New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-26
No, =.
AN ACT

To establish an additional District Court for
the parish of Orleans, to define the juris-
diCtion thereof, and to reorganize and de-
termine the jurisdiction of the existing
seven District Courts for the parish OF Or
leans.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House Of Representatives of the State OF
Louisiana in General Assembly convened,
That there shall be, and there is hereby, es-
tablished and created, an additional District
Court for the parish of Orleans, which shall
be known and designated as the Eighth Dis
trict for the parish of Orleans.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, etc., That
the Governor, by and with the advice and
consent OF the Senate, shall appoint an
eligible person as Judge of the Eighth Dis
trict Court, hereby created, and clerk for
said court, who shall hold their offices until
the same can be filled by election. At the
| general election for Judges OF District
| Courts, to be held in November, eighteen
hundred and seventy-two, judge and clerk
shall be elected for said court, who shall
hold their Office for four years. The judge
Of said court shall receive the same sal.
airy received by other judges Of District
Courts, and the said clerks shall possess the
same powers and shall receive the same
emoluments received by other clerks of the
District Courts. The city of New Orleans
| shall at once provide q suitable court room
| and clerks Office for the Eighth District
| Court.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted. ETC., That
the Eighth District Court hereby created.
| shall have exclusive jurisdiction in and for
the parish Of Orleans to issue writs Of in
junction, mandamus, quo warranto, and to
| entertain all proceedings, suits or COntesta-
| tons in which the ri ht to any Office, State,
parish or municipal. is in any way involved;
and, IN addition, shall have the same gener-
al jurisdiction hereinafter conferred upon
l h
| trict Courts for the parish OF Orleans; pro-
vided, that nothing in this act shall be con.
strued to in any manner limit or affect the
| right of the Supreme Court of the State OF
| Louisiana to issue, hear and determine any
and all wrlts Or orders which by existing
laws said court has authority to issue, hear
and determine; and provided, further that
| this act shall not be so construed as to pre-
vent any Judge or court from issuing an
injunction to stay or regulate the execution
/ OF any order of seizure granted, or judgment
rendered by said judge or court.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
! in all cases in which an Injunction shall
issue from the Eighth District Court in suits
or proceedings pending before the other dis
trict courts OF the parish of Orleans, 1t sna!I
be the duty of the judge and clerk OF sucn
| courts in which such suit or proceeding Is
| depending to Immediately transfer the rec
ord of such suit or proceeding to the said
Eighth District Court, which shall be vested
with power to hear and determine such
cause as if the same had been originally
brought in said Eighth District Court. I'M
mediately upon the passage of this act it
| shall be the duty of the judges OF the
Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh District
| Courts for the parish of Orleans to transfer
| to the Eighth District Court for the parish
| of Orleans all suits or proceedings the juris-
diction over which is by this law vested in
said Eighth District Court. The said
| Fourth. Fifth SIKH and Seventh District
Courts are Invested of all jurisdiction over
| such cases, except for the purpose of
entering an order OF transfer, and the
| said Eighth District Court shall be and
! is hereby vested with power to hear
| aud determine suits or proceedings so to be
| transferred, as if the same had been origin
ally brought Ia said Eighth District Court.
The Judge of said Eighth Dstrist Court, for
the parish of Orleans, shall also have power
and authority to issue writs of prohibition
or mandamUs directed to the clerks of the
| other District Courts. or to the parties to.
! any suit or suits. and their attorneys in
all cases where necessary or expedient to
enforce and protect the Jurisdiction of said
Eighth District Court, as granted anu CON
ferred by this act.
SEC. S. Be it further enacted, etc. That
the Second District Court for the parish Of
Orleans shall continue to have eyclus;va
probate jurisdiction as provided by existins
laws, and shall have power and authority To-