1873 La. Acts 117
| dc.coverage.spatial | Louisiana | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T00:41:40Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T19:37:50Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T01:57:02Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1873 | |
| dc.description.abstract | An Act Conferring Certain Additional Powers and Privileges on the Metairie Cemetery Association, and to Punish Trespassers,§ 1: And any person who shall willfully destroy, mutilate, deface, injure or remove any tomb, monument, gravestone, or other structure placed therein, or shall willfully destroy, cut, break or remove any tree, shrub or plant within the limits of said cemetery, or shoot or discharge any gun or firearms within said limits, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall upon conviction thereof, before any court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction | |
| dc.description.lawtext | SECTION 1. Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana in General Assembly convened, That if any person shall open any tomb or grave in the lands of the Metairie Cemetery Association, and clandestinely remove or attempt to remove any body or remains therefrom, such person on conviction thereof shall be sentenced to undergo an imprisonment at hard labor for a term not less than one year nor more than five years, and pay a fine of not more than five hundred dollars at the discretion of the court. And any person who shall willfully destroy, mutilate, deface, injure or remove any tomb, monument, gravestone, or other structure placed therein, or shall willfully destroy, cut, break or remove any tree, shrub or plant within the limits of said cemetery, or shoot or discharge any gun or firearms within said limits, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall upon conviction thereof, before any court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction, be punished by a fine at the discretion of the judge, according to the aggravation of the offense, of not less than five dollars, nor more than fifty dollars for each and every offense. | |
| dc.description.summary | This law made it a felony to remove or attempt to remove human remains from graves in Metairie Cemetery, punishable by 1–5 years of hard labor and a fine of up to $500. It also made it a misdemeanor to damage cemetery property, vegetation, or discharge firearms within the cemetery, punishable by a fine of $5–$50 per offense. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/3993 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedbyHathi | https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=iau.31858018319941&seq=121 | |
| dc.subject | DISCHARGE | |
| dc.title | 1873 La. Acts 117 |