Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-05-03

oe1r e transfer q su0H conse, O. proceed
ing, to tho said Superior District Court,
then and in that case either party to such
. protesting, may cause to be filed in the
said Superior District Court certified or
sworn copies Of the citation or citations, or
petition and pleading exclusive of such
other court, the same in all respects - IL
sucheuit or proceeding had been originally
instituted or commenced in such Superior
District Court.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
all acts Of the General Assembly regulating
the practice in the district c0urts of the
parish of Orleans, except 80 far a. they may
be inconsistent with this act, or contrary
to its provisions, shall apply to aud bind
Court Of the parish of Orleans
The judge Of said Superior District Court
shall be member Of the board of district
judges for the parish of Orleans, organized
by act No. SO, Of the session of 1572, ap-
proved April %, 1877. The judge of the
Superior District Court shall have power to
establish and ordain rules of court in rela-
ton to the special jurisdiction of said
conrt provided, that 40 such rule shall
conflict With law OF the State. Where
the rules of tho district courts for the par
ish of Orleans do not conflict with the rules
80 to be adopted Nv said Judges, they shall
have force in said hyperion District Court.
Sec. S. Be il further enacted, ETC., That
the Superior District Court for the parish
of Orleans shall occupy the courtroom,
clerks Office and chambers now occupied by
the Eighth District Court for the parish Of
Orleans, unless the city of New Orleans,
with the concurrence of the judge of said
Superior District Court, shall provide an
other courtroom and Offices, in said new
court may hold court in any other oon.,
if for any reason, it is impossible or incon-
venient to occupy said Eighth District
courteous.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, etc., That
the Offices of Judge and clerk of Super
ior District Court for the parish Of Orleans,
hereby established and organized, shall be
deemed to be vacant as in case of original
vacancy. The Governor shall at once 6ll
such vacancies by appointment, under the
provisions of the act Of the General Assem-
bly, approved August twenty-eighth,
eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and ell
titled an act to determine the mode of fill
ing all vacancies i'm all offices for which
provision il not made in the Constitution"
After the expiration of the commissions 80
to be issued, the said offices shall be filled
by election, in the same manner and at the
same time that the other district judges
throughout the State shall be elected The
Judge Of said cOurt shall receive the same
salary received By other judges of district
courts. The clerk Of said court. shall have
the same powers as other clerks Of district
courts, and shall receive the same emolu-
ments. The judge of the Superior District
cl..n - Al
minute clerk ofsaid court; and may appoint
stenOgrapher who, with the minute clerk,
shall be under the immediate direction of
the Judge. The minute clerk aud the stem
ographic writer shall be paid by the clerk
of said court such salaries as the judge of
said court shall fix.
Sec. Z. Be it further enacted, etc., That
TIE act of the General Assembly, approved
March 16, 1870, entitled IAN act to estab-
fish an additional district court for the par
ish Of Orleans, to define the Jurisdiction
thereof, and reorganize and determine the
jurisdiction Of the existing seven district
courts for the parish of Orleans,r be and
the same is hereby repealed, in so far as it
establishes and organizes the Eighth Dis
trict Court for the parish of Orleans it be-
ing the intent and purpose of this act to
abolish the eaid Eighth District Court for
tho parish of Orleans be and is hereby
abolished. All suits or D oceedings, and
the records thereof, now depending in said
Eighth District Court for the parish of Or
leans, which are not, by the provisions of
this act, transferred to the Superior Dis
trict Court herein established, are hereby
transferred to the Fifth District Court for
the parish of Orleans, and the said suits or
proceedings are declared to be pending in
said Fifth District Court from and after the
passage Of this act. The records of all suits
heretofore brought in said Eighth District
Court, whether determined or not. and not
hereinbcfore transferred to said Superior
District Court, are hereby transferred to
said Fifth District Court, All suits or pro.
:eedinSs so transferred shall be proceeded
With il. said Fifth District Court, and tried
and determined, and process and judgment
issued and executed therein, and by said
court, in the same manner as if the saIne
had been commenced originally in said
Fifth District Court for the parish Of Or
leans.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
the Seventh District Court for the parish
OF Orleans be and is hereby abolished. All
suits and proceeding now depending in
said Seventh District Court for the parish
OASoAioj "AAiOii aAC uOt w tuc pTOTlS1OnS
Of this act transferred to the Superior Dis
trict Court herein established. are hereby
transferred to the Fourth District Court
for the parish of Orleans, is her eby vested
with jurisdiction to hear and detelmlns
such suits and proceedings as if the same
had been originally brought in said Fourth
District Court, and the said suits or pro-
ceedings are declared to depending il said
Fourth District Court from and after the
passage OF this act. The records of all
suits or proceedings heretofore brought in
said Seventh District Court, whether de-
terrnined or not and not hersinbcfore trans
ferred to said Superior District Court, are
hereby transferred to said Fourth District
Court, and all proceedings % transferred
shall be proceeded Within said Fourth Dis
trict Court, and tried aud determined, and
process and Judgment issued and executed
therein aud by said Fourth District Court,
in the same manner IS if thssame had been
commenced original in said Fourth Dis
trict Court for the parish Of Orleans
Sec. y. Be it further enacted, etc., That
al! laws or parts Of laws in conflict with