The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-26

JeHerson--Second Mondays il March and October
st. Bernard-Fourth Mondays March and October
St }n the Msna " April and nez ao November
r James-dhird Mondays IL April and November
Aseen 1ao Mondays 10 May and December
holiday the court shall begin ts sessions the first legal day
shall concur, their judgment shall be final
When there shall be disagreement the Judgment appealed
AR 1o2 All appeal 70 the appeal tried
Art 1oS q practice regulating appeals to proceed
the Supreme Court shall apply appeals proceedings
the appeal 50 far they be applicable
provided by law:
writ Of habeas at the all persons
custody within their respective circuits They shall
aid Of Their appellate Jurisdiction
Asr o5 TIE judges q the appeal each receive
The General Assembly shall provide by of
.cused cases IN the courts Of appeal
Art 100 The parish which the sessions of the court
he sna attend person OF by deputy to execute the orders Of
DISTRICT COURTS
ART 1o The shall into not less than twenty nor
than thirty judicial districts parish Orleans excepted
at 10 ont otherwise provided BY Law there shall be twenty
The parish OF Caddo shall compose the First District
The parishes OF Bosser Webster and Benve compose
The parishes Of Claiborne shall compose the
The parishes q Jackson Caldwell shall compose the
parishes Of ouachita and Rchand shall compose tb Fifth
District o'@Afo90 - y 80
The parishes Of Morehouse Carroll shall compose the
Sixth District
The parishes Of Cahou compose the Seventh
The parishes East Carroll shall compose the Eighth
District - - o
The parishes and Tensas shall compose the Ninth
The Of De Soto compose the Tenth
The parishes Of Naehoehes and Sabine shall compose Eleventh
The parishes Of Rapds Avoyes compose the
The parish Landry compose the Thirteenth District
ne parishes Of Vernon Ccaeu and Cameron shall compose
fourteenth District
the Fifteenth District
Sixteenth District An' - 1esha sha compose the
The parish Of Rouge compose the Seventeenth
The parishes Of Tangpaho Livingston St Taanv and Wash
ington shall compose The Eighteenth District
he parishes St Mary and Terrebonne shall compose the
The parishes Of Laourche Assumption compose the
The parishes of St Martin Iberia compose the Twenty
The parishes Of Ascension compose the Twenty
The parishes q West Baton Rouge compose the
Twenty third District
The parishes Of Paquenes and St compose the
Twenty fourth District
The parishes Of Lafayette and compose the
Twenty-ffth District
shall compose the Twenty District
Art 1os District courts shall have original jurisdiction all
where the amount dispute shall exceed fifty dollars
They shall have unlimited original jurisdiction il al criminal nr
bate and matters and when party
fendant
The district judges by plurality of the qualified
voters of their respective districts which they shall
ual residents for two years next preceding their
They shall be learned in the law and shall have prcced
tha S state f foT hye years previous o their election
gil death Be for
the unexpired and the shall ell
election be held.
The judges receive salary three
thousand dollars payable monthly their espec
tive
Art 10 The General Assembly power increase the
number Of DISTRICT judges district whenever the public bust
ness require.
ART IL The district courts shall have jurisdiction appeals
justices Of the all matters where the
en- cua1Vn0 Of inter
ART 12 The General Assembly shall provide law trial Of
Reused the district the selection
neys-at-aw, by interchange of judges otherwise.
Art 13 Wherever in this constitution the qualification JUS
ce Judge shall be the previous practice Of the law of
there shall be included the Justice Or
Judge shall have occupied the bench any this
State provided he shall have been licensed attorney years
before his election appointment
Art Ia No judge Of court Of the State shall be affected
his term Of Office salary Jurisdiction to territory