The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-08-14


shall be specific and determined.
Art. 123. Clerks of district conrts
may appoint with the approval of
the district judge, deputies with
such powers as may he prescribed
by law; and the General Assembly
shall have power for the continu-
ing one or more of them in Office in
the event OF the death of clerk; until
his successor shall have been an.
pointed and duly qualified.
District Attorneys.
Art 1874 There shall bs a district
attorney for each judicial district in
the State. who shall be elected bv
the qualified electors of the judicial
district.
He shall receive salary of one
thousand dollars per annum, paya.
BILE monthly Oil his own warrant,
and shall hold his Office for four
years. He shall be an actual resi-.
dent of the district and licensed
attOrney-at-law in the State.
He shall also receive fees; but no
fees shall be allowed in criminal
cases, except on conviction.
Any vacancy in the office of dis
trict attorney shall he filed by ap
pOintment by the Governor for the
unexpired term. There shall he no
parish attorney or district attorney
pro tempore, this article shall not
apply to the parish of Orleans.)
Justices of the Peace.
ART. l25. In each parish, the parish of Or
leans excepted, there shall be as many justices
of the peace as may be provided by law
The present number ofjustices of the peace
| shall remain as now fixed until otherwise pro
vided, who shall be elected for the term of
four years by the qualified voters within the
territorial limits of their jurisdiction
They shall have exclusive original iurisiic-
| ton in all civil matters when tie amount in
| dispute shall not exceed fifty dollars, exclusive
of interest and original jurisdiction concur
rent with the district courts when the amount
in dispute shall exceed fit, dollars. exclusive
of interest, and shall not exceed one hundred
dollars, exclusive of interest.
! They shall have no jurisdiction in succession
or probate matters, or when succession is a
defendant. They shall receive such fees or
salary may be fixed by law.
ART. l26. They shall have criminal jurislic
ton as committing magistrates, and shall have
power to bail or discharge in cases not capital
or necessarily punishable at hard labor.
Constsbles.
ARR. 127. There shall be constable for the
court of each Justice of the peace in the several
parishes of the State the parish of Orleans ex
copied, who shall be elected for the term OF
four years by the qualified voters within the
territorial limits of the jurisdiction of the
several justices of the peace.
The compensation, salaries or fees of con
stables and the amount of their bonds shall bt
fixed by the General Assembly.
Courts of the Parish and City Of New
Orleans.
Art. l2S. There shall be in the pa IRISH o
; Orleans court of appeals for said parish
with exclusive appellate jurisdiction i'll al
matters, civil or probate, arising i'll said parish
when the amount in dispute or fund to be dis
tributed exceeds two hundred dollars, Interest
| excluded, and is less than one thousand dollars
exclusive of interest. Said court shall he pre-
sided over by two judges who shall be elected
by the General Assembly in joint sessions, the,
shall be residents and voters of the city of New
Orleans, possessing all the qualifications nee
essary for Judges of circuit courts of appeal
throughout the State. They shall each receiv
an annual salary of four thousand dollars pay
able monthly upon their respective warrants
, Said appeals shall be upon questions of la,
alone, in all cases involving less than fv'
hundred dollars, exclusive of interest, ant
upon the law and the facts in other cases.
} 1t shsll sit in the city of New Orleanss from
the first Monday of November to the last MOI
day of June of each year.
It shall have the authority to issue writs o
mandamus, prohibition, certiorari and habea
corpus in aid of its appellate jurisdiction.
Art I29 The provisions of this constitution
relating to the term of Office, qualifications an
| tho ipdeas Of the circuit con ri of n
, peal throughout the State and the manner {
proceeding and determining causes as appilc;
] BILE to such circuit courts ofappeals shall al
ply to this court and its judges, in so far as sue
provisions are not in cOnfiictswith the pr0vl
e ions specially relating to said court and ii
I judges.
Said Court of Appeals shall have jurisdicti ,
of all cases now pending on appeal from t;l
parish of Orleans before the Supreme COrr
. of the State where the amount in dispute .
fund to be distributed, Is less than one thou
r and dollars exclusive Of interest, and ~
9 Supreme Court shall at once transfer sal
causes to the Court Of Appeals
3 Art. 100. For the parish of Orleant thel
e shall be two district courts and no more. "
4 of said courts shall be known as the civil ID
trict Court for the parish of Orleans, and Il
r other as the Criminal District Court for I'll
a parish of Orleans. The former shall consi
of not less than five judges and the latter 1T
. less than two judges having the qualificatio,
| pTcScFlDeu lOT ulStIlCtJuuSCo IhAooSuO uo y.
- State The said judges shall be appointed
. the Governor, by and with the advice al
g consent of the SENATE, for the term of Gig
"a years, the first appointment shall be made
~ follows: Three judges Of the Civil Distri
Court for four years and two for eight veal
Is one Judge of the Criminal District Court
- four years and one for eight years, the teri
. to be designated in their commissions.
q The said judges shall receive each TO
n thousand dollars per annum. Said CT,
- District Court shall have exclusive and ge
)r eral probate and exclusive civil jurisdlcti
IS in all causes where the amount i'll dispute
4 to be distributed exceeds one hundred dolla
~ exclusive of interest. All causes filed in ga
court shall be equally allotted and assign
IN among said judges in accordance with ru
- of court to be adopted for that purpose.
e, case of recusation of any judge in any eau
ID such cause shall be reassigned to some otl
\ Judge. In case of vacancy there shall be
u, reassignment in accordance with rules of cou
~ Previous to reassignGent, or in case OF :
ar sence from the parish. sickness or othsr disal
- ity of the judge to whom any cause may la
PIT been assigned, any judge Of said court m
issue or grant conservatory writs or orde
In other respects each judge shall have exc
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