of Homer, in the parish of Claiborne. (1850)
An Act to incorporate the town of Bayou Sara. (1850)
An Act to incorporate the city of Jefferson. (1850)
An Act to incorporate the town of Trinity. (1850)
An Act to amend certain sections of an act relative to the building of levees in the parish of Tensas, and to create a special fund for levee purposes, and enforce the collection of the same. (1850)
An Act to authorize Frances Townsend, a free woman of color, and her minor children, to reside in this State. (1850)
An Act more effectually to prevent slaves from obtaining spirituous and intoxicating liquors without the consent of their masters. (1848.12)
An Act for the relief of Benjamin Bryan. (1848.12)
An Act to provide for the sale of certain runaway slaves now confined in the police jail of the City of Lafayette. (1848.12)
An Act to amend the nineteenth section of the act, entitled an act to re-incorporate the city of Lafayette. (1848.12)
An Act to amend an act entitled an act to provide a revenue for the support of the government of the State. (1848.12)
An Act for the relief of Pierre Dupart and Bellevue Aubin, f.m.c. (1848.12)
An Act for the relief of Louis Guilaume, f.m.c, and of Auguste Goban, f.m.c, veterans of eighteen hundred and fourteen and eighteen hundred and fifteen. (1848.12)
An Act for the relief of J.H. Hand, keeper of the parish prison of West Feliciana. (1848.12)
An Act providing for the disposal of such slaves as are or may be born in the Penitentiary, the issue of convicts. (1848.12)
An Act to regulate and define the fees to be paid by owners of runaway slaves for the taking up and confinement of the same, etc. (1848.1)
An Act relative to the building of levees in the parish of Tensas, and to create a special fund for levee purposes. (1848.1)
An Act to amend an act to provide a revenue to the support of the government of the State. (1848.1)
An Act to dispense the statu-liber, Louis, a mulatto man aged about twenty-eight years, with the time prescribed by law for the emancipation of slaves. (1848.1)
An Act for the relief of Julien Berzat. (1848.1)
An Act relative to Auctioneers. (1848.1)
An Act for the relief of Jane Graves, free woman of color. (1848.1)
An Act for the relief of Louis Bouligny. (1848.1)
An Act to allow Nancy Flournoy and her son, Thomas Jefferson Flournoy, free people of color, to remain in the State. (1848.1)
An Act relative to Internal Improvements. (1848.1)
An Act to emancipate the slave Aspasie. (1848.1)
An Act to give to the police jury of the parish of Carroll full power over the regulation, construction and repair of roads and levees in said parish; to give the undertaker of work done on levees and roads a lien in certain cases, and to repeal all laws on this subject now in force in said parish. (1848.1)
An Act making appropriation for the general expenses of the State, from the first of April, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, to the thirty-first of March, eighteen hundred and fifty, inclusive. (1848.1)
An Act for the emancipation of the slave Forestine and children. (1848.1)
An Act to amend the second, fourth, fifth, eighth, fourteenth and sixteenth sections of an act entitled, An act to incorporate the town of Donaldsonville . (1848.1)
An Act for the relief of James L. Mayfield. (1848.1)
An Act to authorize the district attorney of the thirteenth judicial district to dismiss certain prosecutions now pending in the parish of Rapides. (1847)
An Act to amend An act relative to trials of slaves. (1847)
An Act to emancipate the slave Robert, of the estate of James McCorby, deceased, and of the slave Rosemond, of the estate of , Victor Landry. (1847)
An Act for the relief of Pierre Melo, Joseph Melo, and Edward Malas, f.m.c. (1847)
An Act to appropriate money to pay the expenses of this State, for the year ending this thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight. (1847)
An Act to provide a revenue for the support of the Government of this State. (1847)
An Act to provide for the purchase of slaves, boats and machinery for purposes of internal improvements. (1847)
An Act relative to roads and levees in the Parish of Tensas. (1847)
An Act granting certain powers to the police jury of the parish of Terrebonne. (1847)
An Act supplementary to an act entitled, An act to incorporate the Borough of Freeport. (1847)
An Act relative to judicial sales in the parish of Jefferson. (1847)
An Act relative to the bonds of tax collectors, and other public officers. (1847)
An Act for the relief of Pierre Dupart, f.m.c. (1847)
An Act to establish the jail of the parish of St. Tammany, a depot for runaway slaves. (1847)
