New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-03-17

annually, payable quarterly on their own
warrants. The chief justice and the assoei.
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 Eve years, the
last three thereof next preceding their ap-
pointment in the state. The court shall ap-
point its own clerks, and may remove them
at pleasure.
ART. &c. 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 to issue
writs Of habeas corpus at the instance Of
persons in actual custody in cases when
they may have appellate jurisdiction.
ART. 7s. No Judgment shall be rendered
by the supreme court without 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 1t
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
oasoo e1,on l,a on,asa,ryofova ~ 4ba y,aooa
throughout the state. The style of all pro-
cess shall be 1.-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. so. The judges of all courts when
ever practicable shall refer to the law in
J virtue of which every definitive 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
J to each house of the general assembly. In
every such case the cause or causes fol
which such removal may be required shall
be stated at length in the address, and in
serted in the journal of each house.
. ART. 80. 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.
e ART. SO. The general assembly shall
a 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 tn
9 qualified electors thereof. For eacl
o district there shall be one distric
If court, except in the parish of Orleans
L in which the general assembly may estah
n fish as many district courts as the publi
d interests may require. Until otherwise pro
/ vided there shall be seven district courts TO
A the parish of Orleans, with the following
original jurisdiction: The first, EXCLUSIVE
criminal Jurisdiction; the second, exclusiv
. probate Jurisdiction; the third, exclusiv
. Jurisdiction Of appeals from justices of tn
ol peace; the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seYent
v district courts, exclusive jurisdiction in a
p civil cases, except probate, when the sum
d, contest is above one hundred dollars, excl
u sive of interest. These seven courts sha
have such further Jurisdiction, not incol
NJ sistent herewith, as shall be conferred ;
10 law.
The number of districts in the state sha
=. not be less than twelve nor more tina
70 twenty. The clerks of the district eour
Oh shall be elected by the qualified electors
er their respective parishes, and shall ho
be their Office for four years.
,st ART. 81 Each Of said judges shall recei'
he a salary to be fixed by law, which shs
nd not be increased or diminished duTtl
ar his term Of Office, and shall never be le
=, than five thousand dollars. He must be
citizen of the United States, over the age
twenty-five years, and have resided in Il
state and practieed law therein for u
OF space of two years next preceding b
ls, election. The Judges of the district eouE
u shall hold their Office for the term of 70
rst years.
as. ART. IS. The district courts shall ha
original jurisdiction in all civil cases VIII
- the amount in dispute exceeds five hundr
ol' dollars, exclusive of interest. In crimir
DO cases their Jurisdiction shall be unlimite
me They shall have appellate Jurisdiction
10Y civil ordinary suits, when the amount
ab- dispute exceeds one hundred dollars,
au- elusive of interest.
ion ART. So. For each parish court, jud
IN shall be elected by the qualified electors
ian the parish. He shall hold his Office for
ov- term of two years. He shall receive
,bo salary and fees, to be provided by Ia
- Until otherwise provided, each parish jud
shall receive salary of one thousand t
hundred dollars per annum, and such +
tor as are established by law for clerks of (
lol- trict courts. He shall be a citizen of
of United States and of this state.
GU ART. 81. The parish courts shall ha
concurrent jurisdiction with the justices
the the peace in all cases when the amount
, Of controversy is more than twenty-five d
the lars, and less than one hundred dollars,
and elusive of interest. They shall have
elusive original jurisdiction in Crdin'
suits. in all cases when the amount in
pute exceeds one hundred dollars and d
W ....a 6ya hundred dollars. subiaci