Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 25:856

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

The Ansel M. Stroud, Jr. Military History and Weapons Museum shall be a military and historical museum charged with the responsibility for the collection, preservation, and exhibition of archives, books, records, documents, maps, charts, military equipment, uniforms, and flags.  It shall be a depository for collections of all weapons, especially weapons seized by the state, and/or any other materials deemed relevant to national, state, or local history by the adjutant general.  All properties and management thereof heretofore vested under the control of the state weapons museum are hereby transferred to and will henceforth be under the jurisdiction of the Ansel M. Stroud, Jr. Military History and Weapons Museum in the manner provided for by this Chapter.

Added by Acts 1974, No. 688, §1; Acts 1997, No. 467, §1.