New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-03-14

receive salary of seven thousand ave
hundred dollars, and each of the associate
justices a salary Of seven thousand dollars
annually, payable quarterly on their own
warrants. The chief justice and the ascot
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 practieed 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. 76. 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 gem
eral assembly shall have power to fix the
sessions elsewhere during the rest of the
year; until otherwise provided, the sessions
shah be held as heretofore.
ART. "a. The supreme court, and each of
the judges thereof, shall havepower 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 Reused
shall have power to call upon any ju' = or
Judges of the district courts, whose due5
shall be when so called upon 60 preslds ls
the place of the judge or Judges recnse6,
and to sid in determining the case a}
ART. 70. All judges, by yirtu of Aeir
office, shall be conservators of as laaee
throughout the state. The style ot il pro
cess shall be '"The state of LOuisiar AL
prosecutions shall be carried on in DE name
and by the authority of the state \ Louisi.
ana, and conclude against tue aa9e and
dignity of the same"
ART. so. The judges of all codrts 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 for
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 ss the public
interests may require. Until otherwise pro-
yided there shall be seven district courts for
! the parish of Orleans, with the following
original jurisdictions: The hrst exclusive
criminal jurisdiction; the second, exclusive
> probate jurisdiction; the third, exclusive
, Jurisdiction of appeals from justices of the
u 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, excIu-
: sive of interest. These seven courts shall
have such further Jurisdiction, not incon-
4 sistent herewith, as shall be conferred by
a law.
The number of districts in the state shall
not be less than twelve nor more than
twenty. The clerks Of the district courts
u shall be elected by the qualified electors OF
T their respective parishes, and shall hold
e their office for four years.
it ART. 81 Each Of said judges shall receive
e q salary to be fixed by law, which shall
1 not be increased or diminished during
: his term of office, and shall never be less
than five thousand dollars. He must be 9
citizen of the United States, over the age Of
twenty-five years, and have resided in the
state and practice3 Law therein fer. the
u space of two years next preceding his
, election. The Judges of the district courts
shall hold their Office for the term of four
It years.
J. ART. S.. The district courts shall have
original Jurisdiction in all civil cases when
= the amount in dispute exceeds five hundred
dollars, exclusive of interest. In criminal
cases their jurisdiction shall be unlimited.
y They shall have appellate jurisdiction in
J civil ordinary suits, when the amount in
J dispute exceeds one hundred dollars, ex-
L elusive of interest.
n ART. Sc. For each parish court, one judge
l. shall be elected by the qualified electors OF
n the parish. He shall hold his office for the
p term of two years. He shall receive 3
!, salary and fees, to be provided by law.
y Until otherwise provided, each parish Judge
u shall receive a salary of one Thousand two
hundred dollars per annun, and such fees
u as are established by law for clerks of dis
i trict courts. He shall be citizen of the
Of United States and of this state.
u ART. 81. The parish courts shall have
concurrent jurisdiction with Che justices Of
le the peace in all eases when the amount in
of controversy is more than twenty-five dol
lie lars, and less than one hundred dollars, ex,
d elusive of interest. They shall have ex
elusive ORIGINAL jurisdiction in ordinary