New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-09-15
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to that house, it shall be law; but in such cases
the vote Of bo, houses shall be determined ny yehs
and nays, and the names OF the members Vo'"s
for and against the bill, shall be entered c2he jour
nal of each house respectively any BILL shall not
be returned by the Governor within ten days tSnn-
DAYS exoeped) after it shall have been presented TO
him, i, shall be law in like manner as II he had
signed it, unless the General Assembly, oy au,
iournment prevent its return in which case it shall
Ia law unless sent back within three days alter
ART. 50. Every order, resolution or vote. to
which the concurrence of both houses may be ne
ces.ary except on question OF adjournment, shall
be presented to the Governor and before shall take
effect, be approved by him, or being disapproved,
shall be repassed by two-thrds 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 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.
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
Secretary OF State, the Governor shall order an
election to fiji said vacancy.
ART. S. AL 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
vices.
ART. 60. The Militia of the State shall b. er-
gauzed in such manner may be hereafter deem
ed most expedient by the Legislature.
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JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT.
ART. 81. The Judiciary power shall be vested in a
Supreme Court, in such inferior courts as the Legis'
lature may, from time time, order and establish,
and in Justices Of the Peace.
ART. 90, The Supreme Cowt, 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 cases in which the consttu-
tonality legality of any tax, toll impost what.
soever, or of any fine, forfeiture penalty imposed
by municipal corporation, shall be in condensation
and to all criminal questions of law alone,
whenever the 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
rsdiction OF the Supreme Court in civil cases to
questions of law only.
ART. 63. 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 OF
FIVE Thousand five hundred dollars, annually, until
otherwise provided by law. The Court shall appoint
Ctu,lc tho t,,dr rhunh o for he
term of ten years.
ART. 81. 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 Justices The State shall be divided
into the following Districts, until the Legislature
shall otherwise direct:
FIRST DISTRICT.
The Parishes Of Paquemines, 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 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
ourche Interior, Terrebonne, West Baton Rouge
and lberville
THIRD DISTRICT.
The Parishes of St. Tammany, Washington,
Livingston, st. Helena, East Baton Rouge East
Feciana, West Felciana, Point Coupee, Avoyelles,
Iensas, Concordia, Lafayette, Vermillion, St. Mary
st, Martin and ST. Landry.
FOURTH DISTRICT.
The Psrishe. Of Calcasieu, Rapides, Sabine, Nat
chioches. DeSoto, Caddo, Bosser Claiborne, Bien.
vile, Caldwell, Union, Ouachita, Morehouse Jack.
son, Franklin, Ca,ahoula, Madison, Carroll and
VIM
ART. 65 The office of one of the Associate JUS
tices shall be vacated at the expiration of the second
year. of another at the expiration of the fourth yeas
OF third at the expiration of the sixth year, and of
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 66. The Secretary of State, on receiving the
official returns of the first election shall proceed i'm
mediately in the presence and with the assistance OF
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
socae Justices elect shall for the term of two
years, which shall for the 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 ~. Any vacancy that may occur in the SUI
preme Court from resignation otherwise, shall be
filled by election for the remainder OF the expied
term Dut II such remainder do not exceed year,
the vacancy shall be filed by Executive appoint
meDt.
ART. SO. The Supreme Court shall hold its ses-
slons in NewOrleans from the first Monday of the
mon,h of November to the end of the month Of June
inclusive. The Legislature shall have power to fix
the sessions elsewhere during the rest Of the year
until otherwise provided the sessions shall be held as
heretofore.
Art. Co. The Supreme Court and each of the
Judges thereof shall have power to issue writs of
ha6eaS corpus, at the instance of all persons in actual
custody under process all cases in which they NAV
have appellate jurisdiction.
ART. 70. No Judgment shall be rendered by the
Supreme Court without the concurrence of majority
If the Judges comprising the court. Whenever a
majority cannot agree, in consequence of the
ion 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 it
hail be, when called upon: TO sit in the place of
he Judges Reused, and to aid in determining the
ase.
ART. II. All Judges by virtue of their office,
hal be conservators OF the peace throughout the
# Louisiana All prosecutions shall be carried on
n the naue and by authority of the State of Loui-
lana, and conclude against the peace and dt gnity
# the same.
ART. y. The Judges OF all courts within this
State shall, often it may be possible so to do in
very deinitlve Judgment refer the particular law
n virtue OF which such Judgment may be rendered |
nd in all adduce the reasons on which their |
alignment is founded
ART. 70. The Judges of all courts shall be liza
lie to Impeachment; but for any reasonable cause,
'htch shall not be sufficient ground for impeach-
rent. the Governor shall remove any Of them the