An Act establishing the jail at Plaquemines, in the parish of Iberville, a depot for runaway slaves. (1847)
An Act to appropriate a certain sum of Money for the purchase of machinery for the Louisiana Penitentiary and for other purposes. (1847)
An Act for the relief of Robert Troth. (1847)
An Act for the relief of Jacob A. Norager, a free man of color. (1847)
An Act to authorize Mary Ellen Williams to reside in the State of Louisiana. (1846)
An Act to protect the rights of slave holders in the State of Louisiana. (1846)
An Act for the relief of Benjamin Bryan. (1846)
An Act to incorporate the Town of Plaquemine. (1846)
An Act to incorporate the Borough of Freeport. (1846)
An Act relative to trials of Slaves. (1846)
An Act for the relief of G. Erbert and Damis, two free men of color. (1846)
An Act to re-incorporate the City of Lafayette. (1846)
An Act for the relief of Julie Vigoureux and Tulie Morrow, f.w.c. (1846)
An Act to allow Harriet Mitchell, a free woman of color, to reside in this State. (1846)
An Act to incorporate the Town of Donaldsonville. (1846)
Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana. (1845)
An Act in relation to Slaves detained in any of the Police Jails of the Municipalities of New Orleans. (1845)
An Act to authorize the Treasurer of the State to sell the slaves Mary, Carmelite and their children. (1845)
An Act to amend the several Acts incorporating the town of Natchitoches. (1845)
An Act relative to the Revenue of the State of Louisiana. (1845)
An Act for the relief of Jean Baptiste Hardy, free man of color. (1845)
An Act to revise and reduce the Fee Bills of Clerks, Sheriffs and Notaries Public, and for other purposes. (1845)
An Act to incorporate the Town of Carrollton. (1845)
An Act to amend the act entitled An Act more effectually to prevent slaves from obtaining spirituous and intoxicating liquors without the consent of their masters . (1845)
An Act for the relief of Samuel Jobson. (1845)
An Act to provide for the return of the colored convicts to the Penitentiary, and for other purposes. (1845)
An Act to authorize the State Treasurer to pay to Eloi Dugas a sum of money. (1845)
An Act for the benefit of George W. Painter and others. (1844)
An Act for the Relief of Aime Guillet, late Collector of Taxes on Real Estate and Slaves, in the City of New Orleans. (1844)
An Act for the Relief of John Martin, Coroner of the Parish of St. Mary. (1844)
An Act to create a new Parish in the Parish of Ouachita, to be called the Parish of Morehouse. (1844)
An Act for the Relief of H. J. Rauney, a citizen of New Orleans. (1844)
An Act for the Relief of Robt. A. Crain of the Parish of Rapides. (1844)
An Act for the relief of Etienne Saulet, of the City of New Orleans, f.m.c, one of the Veterans of 1814 and '15. (1844)
An Act providing for the Adjustment and Liquidation of the Debts Proper of the State and for other purposes. (1844)
Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana. (1844)
Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana. (1844)
Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana. (1844)
Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana. (1844)
An Act for the Relief of W. and B. Voorhies. (1843)
An Act to amend the Black Code. (1843)
An Act to prevent Trespasses. (1843)
Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana. (1843)
An Act amendatory of the several Acts relative to the Penitentiary. (1843)
An Act for the relief of A.C. Hinton, a citizen of the Republic of Texas. (1843)
An Act for the relief of Robert B. Brashear. (1843)
An Act to amend an Act approved the sixteenth March, 1842, entitled An Act more effectually to prevent free persons of color from entering into this State, and for other purposes. (1843)
An Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to prevent the carrying away of Slaves, and for other purposes. (1843)
An Act for the relief of James Walsh, a resident of the Parish of Pointe Coupee. (1843)
An Act providing for the manner of employing the colored male convicts in the Penitentiary, and for other purposes. (1841.12)
An Ordinance relative to levees in the parish of Concordia. (1841.12)
An Act to repeal an act entitled An act concerning roads and levees in the parish of Concordia, and to confirm certain proceedings of the police jury of the same parish. (1841.12)
An Act to retrench the expenses of the State of Louisiana, and to reduce the salaries and emoluments of certain officers. (1841.12)
An Act to increase the revenue of the State of Louisiana. (1841.12)
