New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-04-01

the parish courts in all cases when the
amount in dispufs shall exceed ten dol
lars, exclusive Of iRterest. They shall have
such criminal jurirdietion IS shall be pro-
vided for by lsw. att
ART. 80. In any case when the Judge
may be Reused and when he is net per-
sonally interested in the matters in contes-
tation, he shall neleot lawyer having the,
qualifications required for judge of his
court to try such cases. And when the
judge is personally interested in the suit,
be shall call upon the parish or district
judge, as the case may be, to try the case.
ART. 81. The general assembly shall have
power to vest in the parish judges the right
to grant such orders and to do such acts
as may be deemed necessary for the fur
theranee Of the administration of justice;
and IN all cases the power thus granted
shall be specified and determined.
ART. 80. There shall be an attorney gen.
eral for the state, who shall be elected by
the qualified electors of the state at large.
He shall receive salary of five thousand
dollars per annum, payable quarterly on hig
own warrant, and shall hold his ofice for
four years. There shall be district az
torney for each Judicial district of the state.
who shall be elected by the qualified electors
of the judicial district. He shall receive a
salary of fifteen hundred dollars, PAYABLE
quarterly on his own warrant and shall hold
his office for four years.
ART SO. There shall be sheriff and coro-
ner elected by the qualified electors Of each
parish, except the parish Of Orleans. In
the parish of orleshs eheEe shall be
elected by the 4uss lied electors of
the parish at ge oae sheriff
for the criminal coux Swho snail be the ex-
ecutive officer Of said court. and shall have
charge of the parish PRISON. There shall
also be elected by tie qualified electors of
the parish at large one sheriff, who sha.-
be the executive officer of the civil courts.
and who shall perform all other duties here
tofore devolving upon the sheriff ofthe parish
of Orleans, except those herein delegated to
the sheriff OF the criminal court. The quail
flied electors of the city of New Orleans,
residing below the middle Of Canal street,
shall elect one coroner 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 one coroner for that dis
triet. All of said officers shall hold their
office for two years; and receive such fees Of
Office as may be prescribed by law.
ART %. No judicial powers, except as
committing magistrates in criminal cases,
shall be conferred on any officers other than
those mentioned in this title; except such
as may be necessary in towns and cities;
and the Judicial powers of such officer shall
not extend further than the cognizance OF
cases arising under the police regulations of
towns and cities in the state. In any case
where such officers shall assume jurisdic.
ton over other matters than those which
may arise under police regulations, or under
their jurisdiction, as committing rnagis-
trates, they shall be liable to an action of
damages in favor of the party injured, or
his heirs; and verdict in favor of the
party injured shall, ipso .faoto, operate
vacation of the office of said officer.
TITLE v.--IMPEACHMENT.
ART. 95. The power of i'm parchment shall
be vested in the house of representatives.
ART. So. Impeachments of the governor,
lieutenant governor, attorney general, Sec
rotary 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, or the senior associate
judge thereof shall preside during the trial
of such impeachments. Impeachments Of
the judges of the supreme court shall be.
tried by the senate. When sitting as court
of impeachment the senators shall be upon
oath or affirmation, and no person shall be
convicted without the concurrence of two
thirds of the senators present.
ART. 81. Judgments in cases of impesch.
ment shall extend only to removal from
office, and disqualification from holding any
office of honor, trust, or profit in the states
but the convicted parties shall neverthe.
less be subject to indictment, trial, and
punishment according to law.
TITLE vT.-GENERAL PROVISIONS.
ART. So. Every male person of the age Of
twenty-one years or upward, born or natu-
rallied in the United States, ana subject to
the jurisdiction thereof, and resident of
this state one year next preceding an cleo.
ton, and the last ten days within the parish
in which he offers to vote, shall be deemed
an elector, except those disfranohised by
this constitution, and persons under inter.
diction. ID E.-.. ...f....s
ART. 50. The following persons shall be
prohibited from voting and holding any
office: All persons who shall have been con.
victed of treason, perjury, forgery, bribery,
or other crime punishable in the peniten-
tiary, and persons under introduction.
All persons who are estopped from claim.
ing the right of suffrage by abjurinr their
allegiance to the United States government
or by VIGOROUSLY leVying war against it. or
adhering to its enemies, giving them aid Or
comfort, but who have not expatristed
Themselves, nor have been convicted of any
of the crimes mentioned in the first para.
graph of this article, are hereby restored to
he said right, except the. following: Those
who held office, civil or military, for one
year or more under the organization styled
1.-THE Confederate States Of America;" those
who registered themselves asenemies of the
United States; those who acted as leadersof
guerrilla bands during the late rebellion;
those who in the advocacy of treason
wrote or published newspaper articles or
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