Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1864-1865, 1864-04-05
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of the State" and,
An act relative TO the payment of salaries

And that the House had concurred i'll
Senate's amendment to House bill entitled
An act TO provide for the confinement of
persons convicted of crimes. punishable
with hard labor and confinement.
On motion by Mr.. WeiGhtman, the rules
were suspended. and the Senate proceeded
10 The consideration OF the following act of
impeachment OF \. N. buchanan. one O:
the Associate Justices OF the Supreme
Court, which were ordered to be spread on
the Journal as follows, TO witt
AN act CT impeachment OF y. NJ Bn-
chanan. Associate Justice or the supreme
Court OF the STATE OF Louisiana Tor the
FIRST supreme Jn"icla! District thereof.
lst SecI"n. Pe 1t enacted by the House
OF representatives oi Inc State OF LOUIS.
lana IN General Assembly convened. That
\. NJ. buchanan, Associate Justice OF the
supreme Court OF The State OF Louisiana
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high crimes 10 and against the SOVEREIGN
State of Louisiana,
let In hav,rl. since ,ta ,fth or ,,,,,.,
~. 1861. in violation OF his duties as IL cit
iZ,.u Of this state. of his cath of office. nuG
of his judicial duties. taken the oath %,
allegiance to the United States Of America
the bubble enernv OF the State of Louisiana.
at a time when said enemy was openly
waging war upon Mis- State. and was in Vi
oleni. unjust and Illegal possession Of a
large portion o. the territory of the same ::
aud secondly. in aiding and assisting the
said enemy in his efforts to subiurate III.
people of the State of Louisiana. an,, de-
stroy the government of the State having
accepted Office St the said United States,
the public enemy of this State. at the time
the said encmy was engaged in opeH war
against the same the said uilicc being that
OF a Justice OF tie Supreme Court OF the
State ,he same to which the said 4 u
Buchanan had been legally elected by the
people of The First Supreme judicial us
trict of the State. and in having exercised
the said judicial authority, uu,!cr the a,-
thor.ty. and received pay narr:or from the
officers of the said United states. all since
the said 26th january, 1861. And thiilly
in the said A. NJ Buchanan. he hc;nr At tie
time the duly elected Justice of The Su-
prcmr Court of Louisiana for the First 81.
preme judicial District of the Stale HAVING
aided. assisted anI contortra the public
enemy Of the State of Louisiana i. con-
sorting with. consulting with and sllpuort-
ing with his coUntenance and association
the officers of the United States of Anlcri-
ca since the 2Gth day of January. 1861, the
said public enemy being at the time nj
opsn Mn'.,' 81 Ti,n :; .iit ,,l1'e OF louisiana
That five members of this House be aud
they are hereby charged with the manage
mcnt Of this impeachment with the Senate
of the State of louisiana ard to request
their preparation for the trial Of the same
at such time us may be convenient to the
House of Representatives and to do ali ne
es;n acts for the pr0s'e"tio" Of this I'm,
Section I'd. BE y e,rt}o, .r,c.o1 e,
Thai nj. act take ,.i,s.t to, a"d ,..'. -.
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lSiTnen = rr,>,
Snsai,er of the uousa ofEa,r.-,,t>i.:,...,
TN motion by NJ G1yIo- l,1.r"I ti,,.
Committee he arno,rt.a bv NO pral;I,.,.
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