New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-09-29


b. returned 10y the Governor within ten days tSnn-
days exec ied) after it shall have been presented to
him. 1t shall hea Law m like manneras II he had
signed IT., unless the General Assembly, by adj
iournmpnt, prevent lis return, IN which case it shall
be law, unless sent back within three days after
their ntxi session.
ART. 81 Every order, resolution vote. to
which the concurrence Of both houses may be Ne,
cessary, except on question OF ahJournhtnt, shaii
b. presented to the Governor, and before shall take
effect, be- approved by him, or being disapPtoved,
snail be reph.sed by two-rds "f tue members eiec
ted to each house OF the General Assembly
ART SIS There shall be a Secret ~ OF State. who
shall hold his Office during The ''ne ior which the
Governor shall have been elected Inc recotus ol
the Stale shall be kept and preserved in the Office o:
the Secretary he shall keep a lar register OF the
official and proceedings Of the Governor, ana
wien necessary shall attest tbs III, He shall when
required, lay the said register, ana an pspers nm"
utes and vouchers relative his office, before
either house of the General Assembly, and shall
perform such other dute. az may be eHJolned on
him by law
ARr So 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 Stale, And IN case Of any Vacancies caused by
tue DEATH resignation, or absence Of the Treasurer
Secretary OF State, the Governor shall order an
| election ill 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. 80 The free white men of the State shall
armed aud dlscjp pinned for it. detence bu. those
who belong to religious societies whose tentts
FORBID them 10 carry AIMS, shall not be compelled
50 to do, but 81 all pay an equivalent for personal ser
vices
AeT. so The Militia of the State shall be or
ganzed 10 such manner may be hereafter deem
| ed most expedient By the Legislature.
| TITLE w.
| JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT.
| ART. 81 The JuJiciaty power shall be vested in a
Supreme Court, in such inferior courts as the Legis
| atnre may, from time to time, order and establish,
| and 10 Justices Of the Peace.
| ART 60 Tie Supreme CoIst, except in cases
hereinafter crowded, shall have appellate jurisdiction
| only whct jurisdiction shall extend To all cases
when the matter in dispute shall exceed three hun
dred dollars to all eases in which the ccnstlLu'
tonality legality Of any tax, toll, or imposi what
soever, OF any tne, forfeiture penalty imposed
by municipal corporation, shall be in condensation
aud to all criminal Eases questions al law alone,
Whenever thu. 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'
| risdnii2n OF the Supreme Court in civil cases to
| questions Of law only.
| ART. So, The Supreme Court shall be composed
of Que Chief Justice and four Associate Justices, o
| majority Of whom shalt constitute quorum the
Chief Justice shall receive salary OF SIX thousand
dollars, and each Of the Associate Judges salary o
| live thousand five hundred dollars, annually, un'
otherwise provided by law. The our shaliappon
it's 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
sha DIVIDE the State into four Districts, and the
qualified electors of each District shall elect
the Associate Justices, The State shall be dividrc
INTO the following Districts, until the Legislature
shall otherwise dirert
FIRST DISTRICT.
| The Parishes OF Pldqn, mnes St. Bernard, thai
portion OF the PARISH OF Orleans the right bank o
the ssIsslppi river. and that portion OF the City n
| N-wOreans which lies below the line extending
from The river NJ ssissipP aloug the middle OF julia
,tr-e until it strikes the N-wO deans Canal, ane
hence down said canal to the Lake.
SECOND DISTRICT.
That portion Of the Cit, OF NevyOrean which i
situated above the line extending along the MIDI
j JnlIa street until it strikes the NrwO Orleans Canal
nL thence down sad anal To the Like. and tht
Parishes OF Jefferson, ST John The Baptist, ST
| Charles, St James, Ascension. Assumption, La
| uurche Interior, Terebonne, West Baton Roug'
| nd lbervle,
THIRD DISTRICT.
The Parishes OF 81. Tammany, Washington
livingston, ST LieIena East B.ton Rouge, Et>
lf-ciaut, West Feclana, int Conpee, a Voy ei.ps
reusas, ConcorAa, Lafayette, Vermion, 81. Mary
ST. Martin and St Landry.
| FOURTH DISTRICT
The Parishes ol Cacast-u, t3apides, Sabine, Nat
hitnches DeSuto, Caddo, Bo,sjer, ltihorne, Bier
vr, Caldwell, UninD, Qua, ha. Moretonse, ia, k
son, Franklin, Catahoula Madison, Carroll an
Vim.
ART. S. The Office of one OF the Associate Jus
aces sla be vacated al the expiration Of the secou
.eaf, OF another the expiration Of tile fourth yea
/ a third at the expiration OF The sixth year and q
rhe tuurth at the expiration of the eighth ye.t->
hat Of h. Judges Of the Supreme Court shal! b.
elected every second year.
ART S. Tie Secretary of State, on receiving th
utiir returns Of tnp first election, shall proceed i'm
mstaLely, III tue presence and with the Ince o
wu Justices ct TIN, Peace 10 det~Tultne BY lot am NJ
the four candidates having the highest ndmber Q
voles thef respective D,stUcts Which OF the As
Sociate Justices elect shall Tor the term oi ;xt
}ears, which shall tor The term oi four yeacs
which for the term OF SIX yeat5, and which for the
term Of eight yesrs, and the Governor shall issue
commissions according ly.
ART. 81, Any vacancy that may occur in the Su'
prenle Court from resignation otherwise, shall be
filed by election for the remainder OF the unexpired
term bnt ii such remainder do not eyceed one year
the vacancy shall be filled by Executive appoint
ment.
ART 6S The Supreme Court shall hold its SEES.
Ia NewO rts ans from The fist Muutiay Of The
mpnh of November to he eud al the month OF June
inclusive. The Legislature shall have power to til
the sessions elsewhere durirs Ne rest OF The year
anil oherwise provided the sessions shall be held as
heretofore.
Aur 60 The Supreme Court and each of the
Judges thereof shall have power 10 Issue writs o
hnjeQS cor1S the Instance OF all persons in
ustody under process in all cases in which they may
nave appellate jurisdiction,
ART. 10 n judgment shall De rendered by the
Supreme Court Hhou, the concurrence If inaio I.
of the Judges comprising the court. Whenever
majority cannot agree, in consequence OF the Fecnsa
tiuu of any member or lueAsAIs Of the rour', The
Judges not r+cnsed shall have rs~er to call upon an!
Judge Judges OF the inf-'ior courts, whose duty i
slall be, when ctll.d upon sit in he place o
The Judges recused, and to aid in determining thu
case.
ART, IL All Judges, by virtue of their office
>ha be conservatcrs ot TIL peace throughout The
State. The style of all process shall BIZ The STATE
Of Louisiana All prosecutions shall be carried Oh
IN the name and by authority Of the State Of Lour
siana, and conclude against The peace and sssait!
Of The same.
ART. r. The Judges of all ts within thi'
State shalt, often it may be possible To do, ii
every detnt Judgment, refer 10 the particular law
in virtue OF which such jnd nlent may he rendered
and in all cases adduce the reasons which the
| Judgment is founded
ART. 70 The Judges of all courts shall be LA
bic to impeachment; but for any reasonable cause
which shal! not be sufficient grnund fn, nnpearh
ment, the Governor shall remove any of them on til,
address Of hee-fnurtns Of the members resent o
each h use of the General Assembly. In EVERY
nloval may BIZ required shall be stated Ieugh it
the address, and inserted in the Journal Of eacl
| house.
ART. a. There shall be an Attorney-Cfene al TO
the State, and as many District Attorneys may b
| hereafter found necessary, They shall hold thei