An Act amendatory of the act entitled An act to incorporate a board of public works, and to create a fund of internal improvement. (1841.12)
An act to incorporate the town of St. Charles of Grand Coteau, in the parish of St. Landry. (1841.12)
An Act more effectually to prevent free persons of color from entering into this state, and for other purposes. (1841.12)
Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana. (1841.12)
An Act more effectually to provide for the collection of parish taxes for the parish of Jefferson. (1841.12)
An Act relative to the police jury, to the different sheriffs of the parish of Orleans, and for other purposes. (1841.12)
An Act relative to public roads in the parish of Union. (1841.12)
An Act entitled an act to incorporate the East Feliciana Lyceum at Clinton. (1841.12)
An Act supplementary to the act entitled an act to constitute and define the authority and duties of the police jury of the parish of Jefferson, and for other purposes. (1841.12)
Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana. (1841.12)
An Act for the relief of Margaret Posey, wife of John Posey, residing in the parish of West Feliciana. (1841.12)
An Act for the relief of Mary E. Preston. (1841.1)
An Act to pay B. Bryan for expenses paid by him for a runaway slave who died in jail. (1841.1)
Resolutions to protect the Credit of the State of Louisiana. (1841.1)
An Act to amend the act entitled An Act to create a separate Police Jury in and for that portion of the Parish of Orleans situated on the right bank of the River Mississippi. (1841.1)
An Act to create a State Attorney for each of the Parishes of East and West Feliciana and East Baton Rouge, and for other purposes. (1841.1)
An Act for the relief of James McAllister, of the Parish of Lafourche Interior. (1841.1)
An Act for the relief of Augustin Guedry, Moise Hebert, Rosemond Breau, Joseph Breau and others therein named. (1841.1)
An Act for the relief of Sally Demery and her children and Allen Demery. (1841.1)
An Act relative to Roads and Levees in the Parish of Concordia. (1841.1)
An Act to create two additional Sheriffs for the Parish of Orleans, to fix the place of holding Courts of Justice and for other purposes. (1841.1)
An Act for the relief of John Keays. (1840)
An Act to create a separate Police Jury in and for that portion of the Parish of Orleans situated on the right bank of the River Mississippi. (1840)
Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana. (1840)
An Act to amend the several Acts passed for the purpose of preventing slaves from being transported or conducted out of the state, against the will of their owners (1840)
An Act to incorporate the Jefferson and Lake Pontchartrain Rail Way Company. (1840)
An Act to amend the Act entitled An Act to create the office of Collector of the State Taxes on landed property, slaves and vehicles, in and for the Parish of Orleans. (1840)
An Act for the relief of Benjamin Bryan of the Parish of East Baton Rouge. (1840)
An Act relative to the Police Jury of the Parish of Caldwell. (1840)
An Act to incorporate the town of Shreveport, and to change the name of the seat of justice in the parish of Caddo, the town of Grand Echore, and supplementary to the several Acts for the Government of the town of St. Francisville. (1839)
An Act for the relief of Anacharsis Luminais, Sheriff of German Coast. (1839)
An Act to amend the Code of Practice. (1839)
An Act to amend an act entitled An act to provide for the draining and clearing of the marshy grounds and cypress swamps situated between the city of New Orleans, its incorporated suburbs and Lake Pontchartrain (1839)
An Act supplementary to the several acts relative to the collection of taxes. (1839)
An Act to prevent the carrying away of slaves, and for other purposes. (1839)
An Act relative to the police jury and to the roads and levees in the parish of St. Bernard, and to the police juries of the parishes of Madison and Carroll and for other purposes. (1839)
An Act to create the office on auditor of auction sales in and for the city of New Orleans, and for other purposes. (1839)
An Act to authorize the police jury of the parishes of West Feliciana and Livingston to emancipate certain slaves therein mentioned. (1839)
An Act to repeal the third section of the act approved February twenty second eighteen hundred and fourteen, entitled an act supplementary to the act entitled an act to repeal all laws or provisions of laws prescribing the manner of renumerating the owners of slaves sentenced to death or killed whist runaway and for the relief of the persons therein named. (1837.12)
