New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-09-30

and navs and the names of the members voting
for and against the BILL shall be entered on the jour
nal of each house respectively II any bill snail not
be returned by the Governor within ten days lonn-
DAYS exceped) after it shall have been presented to
him, it shall be a law in like manner as if he had
signed it, unless the General Assembly, by al al,
iournment, prevent its return; in which case II sa
be law unless sent back within three days atter
their next session. =.
ART "a Every order, resolution or vote. 10
which the concurrence of both houses may be me- ne, |
ccssary, except question OF aoJoufheh', .'It
be presented to the Governor and before II sh"i' ta
effect, be approved by him, or being oisaPP'oyeo'
shall be repassed by two-thlrds OF the members e'ec
ted to each house of the General Assembly.
AIT SIS There shall be Secretary OF state, VINO
shall hold his office during the tiIne LOT WHICH 'ne
Governor shall have been elected. The records oil
the State shall be kept and preserved in the Office oil
The Secretary he shall keep fair register OF the
official acts and proceedings OF the Governor and
when necessary shall attest them. lie SHALL when
reoured Law 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 may be enjolned on
| him by law.
who shall hold his office during the term OF two
ART. ST. The Secretary of State and Treasurer
of State, shall be elected by the qualified electors OF
the State. And in case OF any vacancies caused by
the DEATH resignation or absence OF the Treasurer
or Secretary OF State, the Governor shall order an
election to fiji said vacancy
ART. So. 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. SO. 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 carry arms, shall not be compelled
so to do but 81 all pay equivalent tor personal ser
vices.
ART 60. The Militia of the State shall be or
gauized in such manner may be hereafter DEEM
ed most expedient by the Legislature.
e TITLE w.
JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT.
ART 6l The Judiciary power shall be vested in a
Supreme Court, in such inferior courts as the Legs
latnre may from time to time, order and establish,
e and in Justices Of the Peace.
1t ART. g. The Supreme Court, except in cases
hereinafter provided shall have appellate jurisdiction
only which jurisdiction shall extend to all cases
i when the matter in dispute shall exceed three hun
e dred dollars to all cases in which the constitu-
tionality or legality of any tax, toll, or impost what.
soever or Of any ine forfeiture penalty imposed
by municipal corporation, shall be in condensation
IT and to all criminal questions OF law alone
Ii whenever the offence charged is punishable with
death Imprisonment at hard labor, or when fine
Of exceeding three hundred dollars is actually imposed
The egsature shall have power to restrict the iu
rsdction of the Supreme Court in civil cases tt
Or questions of law only.
.e ART. Co. The Supreme Court shall be composed
IN o. Cnle1 Justice ana IOuf hSSoCldte
lie majority of whom shall constitute quorum. Ih'
e. Chief Justice shall receive salary OF six thousant
dollars, and each of the Associate Judges salary
FIVE thousand five hundred dollars, annually, unit
otherwise provided by law. The Court shall appon
its Clerks the Judges shall be elected Tor til
term Of ten years.
ne ART ca. The Chief Justice shall be elected b.
10 the qualified electors of the State. The Legislator
a. shall divide the State into four Districts and tn
ar qualified electors of each District shall elect
or the ssociate Justices The State shall be divide
s. into the following Districts, until the Leglslatur
Al shall otherwise direct:
at FIRST DISTRICT.
5; The Parishes Of Plaquemnes, st. Bernard, tina
nd portion of the Parish OF Orleans on the right bank
ne The Mississippi river and that portion OF the City
nc NewOrleans which lies below the line extendln
he from the Mississippi along the middle OF JUL
n street, until it strikes the NewOrleans Canal an
ne thence down said canal to the Lake
e. SECOND DISTRICT.
70 That portion of the City of NewOrleans which
u situated above the line extending along the midd
Julia until it strikes the NewOrleans Cana
nc aud thence down said Canal to the Lake. and Il
III Parishes of Jefferson, St John the Baptist :
re Charles St. James, Ascension. Assumption, Ii
ne fourche Interior, Terrebonne, West Baton Roue
~, and lberve.
THIRD DISTRICT
se' The Parishes of st. Tammany, Washngte
" Livingston, ST. Helena, East Baton Rouge, Ea
en Feciana, West Felicana Point Coupee, Avoyelle
Oh Tensas, Conco!dia, Lafayette, Vermon, St. Mar
S.. Martin and ST. Landry.
ice FOURTH DISTRICT
not The Parishes Of Calcasieu, Rapides Sabine, Nj
.th chocEes DeSoto, CadJo, Bossier, Claiborne, Bic
'Ae ville Caldwell Union, Ouachta, Morehouse, JAG
son, Franklin, Catahoula, Madison, Carroll a
-ge Vim.
lry ART. s.. The office of one of the Associate Ju
IN tees shall be vacated the expiration OF the seco
lay year. of another at the expiration OF the fourth yet
ed of third at the expiration of the sixth year, and
red tke fourth at the expiration Of the eighth year
that one OF the Judges Of the Supreme Court shall
me elected every second year.
the ART &C. The Secretary of State, on receiving Il
official returns of the first election shall proceed il
~ meliatey in the presence and with the assistance
Bile two Justices of the Peace determine by lot
the four candidates having the highest number
oy- votes in their respective Districts, which OF the
in soci,e Justices elect shall for the OF "
the years, which shall for the term of four year
de- which for the term of six years. and which for t
ISL term OF eight years, and the Governor shall ISIS
or commissions accordingly.
ris- ART CT. ANY vacancy that may in the S
VAL preme Court from resignation or otherwise, shall
flu filled by election for the remainder OF the unexpr
ant term but if such remainder do not exceed one ye;
ov the vacancy shall be filled by Executive appolI
nt ment.
the ART g. The Supreme Court shall hold its Sc
sions in NewOreans from the first Monday OF t
iii month of November to the end OF the month OF Jur
ing inclusive. The Legislature shall have power to
the sessions elsewhere during the rest of the yea
ed until otherwise provided the sessions shall be held
heretofore.
yir ART Co. The Supreme Court and each of t
but Judges thereof shall have power to issue writs
yer k05eaS corus at the instance OF all persons in act,
custody under process in all cases in which they IN
the have appellate jurisdiction.
as ART. 70. No judgment shall be rendered by
Supreme Court without the concurrence of major
ate, of the Judges comprising the court. Whenever
majority cannot agree in consequence OF the recu
the tion of any member members of the court
the Judges recused shall have power to call upon
Judge or Judges of the inferior courts, whose duty
ant shall be, when so called upon: 20 sit in the place
nd, the Judges reused and to aid in determining
on case.
and ART. II. All Judges, by virtue of their off
In shall be conservators of the peace throughout
the State The style of all process shall be "Ihe ST
in of louisiana All prosecutions shall be carried
in the name, and by authority of the State of Lo
re- sana, and conclude against the peace and dign
hall of the
the ART. 70. The Judges of all courts within t.
State shall as often as it may be possible so to do
the every detnit;ve judgment, refer to the particular
ita in virtue OF which such judgment may be render
the and in all cases adduce the reasons which tn
Judgment is founded
the ART. 49, The Judges of all courts shall be
off BILE to impeachment; but for any reasonable
itu- which shall be sufficient ground for impea
her ment the Governor shall remove any of them on
Lee address of ourths of the members present
e Of each house of the General Assembly In evt
aw such case, the causes for which such