New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-03-16
VOLUME XIV.

amended SO as to read as follows " The Office of
one of the Associate Justices shall bo vacated at
the expiration of the fifth year, and of the other
Associate Justice at the expiration Of the tenth
year, so that one of the Judges Of the Supreme
Court shall be appointed every fifth year. The
Governor, in making the first appointment under
this ordinance, shall designate which of the Asso-
cate Justices shall serve for the term Of five years,
and which shall serve for the term of ten years,
and he shall issue commissions accordingly"
s. That article sxty-six of the Constitution be,
and the same is hereby repealed.
g. That article sixty seven of the Constitution
be amended, so as to read as follows "Any
cancy that may occur in the Supreme or Interior
Courts from resignation or otherwise, shall be filed
by appointment for the remainder of the uneHpired
term.n
T. That article seventy-fve OF the Constitution
be amended to read as follows " The Judges of
the Interior Courts shall; at stated tines receive
salary which shall not be diminished during their
continuance in office; and they are prohibited from
receiving any fees Of Office or any other cOmpcn-
sation than their salaries for any civil duties per
formed by them"
s. That article eighty-One of the Constitution be
amended 30 AS to read as follows % The General
Assembly shall have power to make such provis-
ions for the trial of recused cases as they may
deem proper, whether by the appointment Of spe-
cal judges, or the selection of members OF the bar
for the purpose, or other wseN
9. That article eighty Of tho Constitution be
and the same IL hereby repealed.
10. That article eigbty-four Of the Constitution
b6 amended so rs to read aS f0l!0WE: 'Ine Iegls-
lature may determine the mode of filling vacancies
i'll the Offices Of the Attorney General, District At
torney, and all other officers not provided for in
this Constitution
II. This ordinance shall bo submitted to the
qualified voters of the State for adoption or rejec
ton, the general election TO he held on the first
Monday of November next. Each voter shall ex-
press his opinion, by depositng, in separate box
kept for that purpose, ticket, whereon sinai! he
written 'Fhe ordinance concerning the Judiciary
acccptcd,v or the ordinance concerning the
judiciary rejected" or some such words Gs will
distinctly convey the intention of the voter. The
said election shall be held and conducted, and the
returns made and compared, and proclamation Of
the result issued in all respects conformably to the
provisions of articles l50 and ljl Of the C0nsttu
ton.
H. In case this ordinance shall be adopted by the
people OF the State, the Governor shall proceed
without delay to appoint the Judges of the Supreme
Court as therein provided for. The Judges Of the
said Court who may be in office at the time such
appointment be made shall continue to discharge
the duties thereof until the Judges appointed
shall enter into office, and no longer.
ID. No appointment of judges Of the Inferior
Courts shall be made, under the provisions Of tha
ordinance, before the expiration Of The terms Of
Office of the Judges who may be in Office at the
time of the adoption of this ordinance, except in
the csse Of a vacancy or vacancies, created By
death, resignation, or otherwise.
On motion Of Mr.. Stocker, the Convention ad-
iOurued