New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-10-27

nal OF each house respectively Il any Dill shall not
be returned The w,.h'h zen Gays
rim Il shall be law in like manner as II he had
s;o sion, Il unless the General Assembly, by adj
oarnment prevent its return in which case 1t shall
Be- law, unless sent back within three days after
Their next session.
ART, 81 Every order, resolution or vote. to
| which the concurrence Of both houses may be me-
cessary, except aquestion OF adjournment, shall
be presented to the Governor, and before it shall take
| effect be approved by him, or being disapproved,
shall be repassed by twothrds 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 a 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
1 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 case Of any vacancies caused by
the DEATH designations or absence of the Treasurer
or Secretary Of State, the Governor shall order an
election to fiji said vacancy. V
/ 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 of the State shall
be armed and disciplined for its defence but those
\ who belong to religious societies whose tenets
for bid them to carry arms, shall not be compelled
to do, but shall pay an equivalent for personal SER
vices.
ART. 60. The Militia Of the State shall be or.
ganized in such manner may be hereafter deem
ed most expedient by the Legislature.
TITLE Nv.
III JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT..
ART. 81. The Judiciary power shall be vested IN
Supreme Court, in such inferior courts as the Legls
lat,lre NAV from time to time, order and establish
a and in Justices of the Peace.
Z ART g. The Supreme Court, except in cases
hereinafter provided shall have appellate jurisdiction
:" only which jurisdiction shall extend to all case.
when the matter in dispute shall exceed three hun
: dred dollars; to all cases in which the constllu
tionay or legality of any tax toll, or impost what
soever or Of any fine, forfeiture penalty imposed
by municipal corporation, shall be in contestation
and to all criminal cases questions OF law alone
y whenever the offence charged is punishable witt
death or imprisonment at hard labor, when fin
exceeding three hundred dollars is actually imposed
:, The Legislature shall have power to restrict the iu
risdicton Of the Supreme Court in civil cases t.
questions of law only.
ART. SO. The Supreme Court shall be compose
of one Chief Justice and four Associate Justices,
u majority Of whom shall constitute quorum. Ih
Chlef Justice snail receive a salary OF SIX tnouSdH
dollars and each Of the Associate Judges salary
five thousand FIVE hundred dollars, annually, unit
otherwise provided by law The Court shall appon
its own Clerks; the Judges shall be elected for til
e term Of ten years.
o ART. GA. The Chief Justice shall be elected b
the qualified electors of the State. The Legislator
II shall divide the State into four DISTRICTS and tn
,r qualified electors of each District shall elect one
i: the Associate Justices. The State shall be divide
II into the following Districts, until the Legislator
1t shall otherwise direct:
3; FIRST DISTRICT.
ID The Parishes of Paquemines, st. Bernard, thu
lie portion of the Parish Of Orleans the right bank
lie the Mississippi river, and that portion Of the City
lie NewOreans which lies below the line extendin
i, from the river Mississippi along the middle of JUL
e street, until it strikes the NewOrleans Canal, an
p thence down said canal to the Lake.
$, SECOND DISTRICT.
IF That portion of the City of NewOrleans which
o situated above the line extending along the mdd
of Julia street until strikes the NewOrleans Cana
n and thence down said Canal to the Lake. and tn
e Parishes of Jefferson, St John the Baptist, S
e Charles, St. James, Ascension. Assumption, La
n fourche Interior, Terrebonne, West Baton Roug
z; and Iberville
Il THIRD DISTRICT.
= The Parishes of st. Tammany, Washington
n Livingston, ST. Helena, East Baton Rouge, Eas
II Feliciana, West Feiciana, Point Coupee, Avoyees
Tensas, Concordia, Lafayette, Vermillion, ST. Mary
e ST. Martin and st. Landry.
1t FOURTH DISTRICT.
n The Parishes of Cacasieu, Rapides, Sabine, MAJ
lie chitoches, DeSoto, Caddo, Bossier Claiborne Bier
vile, Caldwell, Union, Ouachita, Morehouse, Jacl
,e son, Franklin, Catahoula, Madison, Carroll an
" VIM.
IN ART 65. The office of one of the Associate Jul
tees shall be vacated at the expiration of the
d. year, of another at the expiration of the fourth yea
ID of third at the expiration of the sixth year, and
the fourth at the expiration of the eighth years
q that of the Judges of the Supreme Court shall
e elected every second year.
ART. &c. The Secretary of State, on receiving tn
l. official returns of the first election, shall proceed i'm
e mediatey in the presence and with the assistance
two Justices of the Peace, to determine by lot anon
= the four candidates having the highest number
votes in their respective Districts which of the As
sociae Justices elect shall for the term of
years, which shall for the term of four years
l. which for the term Of six years. and which for tn
or term of eight years. and the Governor shall issu
s. commissions accordingly
j, ART. 81. Any vacancy that may occur in the Su
l. preme Court from resignation otherwise shall
ut filled by election for the remainder of the unexpire
term but if such remainder do not exceed one yea
ii the vacancy shall be filed by Executive appoin
le ment.
ART. 6S. The Supreme Court shall hold its Sc.
j. sions in NewOrleans from the first Monday of tn
month off November to the end OF the month of jun
n inclusive. The Legislature shall have power to fl
/, the sessions elsewhere during the of the year
until otherwise provided, the sessions shall be held
:. heretofore.
1t ART. SO. The Supreme Court and each of tn
II Judges thereof shall have power to issue writs
o6eas corps at the instance of all persons in
custody under process in all cases in which they
IS have appellate jurisdiction.
ART. TO- No judgment shall be rendered by IL,
\, Supreme Court without the of majorit
: OF the Judges comprising the court. Whenever
majority cannot agree IN consequence of the recuss
e ton of any member members of the court, tn
Judges not recessed shall have power to call upon an
Judge or Judges of the inferior courts, whose duty
shall be, when called upon, TO sit in the place
the Judges recused, and to aid in determining tn
case.
n ART. II, All Judges, by virtue of their oific,
e shall be conservators OF the peace throughout tn
State. The style of all process shall be "The Stat
of Louisiana" All prosecutions shall be carried o
in the name, and by authority of the State of LOU
II siana, and conclude against the peace and dignit
a of the same.
ART. 70. The Judges of all courts within thi
State shall as often as it may be possible to do, il
every dehntive judgment, refer to the particular Law
q In virtue OF which such judgment may be rendered
and IN all cases adduce the reasons on which thei
judgment is founded.
ART. 70. The Judges of all courts shall be liza
= BILE to impeachment; but for any reasonable cause
which shall not be sufficient ground for impeach
ment, the Governor shall remove any of them on til,
address of three-fourths of the members present o
u each house of the General Assembly In ever,
(; such case, the cause causes for which such re
moval may be required shall be stated at length il
, the address, and inserted in the Journal of eacl
house.
ART. "a. There shall be an Atslsey- General 70
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