New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-03-21

VINO Snail mold their respective Offices du- /
ring the term Of four years. At the FIRST
elactsa1 nuasr.tlEis constitution the EFsas
urer shall be slsetsd for two years. sae3 "a
/ AHT.u7O. The secretary Of stats, treasurer,
and auditor Of public accounts shall be
elected By the qualified electors Of the /
state, and in case Of any vacancy I
caused BY the resignation, death, or ab- |
senee Of the secretary, treasurer, or all
ditor, the governor shall order an election
to ill said vacancies /; Provided, The I'M
expired term to be filed be more than
twelve months when otherwise, the gov
ernor shall appoint person to perform the
duties Of the Office thus vacant until the en-
suing general election. l3at $50 4
ART. II. The treasurer and the auditor |
shall receive a salary Of five thousand dol |
lars per annum each. The secretary Of
state shall receive salary Of three thou
sand dollars per annum. ''
| ART. II. All commissions shall be in the |
name and by the authority Of the state Of |
Louisiana and shall be sealed with the |
state seal, signed by the governor, and |
eountersigned by the secretary Of state. p
TITLE lv.-JUDIcIARY DEPARTMENT..
ART. 70. The Judicial power shall be |
vested in q supreme court, in district |
courts, in parish courts, and in justices Of
the peace. ~t m
ART. IA. The supreme court, except in
cases hereinafter provided, shall have sp.
pellGte jurisdiction only; which jurisdie-
ton shall extend to all cases when the mat
ter in dispute shall exceed five hundred
dollars; and to all cases in which the con-
stitutionality or legality ofany tax, toll, or
impost of any kind or nature whatsoever, or
any fine, forfeiture, or penalty imposed by
a municipal corporation shall be in con-
testatiOn, whatever may be the amount
thereof; and in such cases the appeal shall
be direct from the court in which the case
originated to the supreme court; and in
criminal cases, on questions of law only,
whenever the punishment of death, or i'm
prisonment at hard labor, or a fine exceed
J ing three hundred dollars is actually i'm
! posed. also
ART. rs. The supreme court shall be COM
posed of one chief justice and four associ-
ate justices, a majority Of whom shall con-
stitute q quorum, The chief Justice shall
receive a salary of seven thousand five
hundred dollars, and each Of the associate
justices q salary Of seven thousand dollars
| annually, payable quarterly Oh their own
, | warrants. The chief Justice and the associ-
ate justices shall be appointed by the gov
f 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 Eve years, the
last three thereof next preceding their ap
d pointmentin the state. The court shall ap
Q point its own clerks, and may remove them
> at pleasure.
! ART. 76. The supreme court shall hold it
sessions in the city Of New Orleans from
the first Monday in the month Of Noyembel
= to the end of the month of May The gen
eral assembly shall have power to fix tn
9r sessions elsewhere during the rest of tn
year; until otherwise provided, the session
sr shall be held as heretofore. a....N
lg ART. N. The supreme court, and each q
a. the Judges thereof shall havepower to issu
of writs of habeas corpus at the instance Q
"a persons in actual custody in cases whel
- they may have appellate Jurisdiction. a
ART. 70. No Judgment shall be rendere
- bv the supreme court without concur
" renee of A majority composing the cour,
OF Whenever the majority can not concur /
conseouence of the reeusation of any men
in her of the court. the Judges not recuse
We shall have power to call upon any Judge {
to indges of the district courts. whose duty
sbaIl he when so called upon to preside
ve the place of the Judge or Judges recuse
NJ and to aid in determining the case.
ART. 70. All Judges, by virtue of the
office, shall be conservators of the pea,
throughout the state. The style Of all pr
cess shall be 1.-THE state of louisiana a
"a prosecutions shall be carried on in the nan
he and by the authority of the state of Loui
zee ana, and conclude against the peace al
om dignity of the same.n -.....,..
of ART. so. The Judges of all courts whe
Ia ever practicable shall refer to the law
Urn virtue Of which every defnitive judgment
=. rendered; but in all cases they shall addu
'f' the reasons on which their Judgment
founded. sa s a'1
'"S ART. 81, The Judges of all courts shall
liable to impeachment for crimes and m
ave demeanors. For any reasonable cause I
to governor shall remove any of them, on /
ign address of two. thirds of the members elect