New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-03-20


annually, payable quarterly on their own
warrants. The chief justice and the associ-
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 practioed law for five 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. rs. 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. .a. ..s
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. IS. 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 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 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 conservators of the peace
throughout the state. The style of all pro-
cess 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. 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, on the
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Ia each bousa If t1a osroraI as:o,,h Nv N
every srcb case tbe os,,so -. &C., g..
which sDcb renewal MOI, ,,o rooriro5 hi,
he stated AT length in An, address ond IN.
serted in the journal Of each houso
+ ART. 50. No duties or functions shall ever
be attached by law to the supreme or dis.
trict courts, or the several Judges thereof,
hut spcb a. arc indiciol. and tho soi5 .,,d,as
are nrobihitad iron, roooi,,rr. on1- 49, -
of,iea ar Other coD,nonsotior7 e. 49,
salsrias for arv all ,J,ttos ,,o,Fo,,-o, -.
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- 90 tne senslai assembly snail
.siS' 'ue s''''e in1o Juulclal uls'llctS' Whlch
suSN leiu'in unoAanseu lOI lOur years,
~ IO1 eSoh uiS'rlct court one Judge
loSll'eu ~ INC Jaw shan DC elected Tor
Pacn uls1rict' Oy pIuraIlty OF the
g g'ia,e electors 1hereoi FOR eaoh
plS'iiO' 'nele snau DC one district
sOuls' eAcep' ~ 'iie parish Oh orieahs'
:, ~ WHICH inc geneIal asSemOly may estap-
.Lsn ~ many uls'll . courts as the pubic
inseioS'S may 1equHe' Cn1il other"lSe pro
lu'u 'nete aliali De Seven district courts ior
'ne parish VI or,eans' WIN the ioilo"ing
snl~l Jullsulceioh' me hrst, exclusive
olll,ilil'A' uiisuic1ton' Inc second exclusive
Jurisdiction of appeals from justices of the
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-
sive of interest. These seven courts shall
have such further jurisdiction, not incon-
sistent herewith, as shall be conferred by
law.
me number OF districts in the state shall
not pc less IMAM Twelve nor more than
swenSy' lne clerks OF inc district courts |
o,l.,iA Oo eleOleN Uy INC quanneu electors OF
49, Le9peoslse parishes ana shah hold
'us .I' oiaoe Ior iOut years
-. %. ISeh u sA'1 Judges snah receive
sAialy = DC hHeo Dy Jaw, Which snail
y" y increased or diminished during
l'A Term q once, ana shau never be less
WAN AFe Thousand dollars. he must be a
ll'l1eh y tile onaeeu states' over the age OF
s 49, ~ yesas' ana nave resided IN the
49, 4as aesloeu i1w 'nereln ior the
slsct;oS Tss 49, - I -. k s.ssN'-. niS
ran bold their otcs fo ~ 49,. 80 s
years. ~ ia5 l5a'a17
AHE. Is. The district courts shall have |
orlsaaai jurisdiction an oil civil cases when
~ Allg 'lns Y alSpu.e exceeds I'VE hundred |
Y vktaEets caAS1NhAfG OF INTEREST," IN Criminal 4