New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-04-18

lars, exclusive of iPterest. They shall have
such criminal jurihdiction as shall be pro-
vided for by law.
ART. so. In any case when the judge
may be Reused, and when he is net per-
sonally interested in the matters in contes-
tation, he shall reject a lawyer having the
qualifications required for a 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. TIE 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 iustice:
and in all cases the power thus granted
shall be specified and determined.
ART. 80. 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 a salary Of i've thousand
dollars per annum, payable quarterly on his
own warrant and shall hold his office for
four years. There shall be 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 sba Ghold
his office for four years.
ART. 50. There shall be a sheriff ar t8ro.
ner elected BY the qualified ec5fs esch
parish, except the parish 5 0rsans IN
the parish of Orleans 6refshe1 be
elected by the quaiftcl electors of
the parish at l4rea One sheriff
! ecutiye officer of said court, pa shall have
charge of the parish prison. There shql
also be elected by the qualified electors of
the parish at large one sheriff who sha.s
be the executive officer of the civil courts,
and who shall perform all other duties here
| tofore devolying upon the sheriff ofthe parish
| of Orleans, except those herein delegated to
the sheriff CT the criminal court. The quail
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
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
oHice as may be prescribed by law
ART, 3d. 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 OF
eases arising under the police regulations Of
towns and cities in the state. In any case
where such officers shall assume iurisdic.
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 IN action of
damages in favor of the party injured, or
his heirs and @ verdict in favor Of the
/ party injured shall, ips7 fae'9, operate q
vacation Of the office Of said officer.
TITLE v.--1uPEAcHNaNT.
ART 95. The power Of impeachment shall
be v.stel in the house Of Representatives.
Art. 90. Iupcachments OF the governor,
lieutenant governor, attorney general, sec.
Rotary 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 senate; the chief justice of
the supreme court, or the senior associate
judge thereof, shall preside during the trial
OF such impeachmoHts Impeachments of
the Judges Of the supreme court shall be
tried by the senate. When sitting as q 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 impeach-
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 yI.-GEEERAL PROVISIONS.
ART. 9S, Every male person of the age of
twenty-one years or upward, born or natu-
rallied in the United States, and subject to
the jurisdiction thereof and a resident of
this state one year next preceding an cleo.
slon, and the last ten days within the parish
in which he offers TO vote, shah be deemed
an eleotor, except those disfranehised by
j this constitution, and persons under inter
{ dietion.
: ART. 90. The following persons shall be
/ prohibited from voting and holding any
office: An persons who shall 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 estopped from claim.
ing the right of suffrage By abjuring their
allegiance to the United States government,
or by VIGOROUSLY levying war against it, or
3 adhering to its enemies, giving them aid or
comfort, but who have not expatriated
themselves, nor have been convicted of any
Of the crimes mentioned il the first para,
graph Of this article, are hereby restored ia
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 ofsAmerica:n those
who registered themselves as enemies of the
United States; those who acted as leaders OF
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 signed an or
dinance Of secession in any state. No per-