New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-04-09

shall be citizens OF the United States, and
shall have practiced law for Eve years, the
last three thereof next preceding their ap-
pointment in the state. The court shall sp-
point its own clerks, AID may remove them
at pleasure.
| ART. 70. 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. II. The supreme court, and each of
the judges thereof, shall have power toissue
writs Of habeas corpus at the instance of
persons in actual custody in cases when
they may have appellate jurisdiction.
ART. IS. No judgment shall be rendered
| by the supreme court without a concur
renee of a majority composing the court.
Whenever the majority can not concur in
consequence Of the recusation of any mem.
Der of the court, the judges not recused
shall have power to call upon any judge or
Judges of the district courts, whose duty it
shall be when so called upon to preside in
the place of the judge or judges recused,
and to aid in determining the case.
ART. 70. All judges, by virtue of their
office, shall be conservators of the peace
throughout the state. The style of all pro
cess shall be "The state of louisiana" All
prosecutions shall be carried on in the name
and by the authority of the state Of Louisi-
ana, and conclude against the peace and
dignity of the same"
ART, 50. The judges Of all courts when
ever practicable shall refer to the law in
virtue of which every defnitive Judgment is
rendered; but in all cases 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 mia,
demeanors. For any reasonable cause the
governor shall remove any of them, on the
address of two-thirds 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 ia
serted in the journal of each house.
: ART 81. 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 theil
r salaries, for any official duties performed by
J them.
2 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
4 learned in the law, shall be elected 70
= each district, by a plurality of III
qualified electors thereof. For eacl
o district there shall be one distric
if court, except in the parish of Orleans
+ in which the general assembly may estat
n lish as many district courts as the publ
d interests may require, Until otherwise pre-
l. vided there shall be seven district courts fo
ID the parish of Orleans, with the followin
original Jurisdiction: The first, exclusiv
criminal jurisdiction; the second, eZclusiy
= probate jurisdiction; the third, exclusiy
jurisdiction of appeals from justices Of tn
oi peace; the fourth, fifth, sixth, and sevent
v district courts, exclusive jurisdiction in a
p civil cases, except probate, when the Gum
d, contest is above one hundred dollars, excl
n sive Of interest. These seven courts sha
have such further Jurisdiction, not inco
n, sistent herewith, as shall be conferred /
he law.
% The number Of districts in the state chs
- not be less than twelve nor more tht
twenty. The clerks of the district oour
u shall be elected by the qualified electors
er their respective parishes, and shall ho
ne their Office for four years.
st ART. 81 Each of said judges shall recei
he a salary to be fixed by law, which shi
nd not be increased or diminished duril
er his term of office, and shall never be lie
All than five thousand dollars. He must be
an citizen of the United States, over the age
twenty-five years, and have resided in t
state and practiced law therein for t
"a space of two years next preceding !
US election. The Judges of the district cou
iu- shall hold their office for the term of fc
rst years.
as Art. IS. The district courts shall hs
original jurisdiction in all civil cases VIII
er, the amount in dispute exceeds five hundl
he dollars, exclusive of interest. In crimil
,bo cases their jurisdiction shall be unlimitl
They shall have appellate jurisdiction
~ civil ordinary suits, when the amount
aO- dispute exceeds one hundred dollars,
au- elusive Of interest
lon ART. Sc. For each parish court, ejui
I'M shall be elected by the qualified electors
han the parish. he shall hold his office for
ov- term Of two years. He shall receiv
the salary and fees, TO be provided by Il
on. Until otherwise provided, each parish ju'
shall receive salary of one Thousand /
IA. hundred dollars per annum, and such |
,'CA as arc established by law for clerks Of
lol- trict courts. He shall be citizen Of
OF United States and Of this state.
1ou- ART. 81. The parish courts shall hi
concurrent jurisdiction with the justice
the the peace in all cases when the amour
9 OF controversy is more than twenty-five I
the lars, and less than one hundred dollars,
and elusive Of interest They shall have
elusive original jurisdiction in ordin
suits, in all cases when the amount in
be pute exceeds one hundred dollars and I
irict not exceed five hundred dollars, subjec
> Of an appeal 10 the district coart In all Ct
when the amount in contestation exec
9 IN one hundred dollars, exclusive Of intsI
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