New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-04-08


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.
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 concur
renee of a majority composing the court.
Whenever the majority can not concur in
consequence of the recusation of any men,
Der Of the court, the judges not recused
shall have power to call upon any judge or
Judges of the district courts, whose duty 1t
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. 80 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
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.
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 plurality of the
qualified electors thereof. For eacf
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 pro
vided there shall be seven district courts fol
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 thu
peace; the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh
| uAbAAAGb SOuIb1i EAIAuaAND AnhAChAOA IN ~
civil cases, except probate, when the sum il
contest is above one hundred dollars, exclu
sive of interest. These seven courts shal
have such further jurisdiction, not incon
sistent herewith, as shall be conferred b
law.
The number of districts in the state shal
not be less than twelve nor more tina,
twenty. The clerks Of the district court
shall be elected by the qualified electors Q
their respective parishes and shall hol
their office for four years.
ART. 81. Each of said judges shall recelv
8 salary to be fixed by law, which shsl
| not be increased or diminished durin
r his term of office, and shall never be les
! than FIVE thousand dollars. He must be
citizen of the United States, over the age
twenty-five years, and have resided in th
state and practiced law therein for til
space of two years next preceding b
, election. The Judges Of the district Conrt
: shall hold their Office for the term of fou
{ years.
+ AIT. IS. The district courts shall ha1
original Jurisdiction in all civil cases whe
!, the amount In dispute exceeds i've hundre
dollars, exclusive of interest. In crimini
. cases their Jurisdiction shall be unlimitel
! They she'll have appellate Jurisdiction
civil ordinary suits, when the amount
dispute exceeds one hundred dollars, e.
L elusive Of Interest.
n AEr. SO. For each parish court, one juds
a shall be elected by the qualified electors
n the parish. He shall hold his Office for Il
Y term Of two years. He shall receive
e salary and fees, TO be provided ~ Lay
q Until otherwise provided, each parish judi
shall receive a salary Of one thousand ~
:. hundred dollars per annum, and such fe
: as are established by law for clerks Of d
= trict courts. He shaI be citizen OF d
O United States and Of this state.
o. AR 81. The parish courts shall ha,
concurrent Jurisdiction with shs justices
he the peace In all cases when the amount
Of controversy Is more than sweuty-Gve d
10 lars, and less than one hundred dollars, /
i'd elusive Of interest. They shall have Z
elnesve original Jurisdiction Ia oriina
suits, In all cases when the amonna IN 4
be pufe exceeds one hundrea dollars and d.
let nos exceed ave hundred dollars, subject
q an appsal 10 tie DISTRICT ceart IN ali ca
whoa ths amount h e0HtessaHon excel
n cas AuadEed aollazs, exclusive " interS
~ y All tuasasalaEsa shall be opened and setf
- IN BE pa2ish os1sta; ana all suils II VII
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