New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-16

ART. "a. Every ofuer, resolution vote, to
which the concurrence of both Houses may be me-
| cessary except question of adjournment shall
be presented to the Governor and before shal take
| effect be approved by him, or being dsapproved,
shall be repassed by two-thrds of the members cleo
ted to each House of the General Assembly.
ART. 55. There shall be Secretary Of State, who
shall hold his office during the time for which the
Governor shall have been elected The records of
the State shall be kept and preserved in the office of
the Secretary; he shall keep fair register of the
official acts and proceedings OF the Governor, and
when necessary shall attest them. He shall, when
required, lay the said register, and all papers, min
utes and vouchers relative TO his office, before
| either House of the General Assembly, and shall
perform such other duties as may be enjoined on
him by law.
ART. Sc. There shall be Treasurer of the State
who shall hold his office during the term of two
| years.
| ART. 81. The Secretary of State and Treasurer
of State, shall be elected by the qualified electors of
| the State. And in OF any vacancies caused by
the death, resignation, absence of the Treasurer
Secretary of State, the Governor shall order an
| election to fill said vacancy
ART. 3d. All commissions shall be in the name
and by the authority of the State of louisiana, and
shall be sealed with the State seal and signed by
| the Governor.
ART 50. The free white men of the State shall
be armed and disciplined for its defence; but those
who belong to religious societies whose tenets
forbid them to carry arms shall not be compelled
to do, but stall pay equivalent for personal SER
Vices.
ART. so. The Militia of the State shall be Or
| ganzed in such manner may be hereafter deem
ed most expedient by the Legislature,
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JUDICIAL. DEPARTMENT..
ART. 81. The judicial power shall be vested in a
| Supreme Court, in such inferior courts the Legs-
lature may, from time to time, order and establish,
| and in Justices Of the Peace.
ART. 60. The Supreme Court, except in cases
hereinafter provided, shall have appellate jurisdiction
only; which jurisdiction shall extend to all cases
| when the matter iii dispute shall exceed three hum
| dred dollars to all in which the constitu-
tionality Legality of any tax toll, or npos what.
soever, OF any fine, forfeiture penalty imposed
by municipal corporation, shall be in condensation
and to all criminal cases on questions of law alone
| whenever the offence charged is punishable with
| death Imprisonment at hard labor, when fine
exceeding three hundred dollars is actually imposed
The Legislature shall have power to restrict the iu
| risdction OF the Supreme Court in civil cases to
| questions of law only.
ART. So. The Supreme Court shall be composed
of one Chief Justice and four Associate Justices, a
majority OF whom shall constitute quorum. The
Chief Justice shall receive salary oil six thousand
dollars, and each Of the Associate Judges salary
five thousand five hundred dollars, annually until
otherwise provided by law. The Court shall appoint
its own Clerks the Judges shall be elected for the
| term of ten years.
ART Ga. The Chief Justice shall be elected by
the qualified electors of the State. The Legislature
shall divide the State into four Districts, and the
qualified electors OF each District shall elect o.
the Associate Judges. The State shall be divided
into the following Districts, until the Legislature
shall otherwise direct:
FIRST DISTRICT.
The Parishes of Plaquemines, ST. Bernard, that
portion of the Parish oil Orleans on the right bank
the Mississippi river and that portion OF the City OF
| NewOrleans which lies below the line extending
from the river Mississippi along the middle of Julia
street, until it strikes the NewOreans Canal and
thence down said canal to the Lake.
SECOND DISTRICT.
That portion of the City of NewOrleans which is
situated above the line extending along the middle
of Julia street until it strikes the NewOreans Canal
and thence down said Canal to the Lake. and the
Parishes OF Jefferson, st. John the Baptist St
Charles, st. James, Ascension, Assumption La
fourche Interior, Terrebonne, West Baton Rouge
| and lberville
| THIRD DISTRICT
The Parishes of st, Tanmany, Washington,
| Livingston, St. Helena, East Baton Rouge, East
Felicana, West Feciana, Point Coupee. Avoyelles,
Tensas Concordia, Lafayette, Vermlion, St Mary,
St. Martin and ST. Landry
FOURTH DISTRICT.
The Parishes of Calcasieu, Rapdes, Sabine Nat.
chitoches, DeSoto, Caddo, Bossier, Claiborne Bien
vile, Caldwell, Union, Ouachta, Morehouse Jack
SON. franklin, Catahoula Madison, Carroll ant
Vim.
ART 50. The office of one of the Associate Jus.
tees shall be vacated the expiration of the second
year. of another at the expiration of the fourth year
of third at the expiration of the sixth year, and OF
the fourth at the expiration of the eighth year-so
that OF the Judges of the Supreme Court shall be
elected every second year.
ART. 66. The Secretary of State, receiving the
official returns of the first election, shall proceed i'm
mediaely, in the presence and with the assistance OF
two justices OF the Peace, to determine by lot among
| the four candidates having the highest number of
votes in their respective Districts which of the As
Justices elect shall serve for the term of two
years. which shall for the term of four years,
which for the term OF six years. and which for the
| term of eight years, and the Governor shall issue
commissions accordingly.
ART. 81. Any vacancy that may occur in the Su-
preme Court from resignation or otherwise shall be
filled by election for the remainder of the unexpred
term, but If such remainder do not exceed one year.
the vacancy shall be filed by Executive appoint
ment
ART. g. The Supreme Court shall hold its ses-
sons in NewOreans from the first Monday of the
month of November to the end of the month of June
inclusive. The Legislature shall have power to fix
the sessions elsewhere during the rest of the year
until otherwise provided the sessions shall be held
| heretofore.
| ART. SO. The Supreme Court and each of the
| Judges thereof shall have power to issue writs oil
h6eas c0rpmS at the instance of all persons in actual
custody under process III all cases in which they may
| have appellate jurisdiction.
ART. 70. No Judgment shall be rendered by the
| Supreme Court without the concurrence of majority
of the Judges comprising the court. Whenever a
majority cannot agree in consequence OF the recusa.
| ton Of any member members of the court, the
| Judges not recused shall have power to call upon any
Judge Judges OF the inferior courts, whose duty it
shall be, when called upon, TO sit in the place oil
| the Judges Reused, and to aid in determining the
case.
ART II. All Judges, by virtue of their office,
shall be conservators OF the peace throughout the
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