New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-17
LAWS 0FTHE STATE OF LOUISIANA
rprrBLIsaEp BY AUTHORITY.l
EXTRA SESSION.
AN ACT

70 establish all additional District Court Tor
tlte pnrish of Orleans, to dem" the Julis
diction thereof, and to reorganiZe anu ue
termine the jurisdiction OF tne eAis'ins
seven District Courts Tor the PARISH VI Va
leans.
SECTION /. Re it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives OF the state OF
Touisiana in General Asse Wbly convened,
That there shall be, and there is here1y, es-
tablished and created, an additional Dlstrlct
Court for the parish of Orleans, which shall
be known and designated as the Eighth DIS
trict for the parish of Orleans.
SEC. g Be it further enacted, etc, That
the Governor, by and with the advice ana
consent of the Senate, shall appoint sn
eligible person as Judge OF She Eighth DIS
trict Court, hereby created, and q CLERK Tor
said court, who shall hold their offices until
the same can be filed by election. At the
general election for Judges. OF Dis,rict
Courts, to be held IN NoveIn Der, eigh,een
hundred and seventy-two. q judge ana clerk
| shall ne elected for said court, who shall
hold their office for four years. The Jucse
| Of said court shall receive the same sal
ary received by other judges or DISTRICT
| Courts. and the said clerks shall possess the
| same powers and shall receive the same
| emoluments received by other clerks or me
| District Courts. The city of New Orleans
| shall at orce provide suitable court room
| and clerks office for the Eighth District
| Court.
! Sec. s. Be it further enacted. ETC., L hat
| The Eighth District Court hereby crested.
| shall have exclusive jurisdiction IN and tor
| the parish of Orleans to issue Wits OF H.
! junction, mandamus, quo warranfo, ana 10
| entertain al proceedings, suits or contesta-
| lions in which the right to any office, State,
| parish or municipal, is in any way involved;
and, III addition, shall have the same Sener-
! al jurisdiction hereinafter conferred upon
4 the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Dis
| trict Courts for the parish of Orleans; pro-
| yided. that nothing in this act shall be con-
| strued to in any manner limit or affect the
right of the Supreme Court OF the staIe OF
! Louisiana to issue, hear and determine any
| and all writs 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 OF 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
4! trict courts of the parish of Orleans. 1t shall
be the duty of the judge and clerk OF such
| courts in which such suit or proceeding Is
| depending to Immediately transfer the rec
I
| 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 1t
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 ali 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
and determine suits or proceedings so to be
transferred, as if the same had been origin
aliy brought in said Eighth District Court.
The Judge of said Eighth Distrlst Court, for
| the parish of Orleans. shall also have power
and authority to Issue writs OF prohibition
or maudamus directed to the clerks OF the
| other District Courts, or to the parties TO
! any suit or suits, aDd their attorneys III
all cases where necessary or eXpedlent to
| enforce aud protect the iursdictl III OF SAID
| Eighth District Court, as granted ana con-
| ferred by this act.
| SEC, ). Be it further enacted, etc, That
the Second District Court for the parish OF
Orleans, shall continue to have exclusive
probate jurisdiction as provided by existing
laws, and shall have power and authority to
issue such writs ofiDjunction and mandamus
as shall or may be necessaryto the full ex-
ercise of lis probate jurisdiction.
SEC. g. Be il further enacted, etc,
That the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth,
and Seventh District Courts for the
parish of Orleans shall have exclusive juris.
diction in all civil cases except probate ard
such civil jurisdiction as has been herein
before conferred upon the Eighth District
Court, where the sum in contest is above
one hundred dollars. The Eighth District
Court shall have, in addition to the powers
hereinbef0re conferred upon it, the same
general jurisdiction as is hereinbetore con-
ferred upon the Fourth, Fifth Sixth and
Seventh District Courts for the parish OF
Orleans.
SEC. !. Be it further enacted, etc. That
the Third District Court for the parish OF
| Orleans shall have exclusive jurisdiction OF
appeals from Justices of the Peace, and
shall have full power to issue all conserva-
tory writs necessary to the exercise OF such
appellate jurisdiction.
SEC. s. Be it further enacted, etc, THAT
all laws or parts of laws conflicting with this
act be and are hereby repealed.
SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, ETC., Thai
this act shall take effect from aDd after it
Passage.
Speaker OF the House of Representatives
(Signed OSCAR J. DUNN,
Lieutenant Governor and President OF the
| Senate.
Approved March l6, 1870.
(Signed) Il. C. WARMOTH,
Governor Of the State of Louisiana
true copy:
| GEO. E. BovFE,
| Secretary of State,