New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-12

signed it, unless the General Assembly, by ad
iournment prevent its return in which case it sha
| be law, unless sent back within three days afte
| their next meeting.
| ART. 81. Every order, resolution or vote. t
which the concurrence of both Houses may be ne
cessary, except on question of adjournment sha
be presented to the Governor and before it shall tax
effect, be approved by him, or being disapprovet
shall be repsssed by thirds Of the members cleo
ted to each House of the General Assembly.
ART. 50. There shall be Secretary of State, VIII
shall hold his office during the time for which til
Governor shall have been elected. The records
the State shall be kept and preserved in the office
the Secretary he shall keep a fair register of tn
official acts and proceedings of the Governor, an
when necessary shall attest them He SHALL whe
required, lay the said register, and all papers, min
utes and vouchers relative to his office, befor
either House of the General Assembly, and sha
perform such other duties as may be enjoined o
him by law.
ART. Sc There shall be Treasurer of the Stat
who shall hold his office during the term of tw
years.
ART. 81. The Secretary of State and Treasure
OF State, shall be elected by the qualified electors
the State. And in cases Of any vacancies caused b.
the death, resignation or absence of the Treasure
or Secretary of State, the Governor shall order a
election to fill said vacancy.
ART. So. All commissions shall be in the nam
and by the authority Of the State of louisiana, an
shall be sealed with the State seal and signed b.
the Governor.
ART. So The free white men of the State shal
be armed and disciplined for its defence but thos
who belong to religious societies whose tenet
forbid them to carry arms, shall not be compelled
SO to do but shall pay an equivalent for personal ser
Vices
ART. 90. The Militia of the State shall be or
ganized in such manner may be hereafter deem
ed most expedient by the Legislature.
TITLE ".
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT..
supreme Court, in such interior courts as the Legis
lature may, from time to time, order and establish
and in Justices OF the Peace.
ART. 62. The Supreme Court, except in cases
hereinafter rovided shall have appellate Jurisdiction
only which jurisdiction shall extend 10 all cases
when the matter in dispute shall exceed three hun.
dred dollars; to all cases in which the constitu
tonaty or legality of any tax, toll, or mpost what
soever or of any fine, forfeiture or penalty imposed
by municipal corporation, shall be in condensation
ana TO all criminal cases on questions Of law alone
whenever the offence charged is punishable with
death or imprisonment at hard labor, or when fine
exceeding three hundred dollars is actually imposed
ne Legislature shall have power to restrict the in.
risdictlon of the Supreme Court in civil cases 10
questions of law only.
ART. g. The Supreme Court shall be COMPOSED
OF one Chief Justice and four Associate Justices,
majority of whom shall constitute a quorum. The
Chief Justice shall receive a salary of six thousand
dollars, and each of the Associate Judges salary Of
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 wears.
ART. Cd. 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 of
the Associate Judges. The State shall be divided
into the following Districts, until the Legislature
shall otherwise direct
FIRST DISTRICT.
The Parishes of Plaquemnes, St. Bernard that
portion of the Parish Of Orleans on the right bank of
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 NewOrleans 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 Cana
and thence down said Canal TO the Lake and lhe
Parishes of Jefferson, St. John the Baptist, St.
Charles, st. James, Ascension, Assumption, La
fonrGhe Interior, Terrebonne, West Baton Rouge
THIRD DISTRICT.
The Parishes OF st. Tammany, Washington.
Livingston, ST. Helena, East Baton Rouge Fast
lE,elicana, West Feciana, Point Coupee AvoyelIes,
Iensas, Concorda, Lafayette Verm'llion St. Mary,
St. Martin and St. Landry
FOURTH DISTRICT.
The Parishes of Cacasieu, Rapides Sabine. Nat.
chioches, DeSoo, Caddo, Bossier, Claiborne, Ben.
VILE, Caldwell, Union, Ouachita, Morehouse, Jack
Winn A''('
ART. IS. The office of one of the Associate Jus
ices shall be vacated at the expiration of the second
year. OF another at the expiration of the fourth wear
II third at the expiration of the sixth year and of
he fourth at the expiration of the eighth years
nat one OF the Judges OF the Supreme Court shall be
lected every second year
ART. &c. The Secretary of State on receiving the
iicia returns of the first election, shall proceed i'm
nedaely, in the presence and with the assistance of
wo Justices of the Peace, to determine BY lot amono
he Tour candidates having the highest number OF |
otes in their respective Districts which of the AS
ociate Justices elect shall serve for the term of two
ears, which shall serve for the term of four wears.
Which for the term of six years, and which for the
erm OF eight years, and the Governor shall issue
COMMISSIONS accordingly.
ART. ~. Any vacancy that may occur in the Su
RENE Court from resignation otherwise shall be
LIED ny election for the remainder OF the uneypred
ERIN, but IT such remainder do not exceed one wear,
he vacancy shall be filled by Executive appoint.
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ART. IS. The Supreme Court shall hold its ses
ions IN NewOreans from the first Monday of the
lonth OF November to the end of the month of Jnne
lcluslve The Legislature shall have power to fix
le sessions elsewhere during the rest Of the year
ntll otherwise provided the sessions shall be held as
eretotore.
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Judges thereof shall have power to issue wris OF
HoeaS corpus, at the instance OF all persons in actual
lstody under process in all eases in which they NAV
ave appellate jurisdiction.
ART. TO- No Judgment shall be rendered by the
upreme Court without the concurrence of majority
the Judges comprising the court. Whenever a
aJorty cannot agree, in consequence of the recusa-
N OF any member or members of the court the
not Reused shall have power 10 cali upon any
dge or Judges OF the inferior courts, whose duty It
all be, when SO called upon, to sit in the place of
= Judges Reused, and to aid in determining the
ART. II. All Judges, by virtue of their Office
al be.conservaors OF the peace throughout the
ate. The style OF all process shall be "rhe State
Louisiana All prosecutions shall be carried on
the name, and by the authority of the Stale of
nslana, and conclude against HE peace and dig.
y of the same
ART Y. The Judges of all couts within this
ate shall, as often as it may be possible SO to do, in
cry detntive judgment, refer the particular law
virtue OF which such Judgment may be rendered I
a IN all cases 9dduce the reasons which their Il
gnent is founded t
ART. 70, The Judges of all the courts shah be
,ie to impeachment but for any reasonable cause, g
lch shall not be sufficient ground for inpeach- t
mt, the Governor shall remove any Of them on the ii
fess of three fourths of the members present o 5
h House of the General Assembly. In every S
n case, the cause or causes for which such re. II
val may be required shall be stated at length in $
address, and inserted in the journal of each p
use. a
ART "a. There shall be an Attorney Genera for i,
State, and as many District Attorneys as may be q
eater found necessary. They shall hold their c
ces for four years. their duties shall be deter Il
led by law. b
ART. IS. The Judges, both of the Supreme and
efor Courts, shall, at stated times, receive a 5
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