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  "urn": "urn:us-la:rs:33:1229",
  "title_number": "33",
  "section_number": "1229",
  "citation": "R.S. 33:1229",
  "heading": "Convening police jury when office of president is vacant",
  "text": "When the police jury has elected a vice-president pursuant to its authority under R.S. 33:1226, the vice-president may convene the police jury whenever the president is absent or unable to serve for any reason. Under such circumstances, the vice-president may convene the police jury in the same manner and for the reasons that the president could himself do. If the police jury has not elected a vice-president under R.S. 33:1226, the clerk of the district court of the parish may convene the police jury whenever there is a vacancy in the office of president, in the same manner and for the reasons that the president could himself do.",
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      "name": "CITIES, TOWNS, AND VILLAGES"
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      "number": "2",
      "name": "LOCAL GOVERNMENT"
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      "number": "V",
      "name": "POLICE JURY"
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  "breadcrumb": "Title 33 › Chapter 2 › Part V",
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      "act_year": 1963,
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  "acts_citations_raw": "Amended by Acts 1963, No. 53, §1.",
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