New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-01-05

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governor, and when necessary, shall
attest them; he shall, when required,
lay the said register, and all papers,
minutes, and vouchers relative to his
office, before either house of the gem
eral assembly, and shall perform such
other duties as may be enjoined on
him by law.
ART. II. There shall be treasurer
of the state and an auditor of public
accounts, who shall hold their respect
i've Offices during the term of two
years.
ART. 78. The secretary of state,
treasurer, and auditor of public ac-
counts shall be elected by the qualified
electors of the state; and in case of
any vacancy caused by the resigna-
ton, death, or absence of the secre-
tary, treasurer, or auditor, the gov
ernor shall order an election to fill
said vacancies; Provided, The unex-
pired term to be filled be more than
twelve months; when otherwise the
governor shall appoint person to per-
form the duties of the office thus va
cant until the ensuing general election.
ART. 70. The treasurer and the au-
ditor shall receive a salary of five
thousand dollars per annum each.
The secretary Of state shall receive a
salary of three thousand dollars per
annum.
ART. 80. All commissions shall be
in the name and by the authority of
the state of Louisiana, and shall be
sealed with the state seal, signed by
the governor, and countersigned by
the secretary of state.
TITLE JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT.
ART. 81. The judicial power shall be
vested in a supreme court, in district
courts, in parish courts, and in justices
of the peace.
ART. 80. The supreme court, except
in cases hereinafter provided, shall
have appellate jurisdiction only !;
which jurisdiction shall extend to all
cases when the matter in dispute shall
exceed FIVE hundred dollars; and to all
cases in which the constitutionality or
legality of any tax, toll, or impost of
any kind or nature whatsoever shall
be in condensation, whatever may be
the amount thereof; and likewise TO
all fines, forfeitures, and penalties i'm
posed by municipal corporations, and
in such cases the appeal shall be direct
from the court in which the case origi-
mated to the supreme court and is
criminal cases, on question of law
only, whenever the punishment of
death, or Imprisonment at hard labor
has been inflicted, or when a fine ex-
ceeding five hundred dollars is actually
imposed.
ART. SO. The supreme court shall
be composed of one chief justice, and
four associate justices; majority of
whom shall constitute a quorum. The
chief justice shall receive u salary of
seven thousand five hundred dollars,
and each of the associate justices a
salary of seven thousand dollars, an
nually, payable quarterly, on their
own warrants. The chief justice and
the associate justices shall be appoint
ed by the governor, 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 five years, the last
thereof in this state, before their APP
pointment, The court shall appoint
its own clerks; they may remove them
at pleasure.
ART. 81. The supreme court shall
hold it's sessions in the city of New Or
leans, from the first Monday in the
month of November to the end of the
month of May. The legislature shall
have power to fix the sessions else
where during the rest of the year;
until otherwise provided, the sessions
shall be held as heretofore.
ART. IS. The supreme court, and
each of the judges thereof, shall have
power to issue writs of habeas corpus,
at the instance of all persons in actual
custody, in all cases when they may
have appellate jurisdiction.
ART. SO. No judgment shall be rem
dered by the supreme court without
the concurrence Of majority of the
judges composing the court. When
ever the majority can not concur, in
consequence of the reeusation of any
member 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, and 20 aid
in determining the case.
ART. 81. All judges, by virtue of
their office, shall be conseryators of
the peace throughout the state. The
style of all process 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"
ART. 80. The judges of all courts
shall refer to the law in virtue of which
such judgment may be rendered in
every definite judgment, and adduce
the reasons on which judgment is
founded.
ART. 80. The judges of all courts
shall be liable to impeachment for
high crimes and misdemeanors. For
any reasonable cause the governor
shall remove any of them on the adj
dress 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 inserted in
the journal of each house.
ART. 80. No duties or functions
shall ever be attached by law to the