An Act to create the office of Collector of State Taxes on Landed Property, Slaves and vehicles in and for the Parish of Orleans. (1837.12)
An Act to the relief of Thomas Gorman. (1837.12)
An Act to authorise Henriette E. Johnson and William White, co-tutors of the minors Emily M. and Melissa James Chancy, to remove certain property from the State of Mississippi. (1837.12)
An Act to authorise Fielding Davis, of the State of Mississippi, to remove certain Slaves from the State of Louisiana, into the State of Mississippi. (1837.12)
Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana. (1837.12)
An Act for the relief of the persons herein named, and for other purposes. (1837.12)
Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana. (1837.12)
An Act relative to the indigent Deaf and Dumb of the State of Louisiana. (1837.12)
An Act amendatory of the Road Laws. (1837.1)
An Act to amend an act to authorise the Treasurer of the State to subscribe five hundred shares on the part of the State, to the capital stock of the Barataria and Lafourche Canal Company, and for other purposes. (1837.1)
Resolution by the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana. (1837.1)
An Act to grant a pension to J.E. Lefebvre and J.B. Hardy. (1836)
An Act to grant certain privileges to the town of Harrisonburgh. (1836)
An Act supplementary to an act, to provide for the purchase of an additional number of negroes for the use of the State, to be employed on objects of internal improvements, and for other purposes. (1836)
An Act for the relief of the Charity Hospital of New Orleans, and for other purposes. (1836)
An Act relative to the City of Lafayette, and to the Police Jury of the Parish of Jefferson. (1836)
An Act to incorporate the town of Vermillionville in the Parish of Lafayette. (1836)
An Act supplementary to an act entitled An Act amendatory of and supplementary to the several acts relative to the Consolidated Association of the Planters of Louisiana. (1836)
An Act granting banking privileges to the New Orleans Improvement Company, and for other purposes. (1836)
An Act supplementary to the several acts for the government of the town of St. Francisville. (1835)
An Act for the relief [of] widow J.B. Chastant, of the parish of St. James, and for other purposes. (1835)
An Act for the relief of Louis Hebert, of the parish of Lafayette, and others. (1835)
Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana. (1835)
An Act to enlarge the Jurisdiction of the Parish Court of the Parish of Jefferson, and to organize a court to be styled the City Court of the city of Lafayette. (1835)
An Act relative to the several Road Laws in the parishes of Lafayette and St. Mary. (1835)
An Act amending the several acts in relation to the police and government of the town of Opelousas, and for other purposes. (1835)
An Act to provide for the purchase of an additional number of negroes for the use of the State, to be employed on objects of internal improvements, and for other purposes. (1835)
An Act for the relief of Thos. H. Chew, tutor of Martha Ann and Mary Ann Davis. (1835)
An Act to amend an act entitled An act to take the most effective measures in order to prevent the transportation,or carrying away of slaves, out of this State (1835)
An Act to authorise the Treasurer of the State to subscribe five hundred shares on the part of the State, to the capital stock of the Barataria and Lafourche Canal Company, and for other purposes (1835)
An Act to explain the extent of the powers vested by law in the Mayor and City Council of the city of New Orleans and for other purposes. (1833.12)
An Act to amend the act entitled An Act to incorporate the Clinton and Port Hudson Rail-Road Company. (1833.12)
An Act for the relief of the persons therein mentioned. (1833.12)
An Act allowing a compensation to Henry Jones, Sheriff of the Parish of Natchitoches, for services rendered. (1833.12)
An Act to amend the act entitled An Act to incorporate the town of Jackson. (1833.12)
An Act granting further powers to the Board of Public Works, and for other purposes. (1833.12)
An Act concerning Roads and Levees in the Parishes of St. Mary and St. Landry. (1833.12)
An Act supplementary to the several acts relative to the testamentary disposition of late Julien Poydras, in favor of the parishes of Point Coupee and West Baton Rouge. (1833.12)
An Act granting certain powers, in the State of Louisiana, to the Bank of the State of Mississippi. (1833.12)
An Act to repeal the several acts relative to the introduction of Slaves into this State, and for other purposes. (1833.12)
An Act to incorporate the Citizens' Bank of Louisiana. (1833.1)
