New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-03-12

warrants. The ch1e1 lusLce anu en0 N99NNA-
ate justices shall be appointed by the gov
ernor, with the advice and consent OF the
senate, for the term of eight years. They
shall be citizens of the United States, and
shall have practiced law for five years, the
/. last three thereof next preceding their ap-
pointment in the state The court shall APP
point its own clerks, and may remove them
at pleasure.
ART. 7e. The supreme court shall hold its
sessions in the city of New Orleans from
the first Monday in the month Of November
to the end of the month of May. The gen
eral assembly 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. n, The supreme court, and each OF
the judges thereof, shall havepower to issue
writs Of habeas corpus at the instance OF
persons in actual custody in cases when
they may have appellate jurisdiction.
ART. rs. No Judgment shall be rendered
by the supreme court without concur
renee of a majority composing the court.
Whenever thel majority can not concur IN
consequence of the recusation Of any mem
Der of the court, the judges not reeused
shall have power to call upon any judge or
judges of the district courts, whose duty it
shall BE- Vi. en- 80 called upon to preside in
&he place 81 the judge or judges reeused,
asa 10 aid in determining the case.
ART ~. All judges, by virtue OF their
ofict. shall be conservators of the peace
= tsrod bout the state. The style of all pro
cess 81 u be 91,he state of louisiana All
preseeS Ions shall be carried on in the name
and BY Authority of the state of Louisi-
ana, and ancl against the peace and
dignity u tfsss le."
Arr. sotTI iges of all courts when.
ever lplartiCablf hall refer to the law in
virtue Of which every defnitive judgment is
rendered; but in sslIcases they shall adduce
the reasons on which their judgment is
founded.
ART. 81. The judges of all courts shall be
liable to impeachment for crimes and mis-
demesnors. For any reasonable cause the
governor shall remove any of them, on the
address of twothirds of the members elected
to each house of the general assembly. In
every such case the cause or causes for
which such removal may be required shall
be stated at length in the address, and in
serted in the journal of each house.
ART. 50. No duties or functions shall ever
be attached by law to the supreme or dis
trict courts, or the several judges thereof
but such as are judicial; and the said judges
are prohibited from receiving any fees of
Office. or other compensation than their
salaries, for any official duties performed by
them.
ART. SO. The general assembly shall
divide the state into Judicial districts, which
shall remain unchanged for four years,
and for each district court one judge,
learned in the law, shall be elected for
each district, by a plurality Of the
qualified electors thereof. For each
district there shall be one district
court, except in the parish of Orleans,
in. which the general assembly may estab-
Iish as many district courts as the public
Interests may require. Until otherwise pro
Tided there shall be seven district courts for
the parish Of Orleans, with the following
original jurisdiction: The first, exclusive
jurisdiction; the second, exclusive
probate jurisdiction; the third, exclusive
jurisdiction of appeals from justices Of the
peace; the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh
district courts, exclusive Jurisdiction in all
civil cases, except probate. when the sum in
contest is above one hundred dollars, exclu-
siVe Of interest. These seven courts shall |
have such further Jurisdiction, not incon. |
defiant ha~orvfAh as sJ,ofT he naufavvo1 I,1 /
law. ss
The number of districts in the state shall |
not be less than twelve nor more than
twenty. The clerks eff the district courts
ahall be elected by the qualified electors Of
their respective parishes, and shall hold
their Office for four years
Arr. 81. Each Of said judges shall receive /
= salary to be fixed by law, which shah
not be increased or diminished during
his term Of Office, and shall never be less
than ave thousand dollars. He must be q
citizen Of the United States. over the age Of
twenty-five years, and have resided in the |
STATE and practiced law therein for the
space Of two years next preceding his |
election. The Judges Of the district courts
shall hold their Office for the term Of four
years.
Arr. sB. The district courts shall have
original Jurisdiction in al civil eases when
The amount in dispute exceeds five hundred
dollars, exelusiVe Of interest. In criminal
eases their jurisdiction shall be unlimited.
They shah have appellate Jurisdiction in
civil ordinary suits, when the amount Ia
S5fmnuta nwcneda ana hundred .4olIavo -