The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-08-21
Impeachment and Removals.

LoDdut UOVcIuOI, O0CACtdIy Va 0adtc,
Auditor, Treasurer, Attorney Gen
eral, Superintendent Of Public Edu-
cation and the judges of all the
courts of record in this State shall
be liable to impeachment for high
crimes and misdemeanors, for non.
feasance or malfeasance in Office, for
incompetency, for corruption, favor
itism, extortion or oppression in Of
fee, or for gross misconduct or habit
ual drunkenness.
ART. 1876. The House of Repre-
sentativos shall have the sole power
ofimpeachment. All impeachments
shall be tried by the Senate; when
sitting for that purpose the Sena
tors shall be put upon oath or afr
nation, and no person shall be con-
victed without the concurrence of
two-thirds of the Senators present.
When the Governor of the State is
on trial, the chief justice or the sen
Tor associate justice of the Supreme
Court shall preside.
Judgment in cases Of impeach-
ment shall extend only to the re.
moval from Office and disqualified
ton from holding any Office Of honor,
trust or profit under the State, but
the party, whether convicted or &C
quilted, shall nevertheless be liable
to prosecution, trial and punishment
according to law.
ART. 1877. All officers against
whom articles of impeachment may
he preferred shall be suspended
from the exercise of the functions of
their Office during the tendency OF
such impeachment, and, except in
case Of impeachment OF the Govern
or, the appointing power shall make
a provisional appointment to re-
place any suspended officer until the
decision of tho impeachment.
ART. 1913. For any reasonable
cause the Governor shall remove
any officer on the address OF two
thirds Of the members elected to
each honse of the General Assem-
bly,. In every case, the cause or
causes which such removal may be
required shall be stated at length in
the address and inserted in the Jour
nal of each house.
Art. 1919. For any of the causes
specified in article 1875, judges Of the
courts Of appeal. of the district
courts throughout the State and of
the city courts of tho parish of Or
leans may be removed from Office BY
judgment Of the Supreme Court of
this State in suit Instituted by the
Attorney General or a district at
torncy in the name of the State, on
his relation. The Supreme Court
is hereby vested with original juris-
diction to try such causes; and it is
hereby made the duty of the Attor-
ney General or any of the district
attorneys to institute such suit on
the written request and information
of fifty citizens and tax payers resid-
ing within the territorial limits of
the district or circuit over which the
judge against whom the suit is
brought exercises the functions OF
his Office. Such suits shall be tried,
after citation and ten days delay
for answering, in preference to all
other suits, and wherever the court
may sit; but the tendency OF such
suit shall not operate a suspension
from office.
Art. 200. For any of the causes
enumerated in article 165, district
attorneys, clerks of court, sheriffs,
coroners, recorders, justices Of the
peace, and all other parish, munic.
ipal and ward officers shall be re-
moved by judgment of the distric,
court Of the domicile of such officer
Tin the parish of Orleans the civil
dict rsnk oo,,u<.N c,.I - .l.~n - -