An Act for the relief of P. Barry, Thomas J. Lawler and Thomas Norvell. (1833.1)
An Act amending the acts now in force, relative to the introduction of Slaves. (1833.1)
An Act supplementary to several acts relative to runaway slaves, in this State. (1833.1)
An Act more effectually to prevent Slaves from obtaining spirituous and intoxicating liquors without the consent of their masters. (1832)
An Act relative to Julien, Alexander, Pilagie, and Theodore. (1832)
An Act to amend the act entitled An act relative to the introduction of Slaves. (1832)
Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana. (1832)
An Act to incorporate the Subscribers to the Union Bank of Louisiana. (1832)
An Act granting a Pension to Vincent Populus, a free man of Color. (1832)
Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana. (1832)
An Act relative to the Introduction of Slaves. (1831.11)
An Act for the relief of the persons therein mentioned. (1831.1)
An Act to amend an act entitled an act to prevent free persons of color from entering into this State, and for other purposes. (1831.1)
An Act to repeal articles 317 and 3319, of the Civil Code, and for other purposes. (1831.1)
An Act relative to the introduction of slaves into this State. (1831.1)
An Act to amend the act entitled an act to amend the Black Code. (1831.1)
An Act to amend the Black Code. (1830)
An Act to amend an act entitled, an act to amend an act entitled an act supplementary to an act for the punishment of crimes and misdemeanors, and other supplementary acts. (1830)
An act to authorise the payment of certain sums of money to the persons therein mentioned. (1830)
An Act, relative to the Revenue of the state and to the payment of the contingent expenses of the year 1830, and for other purposes. (1830)
An Act to punish the crimes therein mentioned, and for other purposes. (1830)
An Act to prevent free persons of Colour from entering into this State, and for other purposes. (1830)
An Act for the relief of the persons herein mentioned. (1830)
Ah Act in addition to the laws now in force relative to tutors and curators of minors. (1830)
An Act for the relief [of] George Clark, a free man of colour. (1830)
An Act relative to the introduction of certain Slaves in this State. (1830)
An Act supplementary to an act entitled, an act for the punishment of Crimes and misdemeanors. (1828.12)
An Act relative to the Revenue of the State. (1828.12)
An Act relative to Roads and Levees. (1828.12)
Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana. (1828.12)
An Act relative to the introduction of Slaves in this State, and for other purposes. (1828.12)
An Act to incorporate the Presbyterian Congregation in the parish of West Feliciana, and for other purposes. (1828.1)
An Act to repeal an act to prohibit the introduction of slaves for sale in this State. (1828.1)
An Act Supplementary to an act, entitled an act providing the manner of manumitting slave that shall not have attained the age prescribed by the civil code for the manumission. (1827)
An Act to emancipate Cynthia, a slave illegally introduced in the state of Louisiana. (1827)
An Act to extend the limits of the jurisdiction of the city courts established by the act entitled an act to organize the city court of New Orleans and for other purposes. (1827)
An Act to amend the penal laws of this state. (1827)
An Act to amend an act, entitled An Act relative to runaway slaves in this state. (1827)
An Act to determine the mode of emancipating slaves who have not attained the age required by the Civil Code for their emancipation. (1827)
An Act to authorize Louis Bourgeois and others to make a Lottery of certain property therein mentioned and for other purposes. (1826)
An Act relative to Parish Judges exercising the duties of Auctioneers. (1826)
An Act to prohibit the introduction of slaves for sale into this state. (1826)
An Act to authorize the emancipation of the slaves therein mentioned. (1826)
An Act to authorize the emancipation of certain slaves therein mentioned. (1826)
An Act in relation to runaway slaves, in this state. (1826)
An Act for the relief of Josiah Davenport. (1826)
An Act for the relief of Charles Savary and the children of R. Dumini, Morney Jesse, F. Colmini and Joachim killed in the defence of the state. (1826)
An Act to dispense certain slaves therein mentioned with the age required by law for the emancipation of slaves. (1826)
Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana. (1826)
An Act to authorize the emancipation of certain slaves. (1826)
