New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-03-13

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ate justices shall be appointed by the gov
erpor. with the advice and consent OF the
senate for the term of eight years 4ney
shall be citizens Of the United STATES anu
shall have practiced law for five years the
last three thereof next preceding their ap-
nointment in the state. The court shall ap-
noint its own clerks, and may remove tAem
at pleasure.
AFT. "a. The supreme court shall hold its
sessions in the city of New Orleans from
tha tirs+ Monday in the moRth of November
to the end of the month Of May. The gen
eral assembly shall have power to tiX the
sessions elsewhere during the rest OF the
wear; until otherwise provided, the sessions
shall be held as heretofore.
ART. N. The supreme court, and each o.
the Judges thereof, shall have power TO issue
writs OF habeas corpus at the instance OF
persons in actual custody in cases Wnen
thew NAV have appellate jurisdiction.
ART. rs. No Judgment shall be rendered
by the supreme court without concur
renee of a majority composing the court
Whenever the majority can not concur III
consequence of the recusation oil any mem
her of the court, the judges not reoused
shall have power to call upon any Judge OF
iu5ges Of the district courts, whose duty II
shall be when so called upon to preside in
the place Of the Judge or judges recused,
and 10 aid "a determining the case.
An 70. All judges, by virtue OF then
office, &ball be conservators of the peace
THROUGH III the state. The style of all pro
cess shal .e "The state of Louisiana" All
prosecutie shall be carried on in the name
and bg the ntAority of the state of Louisi-
ana, aud 60 IN lie against the peace and
dignitysaf Il same."
ART. sa I'll iudges Of all courts when
ever uracti6sbie shall refer to the law in
virtue of which every dehnitiye 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-
demeanora. For any reasonable cause the
governor shall remove any Of them, on the
address 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 in
serted in the journal Of each house.
ART. 81. 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, :,
ART. SO. The general assembly shall
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 fol
each district, by a plurality of the
qualified electors thereof. For each
district there shall be one district
court, except in the parish of Orleans
in which the general assembly may estab-
lish as many district courts as the public
interests may require. Until otherwise Pfo-
vided there shall be seven district courts for
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
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.
The number Of districts In the state shall
not be less than twelve nor more than
twenty. The clerks Of the district courts
shall be elected BY the qualified electors o.
their respective parishes, and shall hold
their Office for four years.
Art. "a. Each of said judges shall receive
salary to be fixed by law, which shall
not be increased or diminished during
his term Of Office, and shall never be lesa
than Ave shouaand dollars He must be q
citizen Of the United States ever the age Of
twenty-five years, and have resided In the
state and practiced law therein ion the
spaoe Of two years next preceding his
eiection. The, indges Of the district courts
shall hold their office for the term Of four
years. f.x.-
ART. IS. The district courts shall have
original jurisdiction in all civil cases whei
the amount In dispute exceeds five hundred
dollars, exclusive Of interest," In crimina
cases their Jurisdiction shall b. unlimited
They shall have appellate Jurisdiction il
civil ordinary suits, when the Rmount Il
dispute exceeds one hundred dollars, OK
elusive OF interest
AIT. Sc. For each parish court, one judg
shall be elected BY the qualified electors Q
the parish. He shall hold his Office for III
term Of two years. He shall receive
salary aud fees, 80 be provided by Law
Untilo fhnzwiae provided, each parish judg
ahan reeeave salary Of one Thousand tW
hundred dollars per annums and such fee
Is are established By lawfo clerks Of dii
triet courts. He ahal bea citizen OF Cd
United States and Of this state.
AR. 81. The parish courts shall havl
concurrent Jurisdiction with the Justices
she peace ia all cases when the amount !
conlroversy 10 more than twenty-five dol
1aFs, and less than Oae hundred dollars, q
elusive Of interest," Thsy shan have e
elusive original jurisdiction in ordinar
suits, ID all cases when he amount iii ai
pate excssds one hundred dollars ana do
mss exceed i've hundssa d6llars, habject
- appeal 70 shs district eourt ID an casI
rShen the nrahnnt in coaleslsion exeaes