New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-03-18

d justices salary Of seven thousand dollar.
e annually, payable quarterly on their owl
warrants. The chief justice and the associ
ate justices shall be appointed by the GOV
u ernor, with the advice and consent of the
senate, for the term OF eight years. They
e 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. 76. The supreme court shall hold it's
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.
I 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 concur
renee of a majority composing the court.
Whenever the majority can not concur in
consequence Of the -ecusstion of any mem
Der Of the court, the judges not reeused
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 recused,
and to aid in determining the case.
ART. 70. All judges, by virtue of their
Office, shall be eOnservators 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" ....t
ART. so. 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, on the
! address Of two-thirds of the members elected
s 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 in
serted in the journal Of each house.
: ART. 50. 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.
9 ART. SO. The general assembly shall
g 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 for
each district, by a plurality Of the
qualified electors thereof. For each
district there shall be one district
I court, except in the parish of Orleans
in which the general assembly may estab-
4 lish as many district courts as the public
I interests may require. Until otherwise pro
: vided there shall be seven district courts for
4 the parish of Orleans, with the following
original jurisdiction: The first, exclusive
criminal Jurisdiction; 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
J civil cases, except probate, when the sum in
|, contest is above one hundred dollars, exclu
l. sive of interest. These seven courts shall
have such further Jurisdiction, not incon
II sistent herewith, as shall be conferred By
"a law.
The number Of districts in the state shall
! not be less than twelve nor more THAI
- twenty. The clerks Of the district court
d shall be elected by the qualified electors o
er their respective parishes, and shall holc
lie their Office for four years.
st ART. 81. Each Of said judges shall receive
le a salary to be fixed by law, which shall
d not be increased or diminished during
n his term of Office, and shall never be les
II than i've thousand dollars. He must be
citizen of the United States, over the age o
twenty-five years, and have resided in tn
s.a.s aa3 praSsiiSea law theTein Tor TN
Of space of two years next preceding hi
,, election. The Judges of the district court
l. shall hold their office for the term Of fCu
st years.
ART. S.. The district courts shall hav
original jurisdiction in all civil cases whel
!, the amount in dispute exceeds five hunare'
- dollars, exclusive Of interest. In crimins
70 cases their jurisdiction shall be unlimited
ne They shall have appellate Jurisdiction l
" civil ordinary suits, when the amount i
b. dispute exceeds one hundred dollars, ez
u elusive Of interest.
IN ART. SO. For each parish court, onejudg
n shall be elected by the qualified electors (
an the parish. He shall hold his Office for th
v term Of two years. he shall receive
be salary snd fees, to be provided BY Law
NJ Until otherwise provided, each parish judg
shall receive salary Of one Thousand tw
hundred dollars per annum, and such fec
OF as are established by law for clerks Of diI
d. trict courts. He shall be a citizen Of tn
Of United States and of this state.
u ART. 81. The parish courts shall haV'
concurrent Jurisdiction with the justices
he the peace in all cases when the amount
Of controversy is more than twenty-five do
be lars. and less than one hundred dollars, e.
nd elusive Of interest. They shall have 81
elusive original jurisdiction in OrdinaI
suits, in all cases when the amount in di
pute exceeds one hundred dollars and do,
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