New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-04-14

eHaAi A4Ve pFHctlced law Tor hve 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 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. 70. 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 recusatiun of any mem.
Der of the court, the judges not recused
shall have power to call upon any Judge OF
Judges Of the district courts, whose duty it
shall be when 30 called upon to preside in
the place Of the judge OF judges Reused
and to aid in dete mining 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 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. 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 mis-
demeanors. For any reasonable cause the
governor shall remove any of them, Oh 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 So. 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 their
salaries, for any official duties performed by
] them.
> ART. So. The general assembly shall
q divide the state into judicial districts, which
2 shall remain unchanged tor four years,
! and tOr each district court one judge,
learned in the law, shall be elected for
, each district, by plurality of the
qualified electors thereof. For each
district there shall be one district
/ court, except in the parish Of Orleans,
+ in which the general assembly may estab
4 fish as many district courts as the public
d interests may require. Until otherwise pro
= vided there shall be seven district courts fOl
4 the parish Of Orleans, with the following
original jurisdictions: The drst, exclusive
criminal jurisdictions; the second, exclusive
probate jurisdiction; the third exclusive
= jurisdiction of appeals from justices of the
j peace: the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh
district courts, exclusive jurisdiction in all
= civil cases, except probate, when the sum in
!, contest is above one hundred dollars, exclu
l. sive of interest. These seven courts shat
have such further jurisdiction, not incon
II sistent herewith, as shall be conferred by
q law.
a The number of districts in the state shall
not be less than twelve nor more thai
= twenty. The clerks OF the district court
u shall be elected by the qualified electors o
j their respective parishes, and shall hole
g their Office for four years.
It ART. 81 Each of said judges shall receive
e a salary to be fixed by law, which shall
4 not be increased or diminished during
r his term of office, and shall never be lesi
n than five thousand dollars. He must be
: citizen of the United States, over the age o
twenty-five years, aud have resided in TIL
state and practiced law therein for tn
= space of two years next preceding hi
s. election. The Judges of the district court
l. shall hold their office for the term OF foul
IT years.
s. ART. So. The district courts shall have
original jurisdiction in all civil cases wher
:. the amount III dispute exceeds five hundred
a dollars, exclusive of interest In crimnna
a cases their jurisdiction shall be unlimited
They shall have appellate Jurisdiction !;
civil ordinary suits, when the amount il
= dispute exceeds one hundred dollars, ex
l. elusive of interest.
n ART. So. For each parish court, one judg1
l. shall be elected by the qualified electors o
n the parish. He shall hold his office for th
p term of two years He shall receive
IA salary aud fees, to be provided by law
Until otherwise provided, each parish judg
shall receive salary OF one Thousand tw'
hundred dollars per annum, and such fee
= rs are established by law for clerks of dis
l. trict courts. He shall be citizen of tn
of United States and of this state.
l. ART. 81. The parish courts shall have
concurrent jurisdiction with the Justices o
e the peace in all cases when the amount il
If controversy is mole than twenty-five dol
- lars. and less than one hundred dollars, ex
d elusive OF interest. They shall have ex
elusive original jurisdiction in Ordinar,
suits, in all cases when the amount in dis
,e pute exceeds one hundred dollars and doe
II not exceed five hundred dollars, subject Il
Of an appeal to the district court in all easel
when the amount in condensation exceeds
n one hundred dollars exclusive of interest
p All SUGGESTIONS ahall be opened and settled
t. in the parish courts; and all suits 10 which
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