Resolution relative to an amendment, proposed by the State of Georgia, to the Constitution of the United States. (1826)
An Act to amend the provisions of the Black Code relative to the trial of Slaves. (1824.11)
An Act to authorise the emancipation of the Slaves therein mentioned. (1824.11)
An Act to amend the act entitled An act supplementary to the act entitled an act concerning the levee of Bonnet Quarre, and for other purposes. (1824.11)
An Act to emancipate certain slaves therein mentioned. (1824.11)
An Act to dispense certain Slaves therein mentioned with the time prescribed by law for the emancipation of Slaves. (1824.11)
An Act to authorise a certain payment to Jacques Dupr , for the price of a negro belonging to ValierRoy. (1824.11)
An Act for the relief of Charles Andre Cerisay, Sheriff of the Parish of St. James. (1824.11)
An Act to dispense Louis Monet, a quarteroon, with the time prescribed by law for the age of emancipation. (1824.11)
An Act to dispense certain siaves therein mentioned with the age required by law for the emancipation of slaves. (1824.11)
Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana. (1824.11)
An Act to authorise the Police Jury of the parish of St. James to appropriate to the use ef said parish a certain sum of money and other effects taken from a runaway slave and for other purposes. (1824.1)
An Act to amend the 24th section of the Black Code and for other purposes. (1824.1)
An Act to dispense certain slaves therein named with the age required by law for the emancipation of slaves. (1824.1)
An Act to continue in force an act entitled An act granting a further extension of the pension of John Q. Talbot and others and for other purposes, and the act entitled An act to grant a pension to Joseph Savary of the regiment of men of colour. (1823)
An Act to authorise the manumission of certain slaves. (1823)
An Act to amend an act entitled An act supplementary to an act for the punishment of crimes and misdemeanors, and other supplementary acts. (1823)
An Act to authorize the administrators of the charity hospital to sell certain property. (1822)
An Act for the relief of the Widow and Heirs of William C. C. Claiborne, deceased, late Governor of the State of Louisiana. (1821)
An Act supplementary to the several acts, to incorporate the City of New-Orleans. (1821)
An Act to amend the several Acts relative to Patrols. (1821)
An Act to organize a Volunteer Company in the City of Natchitoches. (1821)
An Act for the relief of Catherine Moreau. (1820.1)
An Act supplementary to the acts respecting Pedlars and Hawkers. (1820.1)
An Act to amend the several acts enacted for the punishment of the crimes and misdemeanors, committed by free persons, and for other persons. (1819)
An Act to accord certain privileges to the town of Natchitoches. (1819)
An Act to grant a pension to Joseph Savary, of the regiment of men of colour. (1819)
An Act supplementary to the several acts relative to the revenue. (1818)
An Act for the relief of the persons therein mentioned. (1818)
An Act for the relief and protection of persons brought into this State as Redemptioners. (1818)
An Act supplementary to an act for the Punishment of Crimes and Misdemeanors, and other supplementary acts. (1818)
An Act to establish a Board of Health and Health Office, and to prevent the introduction of Malignant, Pestilential and Infectious Diseases into the City of New Orleans. (1818)
An Act supplementary to the act regulating the administration of the Charity Hospital of New Orleans, and for other purposes. (1818)
An Act respecting slaves imported into this state in violation of the act of the Congress of the United States. (1818)
An Act to provide further and more effectually for the police of the public roads in this State. (1818)
An Act supplementary to an act prescribing the rules and conduct to be observed to negroes and other slaves of this territory. (1818)
An Act relative to courts of probates of this state, and to the register of wills of New Orleans. (1816.11)
An Act supplementary to the act entitled: an act to grant pensions to certain persons wounded and to the representatives of those killed in the late defence of this state. (1816.11)
An Act to amend the act entitled: an act to establish in and for the city of New Orleans, its suburbs incorporated and other places,justices of the peace in and for each and every section thereof, and to create a court to decide on the appeals from their judgments and for other purposes. (1816.11)
An Act supplementary to an act concerning the introduction of certain slaves from any of the states or territories of the United States of America. (1816.11)
