Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-08-14
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+ Court IN civil cases to questions of law only.
Art. 63. The Supreme Court shall be com.
posed Of one Chief Justice and four Associate
Justices, a majority Of whom shall constitute
Il quorum The Chief Justice shall receive q
salary of SIX thousand dollars, and each Of the
Associate Judges salary Of five thousand five
hundred dollars annually, until otherwise pro-
vided by law. The court shall appoint its own
clerks; the Judges shall be elected for term
Of ten years.
Art. "a. The Chief Justice shall be elected
by the qualified electors of the State. The Le-
gislature shall divide the State into four dis
tricts, and the qualified electors of each district
Shall elect one of the Associate Judges The
State shall be divided into the following dis
tricts, until the Legislature shall otherwise di-
rect.
First District-The parishes of Plaque
mines, st. Bernard, that portion of the parish
of Orleans on the right bank Of the Mississip-
pl river, and that portion of the city of New
Orleans which lies below the line extending
from the river Mississippi along the middle Of
Julia street until it strikes the New Orleans
Canal, and thence down said cana! to the lake.
| Second Disrict.-That portion of the city
| OF New dreams which is situated above the
line extending along the middle of Julia street
until it strikes the New Orleans Canal, and
thence down said canal to the lake, and the pa
rshes of Jefferson 81. John the Baptist, st.
Charles, st. James, Ascension, Assumption,
Lafourche Interior, Terrebonne, Iberyle and
West Baton Rouge.
Third Diarict-The parishes of st. Tam
many, Washington. Livingston, st. Helena,
East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, West Fe-
ciana, Pointe Coupee, Avoyelles, Tensas,
Concordia, Lafayette, Vermillion, St Mary, st.
Martin, and st. Landry.
Fourth District.--The parishes of Calcasieu,
Rapides, Sabine, Natchitoches, DeSotc, Caddo,
Bossier, Claiborne, Bienville, Caldwell, Union,
Ouachita, Morehouse, Jackson, franklin, Cat
ahoula, Madison, Carroll and Winn.
Art. IS. The office of one of the Associate
Judges shall be vacated at the expiration Of the
second year, of another at the expiration of
the fourth year, and of third at the expiration
ration of the eighth year-so that one of the
judges of the Supreme Court shall be elected
every second year.
Art. sc. The Secretary Of State, after re-
ceiving the official returns of the first election,
shall proceed Immediately, in the presence and
with the assistance of two justices of the
peace to determine by lot among the four can
ddates having the highest number of votes in
the respective districts, which of the Associate
Justices elect shall serve for the term of two
years, which shall serve for the term of four
years, which. for the term of six years, and
which for the term of eight years; and the Co.
vernon shall issue commissions accordingly.
Asst. 81. Any vacancy that may occur nthe
Supreme Court, from resignation or otherwise,
shall be filled by election for the remainder of
he unexpired term, but if such remainder do
lot exceed one year the vacancy shall be filed
,y Executive appointment.
Art 6S. The Supreme Court shall hold its
essions in New Orleans, from the first Monday
If the month of November to the end of the
month of June inclusive. The Legislature
hall have the power to fix the sessions else
where during the rest of the year: until other
wise provided, the sessions shall be held as
heretofore. .-'
=. Art. 60. The Supreme Court and each of
vrits of habeas corpus, at the instance Of all
ersons in actual custody under process in all
ases in which they may have appellate juris-
iction.
Art. 10. No judgment shall be rendered by
he Supreme Court, without the concurrence
f majority of the judges comprising the
ourt. Whenever majority cannot agree, in
of the recusation of any member
r members of the court, the judges not re-
used shall have power to call upon any judge
r Judges of the inferior courts, whose duty
shall be, when so called upon, to sit in the
lace Of the judges recused, and to aid in de-
ermning the case.
Art. II. ALI judges, by virtue of their Of
ce, shall be conservators of the peace through
ut the State. The style of all process shall
@ "The State of Louisiana" All prosecu-
ons shall be carried on in the name and by
le authority of the State of Louisiana, and
onclude against the peace and dignity of the
,me.
Art 70. The judges of all courts within
lis State shall, as often as it may be possible
, do, in every definite judgment, refer 10 the
ent may be rendered, and in all cases adduco
le reasons on which their judgment is founded.
Art. 73. The judges of all the courts shall
@ liable to impeachment; but for any reasona-
le cause, which shall not be sufficient ground
,r impeachment, the Governor shall remove
~ of them, on the address of three-fourths
the members present of each House Of the
eneral Assembly. In every such case, the
luse or causes for which such removal may
e required, shall be stated at length in the ad.
ress, and inserted in the journal OF each House.
Art. "a. There shall be an Attorney Gens
al for the State, and as many District Attor-
oys as may be hereafter found necessary
hey shall hold their Offices for four years;
ler duties shall be determined by law.
Art. IS. The judges, both of the supreme
nd inferior courts, shall, at stated times, re-
Give salary, which shall not be diminished
uring their continuance in office; and they are
rohibited from receiving any fees Of Office, or
ther compensation than their salaries, for any
vil duties performed by them
Art. rs. The Legislature shall have power
, vest in clerks of courts authority to grant
uch orders, and do such acts as may be deem.
d necessary for the furtherance of the admin.
'tration of justice, and in all eases the powers