New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-04-05

amount n alHputs shall exceed ten dol
lars, Exclusive 81 iPterest. They shall have
such crSmihaI Jurisdiction as shall be pro-
vided fof bg Inv.
ART. 20, II any case when the Judge
may Be reeussd, and when he is net per-
sonally iraEhated in the matters in contes-
tation, he stall Belect lawyer having the
qualifications required for judge of his
court to try such cases. And when the
Judge is personally interested in the suit,
he shall call upon the parish or district
judge, as the Ease 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
therance of the administration of Justice;
and in all cases the power thus granted
shall be specified and determined.
ART 50. 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 his |
own warrant, and shall hold his office for |
four years. There shall be a district at. |
torney for each judicial district of the state, |
WHO shall be elected by the qualified electors |
OF the judicial district. He shall receive |
salary of fifteen hundred dollars, payable |
quarterly on his own warrant, and shall hold
his office for four years.
ART. 90. There shall be sheriff and coro.
ner elected by the qualified electors of each
parish, except the parish of Orleans In
the parish of Orleans there shall be
elected by the qualified electors of
the parish at large one sheriff
for the criminal court, who shall be the ex.
ecutive officer of said court, and shall have
charge of the parish prison. There shall
also be elected by the 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 of the parish
of Orleans, except those herein delegated to
the sheriff OF the criminal court. The dual.
fled 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
u bank, shall elect one coroner for that dis.
trict. All of said officers shall hold their
y Office for two years; and receive such fees of
Office as may be prescribed by law.
u ART. "a. No judicial powers, except as
committing magistrates, in criminal cases,
b shall be conferred on any officers other than
> those mentioned in this title; except such
II as may be necessary in towns and cities;
g and the judicial powers of such officer shall
not extend further than the cognizance OF
u cases arising under the police regulations Of
s. towns and cities in the state. In any case
D. where such officers shall assume iurisdic.
&c ton over other matters than those which
D. may arise under police regulations, or under
'r their Jurisdiction, as committing magis.
g trates, they shall be liable to an action Of
re damages in favor of the party injured, or
re his heirs; and verdict in favor of the
re party injured shall, ipso ,fdcto, operate a
lie vacation of the office of said officer.
n TITLE y.-IMPEACHIENT
IL ART. %. The power OF impeachment shall
in be vested in the house Of representatives.
u ART. SO. Impeachments of the governor
IL lieutenant governor, attorney general, sec.
n rotary of state, auditor of public accounts
~ state treasurer, superintendent of public
education, and of the judges of the inferior
IL courts, justices of the peace excepted, shall
IN be tried by the senate; the chief Justice Of
is the supreme court, or the senior associate
OF judge thereof, shall preside during the trial
Id of such impeachments. Impeachments Of
the judges of the supreme court shall be
We tried by the senate. Wher sitting as a court
IL of impeachment the senators shall be upon
lg oath or affirmation, and no person shall bt
IS convicted without the concurrence of two
a thirds of the senators present.
of ART. 81. Judgments in cases of impeach
he ment shall extend only to removal from
ne office, and disqualification from holding any
lis Office Of honor, trust, or profit in the state
ts but the. convicted parties shall neverthe
Ut less be subject to indictment, trial, ant
punishment according to law.
We TITLE vI.--GREERAL PROVISIONS.
en- ART. SO. Every male person of the age o
ed twenty-one years or upward, born or natu
al rallied in the United States, and subject t,
d. the jurisdiction thereof, and q resident o
in this state one year next preceding an cleo
in ton, and the last ten days within the parisl
K in which he offers to vote, shall be deeme,
an elector, except those DISTINGUISHED b,
&c this constitution, and persons under inter
of diction.
be ART. SO. The following persons shall b
a prohibited from voting and holding an,
". office: All persons who shall have been con
ge Victed of treason, perjury, forgery, bribery
70 or other crime punishable in the peniten
es tisry, and persons under introduction.
is All persons who are estopped from claim
he ing the right Of suffrage by abjuring thei
allegiance to the United States government
re or by notoriously leyying war against it, o
of adhering to its enemies, giving them aid o
in comfort, but who have not expatriate
II. themselves, nor have been convicted of an
:. of the crimes mentioned in the first mars
graph of this article, are hereby restored I
- he said right, except the following: Thos
~ who held Office, civil or military. for ON
IS year or more under the organization style
les ''The Confederate States of America:n thos
to who registered themselves as enemies of III
les United States; those whe acted as leaders @
dis guerrilla bands during the late rebellion
a. those who in the advocacy Of treasoj
al wrote or published newspaper articles O
os preached sermons during the late rebellion
= and those who voted for and signed an Oh