An Act to amend the several acts enacted to organize the courts of this state, and for other purposes. (1816.11)
An Act to amend the act entitled the Black Code or an act prescribing the rules and conduct with respect to negroes and other slaves of this Territory. (1816.1)
An Act to establish in and for the city of New Orleans, its suburbs incorporated and other places, Justices of the Peace in and for each and every section thereof, and to create a court to decide on the appeals from their judgments and for other purposes. (1816.1)
An Act concerning the levees and roads on the banks of the Mississippi and for other purposes. (1816.1)
An Act to grant pensions to certain persons wounded and to the representatives of those killed in the late defence of this State. (1816.1)
An Act to regulate the police of jails and public prisons within the several parishes of this State. (1816.1)
An Act to take the most effective measures in order to prevent the transportation or carrying away of slaves out of this State, against the will of their owners, and for other purposes. (1816.1)
Resolution by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana. (1814.11)
An Act to establish an income tax. (1814.11)
An Act to provide for the wants of persons wounded in the service of this state, and of the widows and children of those killed in the said service. (1814.11)
An Act for the relief of Charles Savary, and of certain persons therein mentioned. (1814.11)
An Act to authorise the organization of an auxiliary troop of free men of colour in the parish of Natchitoches. (1814.11)
Resolution by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana. (1814.11)
An Act concerning the police of slaves in certain cases and for other purposes. (1814.11)
Resolution by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana. (1814.11)
Resolution by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana. (1814.1)
Resolution by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana. (1814.1)
An Act supplementary to the act entitled, An Act to lay a tax within the state of Louisiana, to determine the mode of assessing and collecting said tax, and for other purposes. (1814.1)
An Act to amend an act supplementary to an act entitled, An act supplementary to the acts to lay a tax on lands and slaves in the territory of Orleans. (1814.1)
An Act supplementary to the act entitled, An act to repeal all laws or provisions of laws prescribing the manner of remunerating the owners of slaves sentenced to death or killed whilst runaway. (1814.1)
An Act granting a compensation to the owners of certain Slaves sentenced to death and whose punishment was commuted into a perpetual imprisonment. (1812.11)
An Act to lay a tax within the state of Louisiana, to determine the mode of assessing and collecting said taxes and for other purposes. (1812.11)
An Act supplementary to an act entitled, An act supplementary to the acts to lay a tax on lands and slaves in the Territory of Orleans. (1812.11)
An Act to provide for the recording of certain acts therein mentioned. (1812.11)
An Act to establish an explicit fee bill. (1812.11)
An Act to explain certain doubts which have arisen as to the mode of carrying into execution the twenty-seventh section of the black code. (1812.11)
An Act providing for the enumeration of the inhabitants of the state of Louisiana. (1812.11)
An Act further defining the organization, authority and functions of police juries. (1812.11)
An Act to provide for certain payments, and for other purposes. (1812.11)
An Act supplementary to the act entitled, An Act establishing the mode in which parish judges can enfranchise their slaves and accept testamentary executorships,tutorships and curatorships regularly devolving upon them. (1812.11)
An Act to emancipate certain slaves, and for other purposes. (1812.11)
An Act for regulating and governing the militia of the state of Louisiana. (1812.11)
An Act to repeal all laws or provisions of laws prescribing the manner of remunerating the owners of slaves sentenced to death or killed whilst run-away. (1812.11)
To authorize Messrs. Johnson and Bradish to claim from the Treasurer of this State the price of a negro killed while a runaway. (1812.7)
To organize in a Corps of Militia for the service of the State of Louisiana, as well for its defence as for its Police, a certain portion of chosen men from among the free men of colour. (1812.7)
An Act to authorize John Baptiste Le Blanc to claim from the Treasurer of this State the Price of a Negro condemned to death, and whose punishment was commuted by the Governor to that of perpetual imprisonment. (1812.7)
