New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-04-07

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pointment in the state. The court shall ap-
point its own clerks, and may remove them
at pleasure.
ART. 76. 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 have power 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 a concur
renee of 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 Reused
anu W uiN Al OCNIi AlAA4AAles t4AC vase
ART. 10. 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"
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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 mis-
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 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 o.
office, or other compensation than theil
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 fol
each district, by a plurality of thu
qualified electors thereof. For eacf
district there shall be one distric
I court, except in the parish of Orleans
in which the general assembly may estab
fish as many district courts as the public
l interests may require. Until otherwise pro
vided there shall be seven district courts fOl
the parish of Orleans, with the following
original jurisdictions: The first, exclusive
criminal jurisdiction; the second, exclusive
probate jurisdiction; the third, exclusive
= Jurisdiction Of appeals from justices of tn
peace; the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh
= district courts, exclusive jurisdiction in al
= civil cases, except probate, when the sum il
|, contest is above one hundred dollars, exclU
l. sive of interest. These seven courts shal
have such further jurisdiction, not incor
# sistent herewith, as shall be conferred b
a law.
a The number of districts in the state shal
= not be less than twelve nor more tina
twenty. The clerks of the district court
. shall be elected by the qualified electors c
their respective parishes, and shall hol
e their office for four years.
it ART. 81. Each of said judges shall receiv
e a salary to be fixed by law, which sha
d not be increased or diminished durin
II his term of office, and shall never be Les
II than five thousand dollars. He must be
: citizen of the United States, over the age
twenty-five years, and have resided in Ii
e state snd practiced law therein for IL
space of two years next preceding h
> election. The judges Of the district cour
/ shall hold their Office for the term of fov
's years. a-- alr
s. Arr. s.. The district courts shall hay
Original jurisdiction in ali civil cases VINE
r, the amount in dispute exceeds i've hundrt
e dollars, exclusive of interest. In Grimm
he cases their Jurisdiction shall be unlimite
:. They shall have appellate Jurisdiction
Z civil ordinary suits, when the amount
y dispute exceeds one hundred dollars, e
VI elusive Of interest.
on Ant. Sc. For each parish court, one judi
M shall be elected By the qualified electors
an the parish. He shall hold his Office for q
" term Of two years. He shall receive
he salary and fees to be provided by la
IN Until otherwise provided, each parish jud
shall receive salary Of one thousand II
- hundred dollars per annum, and such e
as are established by law for clerks Of d
Oi trict courts. He shall be citizen Of 1
OF United States ana Of this state.
IN Ar. 81. The parish courts shah har
concurrent jurisdiction with the justices
he the peace in all cases when The amount
Of controversy Is more than twenty-five a
ne lars, and less than one hnRdred dollars,
nd elusive Of interest. They shah have
elusive original Jurisdiction In OFdIni
suits, Ia al cases when the amount in I
be pats ezseeds ons hundred dollars and d
net not dzseea ays hundred dollars, sub ecl
q an appeal % Tie district court In all ca
when ne anoant N contestatIon exec
N one hundred dollaEa, exclusive Of Inters
n AlIsacsesuiOns shasl he opened ana sott
~. d the parish courts; ana all suits ID VII
~ . succession i ether plafhaa Or aessl
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