New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-10-05

the vote Of boh houses shall be determined by yeas
and nays and the names ecf the members voting
for and against the BILL shall be entered on the jour
hal Of each house respectively. 1t any bill shall not
be returned BY the Governor within ten days (Sun-
DAYS excepted} after il shall have been presented to
him. it shall be law in like manner as If he had
signed it, unless the General Assembly, by adj
ournment, prevent its return in which case it shall
be law, unless sent back within three days after
their next session.
ART. 54 Every order, resolution vots. to
which the concurrence OF both houses may be ne
cessary, except question OF adjournment, shall
be presepted TO the Governor, aud before 1t shall take
effect, be approved by him. or being disappFoved,
shaI be repassed by twaAirds of the members elec
ted to each house of the General Assembly
Ar is There shall be a Secretary OF State, who
sha hqd his office during the time Tor 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
| whea Necessary shall attest them. He shall, when !
REQUIRED lay the said register, and all papers, rnia
utes aud vouchers relative to his office. before
| either house OF the General Assembly, and shall
perform such other duties as uaay be enioined 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 of ANY vacancies caused by
the death, TeSlgnatont or absence Oh Inc treasurer
or Secretary Of State the Governor shall order an
| election to Oh ssd vacancy.
| ART. S. All commissions shall bs in the name
and by the arthority of the State OF Louisiana, and
shall be sealed with the State seal and signed by
| the Governor,
ART. 50. The free white men of the State shall
be armed and disciplined for its defence but those
who belong TO relig lous societies whose teEsss
forbid them to carry arms, shall not be compelled
to do but slal pay equivalent for personal ser
vices.
ART. co. The Militia of the State shall be or
ganized in such manner as may be hereafter Deem
: ed most expedient by the Legislature.
TITLE ".
JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT.
ART 61 The Judiciary power shah bavested in a
Supreme Court, in such inferior coarts the Legis-
lature may, from time to time, order and establish,
, and in Justices Of the Peace.
I ART 60. The Supreme Court, except in cases
hereinafter provided shall have appellate jurisdiction
only; which jurisdiction shall! extend to all cases
when the matter in dispute shall exceed three hun
dred dollars to all in which the constitu-
tionality or Legality oil any tax, toll mpos what.
soever, of any fine, forfeiture penalty imposed
: by municipal eorporation shall be in condensation
It and to all criminal cases on questions OF law alone,
h whenever tho offence charged is punishable with
death or imprisonment at hard labor or when fine
exceeding three hundred dollars is actually imposed
The Legislature shall have power to restrict the iu
risdlc,ion Of the Supreme Court in civil cases to
,r oueaons of law only.
lie ART. GO. The Supreme Court shall be composed
of Chief Justice and four Associate Justices,
lie majority OF whom shall constitute quorum The
e. Chief Justice shall receive salary of six thousand
dollars, and each OF the Associate Judges salary Of
five thousand five hundred dollars, annually, unit
otherwise provided by law. The Court shalapponi
its own Clerks the Judges shall be elected for the
term OF ten years.
e ART 81. The Chief Justice shall be elected b,
o the qualified electors Of the State The Legislature
a. shall divide the State into four Districts and the
u qualified electors of each District shall elect o
u the Associate Justices. The State shall be divided
!; into the following Districts, until the Legislator,
II shall otherwise direct:
u FIRST DISTRICT.
7; The Parishes of Piaquemines, St. Bernard, tina
portion OF the Parish oil Orleans on the right bank
the Mississippi river and that portion of the City o
Q NewOrleans which lies below the line extending
from the river Mississippi along the middle of JUL;
: street. Until it strikes the NewOreans Canal, ant
thence down said canal to the Lake.
SECOND DISTRICT.
> That portion Of the City of NewOrleans which il
= situated above the line extending along the midd,
of Julia street until it strikes the NewOreans Canal
:, ard ,heoce down said Canal To the Like. and tin
=, =, Parishes of Jefferson, St John the Baptist S.
90 Charles, St. James, Ascension, Assumption, La
~ fourche Interior, Terrebonne, West Baton Roug
- and lbervile.
- THIRD DISTRICT
sN The Parishes OF St. Tammany, Washington
" Livingston, St. Helena, East Baton Rouge Eas
~ Feciana Yves, Feliciana, Point Coupee. AvoyelIe
OF Tensas Concordia, Lafayette, yerm!llion ST. Mar,
81. Martin and St. Landry.
'e FOURTH DISTRICT.
y, The Parishes Of Calcaseu, Rapides Sabine Nat
n choc!es DeSoo. Caddo, Bossier, Claiborne, Bien
IL vile, CALDWELL Union. Ouach,a, Morehouse, Jack
son, Franklin, CatahouIa, Madison, Carroll am
re VIM.
y ART. 65. The office OF OF the Associate Jus
n tees shall be vacated the expiration of the
y year. of another the expiration of the fourth yea
of third at the expiration OF the sixth year, and
ID the fourth at the expiration of the eighth years
that Of the Judges of the Supreme Court shall
le elected every second year.
ne ART 66. The Secretary of State, receiving tn
official returns of the first election, shall proceed in
O. msdiaely, in the presence and with the assistance
We two Justices oil the Peace to determine by lot anon
the four candidates having the highest number
" votes in their respective Districts, which of the A
sociae Justices elect shall for the term Of tvs
he years, which shall serve for the term OF four year
e which for the term of six years. and which for II
81 term of eight years, and the Governor shall issr
or commissions accordingly
is ART. g. Any vacancy that may occur in the 81
al, preme Court from resignation otherwise, shall
u filed by election for the remainder Of the unexpire
mt term but il such remainder do not exceed one yea
W the vacancy shall be filled by Executive appon
t ment.
he ART. g. The Supreme Court shall hold its Sc
sions in NewOreans from the first Monday OF Il
fl month OF November the end of the month OF I'm
ng inclusive. The Legislature shall have power to
the sessions elsewhere during the rest Of the yea
3D. until otherwise provided the sessions shall be held
heretofore.
ir- ART. 60. The Supreme Court and each Of t
ut Judges thereof shall have power to issue wrts
ha5eaS corpus, at the instance of all persons in acu
H. custody under process in all cases in which they mi
he have appellate jurisdiction.
as ART. 10 No Judgment shall be rendered by t
Supreme Court without the concurrence OF major
lie, OF the Judges comprising the court. Whenever
ar majority cannot agree, in consequence oil the recus
he ton of any member members OF the court,
he Judges not Reused shall have power to call upon
Judge or Judges of the interior courts, whose duty
mt shall be, when called upon. 20 sit in the place
3D. the Judges refused, and to aid in determining t
m case.
nd ART. II. All Judges, by virtue of their oflit
In shall be conservators OF the peace throughout t
he State. The style of all process shall be "The Sta
in OF Louisiana All prosecutions shall be carried
in the name, and by authority OF the State of Lo,
e. siana, and conclude against the peace and dgni
all of the same.
he ART ~ The Judges of all courts within Il
State shall, often it may be possible so TO do,
he every denive Judgment refer to the particular Ia
tia in virtue OF which such judgment may be render'
he and in all cases addnce the reasons on which tn
judgment is founded.
he ART. 70. The Judges Of all courts shall be
fl Bile to impeachment but for any reasonable eau
u which shall not be sufficient ground for impeac
.e- address of three-fours of the members present
OF each house OF the General Assembly In eve
W. such case, the causes for which such
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