The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-04-08

street, shall elect for that district and the
qualified electors of the city of New Orleans residing
above the middle of Canal street, together with those
residing in that part of the parish known as Orleans
right bank shall elect for that district
All of said officers shall hold their Office for years.
and receive such fees of office may be prescribed
by law.
ART. a. No judicial powers, except committing
magistrates, in criminal cases. shall be conferred
any officers other than those mentioned in this title
except such may be necessary in towns and cities
and the judicial powers of such officer shall not extend
further that the cognsance of arising under the
police regulations Of towns and cities in the state In
any case where such officers shall jurisdiction
over other matters than those which may arise under
police regulations, under their jurisdiction as COM
hitting magistrates they shall be liable to action
of damages in favor the party injured bis heirs
and verdict in favor of the party injured shall, ipso
tacto operate vacation of the office of said officer.
TITLE v.-IMPEACHMENT.
ART 95. The power of impeachment shall be vested
in the house of representatives.
ART &C. Impeachments of the governor, lieutenant
governor attorney general secretary of state, auditor
of public accounts state treasurer, superintendent of
public education, and of the judges of the inferior
courts justices of the peace excepted shall be tried
by the senate the chief justice of the supreme court
the senior associate judge thereof shall preside during
the trial of such impeachments lmpeachments of the
Judges of the supreme court shall be tried by the
ate, When sitting as court of impeachment the
senators shall be upon oath or affirmation and per-
son shall be convicted without the of two
thirds of the senators present.
ART &C. Judgments in cases OF impeachment shall
extend only to removal from Office, and disqualification
from holding any Office of honor trust profit in the
state but the convicted parties shall nevertheless be
subject to Indictment trial. and punishment according
to law.
TITLE yI.-GENERAL PROVISIONS.
ART. 50. Every male person OF the age of twenty.
one years or upward born naturased in the United
States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof and
resident of this state year next preceding an cleo
ton and the last ten days within the parish in which
he offers to vote, shall be deemed an eector, except
those dsfranchised by this constitution, and persons
under Introduction.
ART &c. The following persons shall be prohibited
from voting and holding any office All persons who
shall have been convicted of treason perjury forgery,
bribery or other crime punishable in the penitenary,
and persons under Introduction.
Ali persons who are estopped from claiming the
right of suffrage by aduring their allegiance TO the
United States government, by VIGOROUSLY Lowing
war against it or adherng to its enemies giving them
aid or comfort but who have not expatriated them
selves, nor have been convicted of any Of the crimes
mentioned in the first paragraph Of this article are
hereby restored to the said right, except the folc
ing: Those who held office, civil military, for one
wear or more under the organisation styled Ths Con
fedsrats of America those who registered them