New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-09-16
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to that house. it shall be law; but in such cases
the vote of both houses shall be determined by yeas
and nays, and the names OF the members Sot'ns
for and AGAINST the bill shall be entered the jour
nal Of each house respectively. any Dill shaii not
| he returned by the Governor within ten days louh-
days excened after il shall have been presented to
BIN. it shall be law in like manner as if he had
sgned it, unless the General Assembly, by adj
iournment prevent its return IN which case 1t snail
be law, unless sent Dack WITHIN thfee oays a'tef
their next session.
| ART 81. Every order, resolution vote. to
which the concurrence of both houses may be ne
cessary, except question OF adjournment, shall
be presented to the Governor and before shall take
effect, be approved by him, being disapptoved,
shall be repassed by twothirds of the members cleo
ted to each house of the General Assembly,
ART. SIS 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. 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 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 to carry arms shall not be compelled
to do but 81 all pay equivalent for personal SER
vices.
ART. 60. The Militia of the State shall be Or
gained in such manner may be hereafter deem
ed most expedient by the Legislature.
i TITLE ".
JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT..
i ART 81. The Judiciary power shall be vested in a
Supreme Court, in such inferior courts the Legs-
laure may, from time to time, order and establish,
and in Justices Of the Peace.
f ART. 60. The Supreme CoWt, except in cases
hereinafter provided, shall have appellate jurisdiction
only; which jurisdiction shall extend to all cases
when the in dispute shall exceed three hun
g dred dollars to all cases in which the constltu-
tonaity legality of any tax, toll impost what
soever, of any fine, forfeiture penalty imposed
by municipal corporation shall be in conte station
t and to all criminal cases on questions OF law alone,
! whenever the offence charged is punishable with
death imprisonment at hard labor when a fine
f exceeding three hundred dollars is actually imposed
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rlsdlction of the Supreme Court in civil cases to
r questions of law only.
ART So. The Supreme Court shall be composed
, Of one Chief Justice and four Associate Justices.
majority of whom shall constitute quorum. The
Chief Justice shall receive salary OF six thousand
dollars and each Of the Associate Judges salary oil
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.
g ART. 81. The Chief Justice shall be elected by
o the qualified electors Of the State The Legislature
shall divide the State into four Districts, and the
qualified electors of each District shall elect one Of
r the Associate Justices. The State shall be divided
: into the following Districts, until the Legislature
u shall otherwise direct:
III FIRST DISTRICT.
II The Parishes of Plaquemlnes st. Bernard, thai
portion of the Parish OF Orleans on the right bank
the Mississippi river and that portion OF the City oil
e NewOfeans which lies below the line extending
from the river Mississippi along the middle of Julia
street. until it strikes the NewOrleans Canal, and
e thence down said canal to the Lake.
SECOND DISTRICT.
That portion of the City of NewOreans which is
situated above the line extending along the middle
of Julia street until it strikes the NewOrIean 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.
tourche Interior, Terrebonne, West Baton Rouge
and lberville.
THIRD DISTRICT.
The Parishes oil St. Tammahy, Washington
Livingston, St Helena East Baton Rouge East
, Feiiciana, West Feciana, Point Coupee Avoyelles
Tensas, Concorda, Lafayette, Vermlllion St. Mary
ST. Martin and St Landry.
e FOURTH DISTRICT.
t The Parishes of Cacasieu Rapides, Sabine, Nat
chitoches, DeSoto, Caddo, Bosser Claiborne, Bien
vile, Caldwell, Union Ouachi,a, Morehouse, Jack
son, Franklin, Catahoula, Madison Carroll ane
G VIM.
y ART. 65 The office of one of the Associate Jus
tees shall be vacated at the expiration of the second
year, of another at the expiration of the fourth yea
of third at the expiration of the sixth year. and oil
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 sc. The Secretary of State, on receiving the
official returns of the first election shall proceed i'm
medately, in the presence and with the assistance oil
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
sociate Justices elect shall 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. Auy vacancy that may occur in the SUI
preme Court from resignation otherwise, shall be
filed by election for the remainder of the unexpired
term but if such remainder do not exceed one year
the vacancy shall be filed by Executive appoint
ment.
D ART. SO. The Supreme Court shall hold its SEES
sions 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 fis
the sessions elsewhere during the rest Of the year
until otherwise provided, the sessions shall be held
heretofore.
Ant. SO. The Supreme Court and each of the
Judges thereof shall have power to issue writs o
habeaS corps at the instance Of all persons in
custody under process in all in which they may
: have appellate jurisdiction.
; ART. 70. No judgment shall be rendered by tbs
Supreme Court without the concurrence Of majority
, of the Judges comprising the court. Whenever
majority cannot agree, in consequence of the
, ton of any member members OF the court, the
Judges not refused shall have power call upon any
Judge or Judges Of the inferior courts, whose duty i
shall be, when called upon. 20 sit in the place o
the Judges Reused, and to aid in determining the
case.
| ART. II, All Judges, by virtue of their office
shall be conserva,ors of the peace throughout the
State The style of all process shall be 'fhe State
of Louisiana" All prosecutions shall be carried OF
in the name, and by authority Of the State of Lou
sana, and conclude against the peace and dignity
/ of the same
, ART. 70. The Judges of all coufts within this
State shall as often as ii may be possible to do, in
every dentve judgment, refer to the particular law
in virtue OF which such judgment nlay be rendered
and in all adduce the easons on which their
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-