Resolution. (1811)
An Act supplementary to the act entitled an act providing for the payment of slaves killed and executed in consequence of the late insurrection in this Territory, and for other purposes. (1811)
An Act establishing the mode in which parish judges can enfranchise their slaves, and accept testamentary executorships, tutorships and curatorships, regularly devolving upon them. (1811)
An Act supplementary to the Acts to lay a tax on Lands and Slaves in the Territory of Orleans. (1811)
An Act providing for the payment of Slaves killed and executed on account of the late Insurrection in this Territory and for other purposes. (1811)
An Act to provide for the recording of Births and Deaths. (1811)
An Act supplementary to an Act, entitled An Act relative to Pedlers and Hawkers. (1811)
An Act to authorize Lewis de Feriet to claim from the treasurer of the territory the estimated value of a negro woman condemned to perpetual imprisonment. (1811)
An Act to suppress the delay granted to debtors by the 4th section of the act supplementary to the acts fixing the powers and jurisdiction of the justices of the peace and for other purposes. (1810.1)
An Act concerning the introduction of certain Slaves from any of the states or territories of the United States of America. (1810.1)
An Act to authorize the payment to Bradford and Anderson for a slave killed when running away. (1810.1)
An Act concerning Patrols. (1810.1)
An Act respecting Slaves imported into this territory in violation of the act of Congress of March the 2d, 1807, and for other purposes. (1810.1)
An Act supplementary to the act entitled An act prescribing the rules and conduct to be observed with respect to negroes and other slaves of this Territory. (1809)
An Act to continue in force and make annual an act entitled an act for levying a tax on lands and slaves in the Territory of Orleans, and for other purposes. (1809)
An Act to repeal the act supplementary to the act entitled an act to establish Patrols for the internal police of the territory. (1809)
An Act concerning Pedlars and Hawkers. (1809)
An Act to incorporate the Company of the Channel of Fausse Riviere in the District of Point Coupee. (1809)
An Act to provide for the delivery of fugitive Slaves to their owners, inhabitants of the Spanish Provinces adjacent to the Territory of Orleans. (1809)
An Act to explain the fourth section of the Act to amend the act entitled An Act for the punishment of crimes and misdemeanors. (1808)
An Act to amend the act, entitled an act prescribing the rules and conduct to be observed with respect to Negroes and other Slaves of this Territory. (1807)
An Act to prevent the emigration of free negroes and mulattoes into the Territory of Orleans. (1807)
An Act for levying a tax on Lands and Slaves in the Territory of Orleans. (1807)
An Act Concerning the Celebration of Marriages. (1807)
An Act to fix the compensations to be charged and received by the Parish Judges and by the Court of Probates (1807)
Crimes and Offences. (1806)
An Act prescribing the rules and conduct to be observed with respect to Negroes and other Slaves of this Territory. (1806)
An Act to prevent the introduction of Free People of Color from Hispaniola, and the other French Islands of America into the Territory of Orleans. (1806)
An Act to amend the act entitled an act for the punishment of crimes and misdemeanors. (1806)
An Act for the regulation of the rights and duties of apprentices and indented servants. (1806)
An Act to regulate Inns and other Houses of Entertainment. (1806)
An Act for taking the census of all the inhabitants of the Territory of Orleans. (1806)
An Act to regulate Notaries Public, and persons authorised to perform notarial acts. (1805)
An Act supplementary to the act for the Punishment of Crimes and Misdemeanors. (1805)
An Act for the punishment of crimes and misdemeanors. (1804.12)
An Act relative to the judges of the county courts, and justices of the peace in the territory of Orleans. (1804.12)
An Act concerning county funds. (1804.12)
An Act making provision for the reimbursement of the loan to be made in virtue of the act, entitled an act to authorize a loan for the use of the government of the territory of Orleans. (1804.12)
An Act establishing an explicit fee bill. (1804.12)
An Act imposing a Tax on Slaves. (1804.12)
An Act regulating the practice of the Superior Court, in civil causes. (1804.12)
An Act for dividing the territory of Orleans into Counties, and establishing courts of inferior jurisdiction therein. (1804.12)
An Act to regulate Sales at Auction. (1804.12)