Louisiana § RS 13:2488.4 - Salary of marshal

Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 13:2488.4 — Salary of marshal, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ RS 13:2488.4. Salary of marshal

The marshal of the city court shall receive a minimum annual salary of four thousand four hundred forty dollars, payable monthly.  Said salary shall be paid by the governing authorities of the city of Franklin and the parish of St. Mary in a proportion the population of the city of Franklin within Ward Three of St. Mary Parish and the population of the unincorporated portions of Ward Three of St. Mary Parish bear to the total population of Ward Three of St. Mary Parish as determined and adjusted from time to time by the decennial United States census.  The governing authorities of the city of Franklin, the parish of St. Mary, or either of them, may pay such additional salary to the marshal as they may deem proper.

Added by Acts 1968, No. 16, §4, emerg. eff. July 4, 1968, at 10:05 A.M.  Amended by Acts 1979, No. 126, §1; Acts 1995, No. 526, §1.

Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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