New Orleans Republican., 1868-04-02

amopnt in dispute shall exceed ten dol
lars, exclusive Of igterest. They shall have
such criminal jurisdiction as shall be pro
vided for by law.
ART. 30. In any case when the Judge
may be recused, and when he is net per-
sonally interested in the matters in contes-
tatiOn, he shall select lawyer having the
qualifications required for Judge Of bis
court to try such cases. And when the
Judge is personally interested in the suit,
be 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. Z
ART. 81. There shah be an attorney gen
eral for the state, who shall be elected by
the qualified electors of the state at large.
He shall receive 3 salary of Eve thousand
dollars per annum, payable quarterly on hiE
own warrant, and shall hold his Office for
four years. There shall be district Al.
torney for each judicial district of the state.
who shall be elected by the qualified electors
Of the judicial district. He shall receive a
salary of fifteen hundred dollars, payable
quarterly on his own warrant, and shall hold
his office for four years.
ART. SO. 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 shalt BE-
elected by the qualified elecDas "a
the parish at large one sheriff
for the criminal court, who shall e the ex-
ecutive officer Of said court, anS shall have
charge of the parish prison. There shall
also be elected by the quaiifeJ electors of
the parish at large one sheriff who shs.g
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 qusl-
iied electors of the city of New Orleans,
residing below the middle of Canal street,
shall elect one coroner for that district, ana
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
bank, shall elect one coroner for that dis
trict All of said officers shall hold their
office for two years; and receive such fees of
Office as may be prescribed BY law.
ART. "a. No judicial powers, except as
committing magistrates, in criminal cases,
shall be conferred on any officers other than
those mentioned in this title; except such
as may be necessary in towns and cities:
and the judicial powers of such officer shall
not extend further than the cognizance or
cases arising under the police regulations Of
towns and cities in the state. In any case
where such officers shall assume iurisdic4
ton over other matters than those which
may arise under police regulations, or under
their jurisdiction, as committing magis-
| trates they shall be liable to an action of
damages in favor of the party injured, OF
his heirs; and verdict in favor of the
party injured shall, tpsO .fdcto, operate =
vacation of the Office Of said officer.
TITLE v.-INPEAcHMEST.
ART. 95. The power of ofimpeschmeuts shall
be vested in the house of representatives.
ART. &c. Impeachments of the governor,
lieutenant governor, attorney general, sec
retary of state, auditor of public accounts.
state treasurer, superintendent Of public
education, and Of the judges of the inferior
courts, justices Of the peace excepted, shall
be tried by the senatei the chief justice OF
the supreme court, or the senior associate
| judge thereof, shail presids duflnu tha triaI
of such impeachuentz. Impeachments f
the judges of the supreme court uhs1F{,e
tried by the senate. When sitting as court
of impeachment the senators shall be upon
oath or affirmation, and no person shall be
convicted without the concurrence of two
thirds of the senators present.
ART. 81. Judgments in cases Of inpesch-
ment shall extend only to removal from
office, and disqualification from holding any
Office of honor, trust, or profit in the state;
but the convicted parties shall neverthe-
less be subject TO indictment, trial, and
punishment according to law.
TITLE vI.-GREERAI, PROVISIONS.
ART. 9s. Every male person of the age of
twenty-one years or upward, born or nstu.
rallied in the United States, and subject to
the Jurisdiction thereof, and a resident of
this state one year next preceding an elec.
tion, and the last ten days within the parish
in which he offers TO vote, shall be deemed
an elector, except those disfrsnchised by
this constitution, and persons under inter
diction. g a Has
ART. 90. The following persons shall be
prohibited from voting and holding any
office: All persons who shsll have been CON
yicted Of treason, perjury, forgery, bribery.
or other crime punishable in the peniten-
tiary, and persons under Introduction.
All persons who are essopped from claim.
ing the right Of suffrage BY abjurfng their
allegiance to the United States government,
or by rotoriously levying war against il, or
adhering to its enemies, giving them aid or
comfort, but Who have not expatristed
themselves, nor have been csRyicted Of any
of the crimes mentioned in the 6rst para.
graph Of this article, are hereby restored to
he said right, except the following: Those
who held Office, civil or military, for one
year or more under the organization STYLED
''The Confederate States Of America; y those
who registered Themselves aseneniies Of the
United States; those whe acted as leadersof
guerrilla bands during the late rebellion:
those who in the advocacy of treason
wrote or published newspaper articles or
preached sermons during the late rebellion,
and those who voted for and sf0ne5 ass a.