New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-02-07
The late United States Courts.

The following is the ordinance presented from
the Judiciary Committee Tuesday, and made
the special order for Thursday, this day. at IL
O'Clock:
AN ORDINANCE concerning the Circuit and District Courts
established in the State of Louisiana by the late Govern
of the United Stntes.
The people of the State of Louisiana, in Conven-
ton assembled do ordan and it is hereby ordained
as follows:
SECTION |. All acts and parts Of acts of the Con-
eress of the late United States of America, relating
to the organization and jurisdiction of the Circuit
and District Courts esta bshed by said Congress
within the territorial limits of the State of Louis
| lana, and relating to the administration OF Justice
in said Courts, which were in force in this State at
| the time of the separation OF this State from the
| said Confederacy, are hereby rcenacted and de-
cared to be in full force and effect as laws OF the
State of Louisiana. far as the same are not in
consistent with any OF the ordinances OF this Con-
vcntion, or incompatible with the sovereignty of
| the State of Louisiana; and all wrts and process
from said Courts shall be issued in the name and
| by the authority of the State of Louisiana.
| SEC. 2. All Offices held within this State, under
and by virtue of the acts of Congress aforesaid,
| shall continue as organized under said acts and
the functions and duties thereof shall be performed
by the respective officers who have had charge OF
the same under the said laws PT0uided said ot1i-
GERS shall recognize the sole and exclusive author
ity of the State of Louisiana, by accepting and re-
ceiving commissions from the Governor as officers
of the State of Louisiana, aud by taking the oath
of office prescribed by the ordinance passed by
| this Convention, amending the 9Oth article OF the
constitution of this State.
SEC. 8. Should any person in charge of any such
Office refuse to comply with the proVisO to the fore
going section, the said Office shall be deemed va
can't and the books, records and effects thereof, o
every kind whatsoever thereto appertalnlnS, or II
any wise belonging, shall be delivered to suct
other person as the Governor shall commission tt
hold and perform the duties of the said office anc
should any office heretofore held in this state un
der and by virtue of the laws of the United State
mentioned in the first section of this ordnance be
come vacant from any cause whatsoever, the Gov
} ernor shall have authority, and he IS hereby I'll
rected to commission some competent and eXpe
rienced person to perform the duties thereof Pfo
Uided that all such appointees shall take and SUB
scribe the oath prescribed in the second section
t this ordinance.
+ SEC. 4. All officers commissioned by the Cover
, nor, by virtue of this ordinance, shall, With
twenty days after the date OF their commission, eS
ecute in favor of the State of Louisiana, bond
G analogous to those which have been heretOtor
q required to be executed in favor of the Unite
y States in similar cases and with like security; au
g said bonds shall be deposited among the archivt
of the State in the Office of the Secretary of State
And all accounts, abstracts, funds, vouchers or n
~ ports of any kind whatsoever, required by the law
% of the United States, or by instructions from IL
l. Executive Department of the Government, to
% transmitted to said Government, Shai. be tranSm
ted at the time prescribed by said laws or instru
"A tiuns to the Corresponding Executive Departme
- of the Government of the State'ot Louisiana. al
s. the State of Louisiana doth hereby guarantee al
indemnify all the officers who comply with the pr
as visions OF this ordinance, against all claims and