The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1910-12-10

Hs JURISDICTION, ana to hear and deter.
mine the same. Such writs may be is.
sued by direction of the court, or by
any justice thereof. E..ch Justice shall
have power TO issue writs of habeas cor.
pus upon petition by or ON behalf of a
persoa held in actual custody, and to
make such writs returnable before him.
self or before the supreme court, or be
fore any of the district courts, or any
judge thereof.
Sec. 4.-The supreme court o. the
state shall consist of three justices, who
shall be elected at the general election
for representatives In congress for a
term of eight years.
At the first election for state OIL.
GERS after the adontion of this constitu.
tion, there shall be elected three Jus.
tices OF the supreme court, who shall
Immediately qualify and classify them.
selves by lot, so tnat one of them shall
hold office until four years, one six years
and one eight years, from and after the
first day OF January, nineteen hundred
and thirteen. \ certificate of such class.
ification shall be fled in the office of the
secretary of state. Until otherwise pro.
vided by law, the justice who has the
shortest term to serve shall be the chief
justice and shall preside at all sessions
of the court; and in his absence the ius.
tive who has the next shortest term to
serve shall preside; but no Justice ap.
pointed or elected 20 fll vacancy shall
he chief justice.
See. 5.--A majority of the justices OF
the supreme court shall be necessary to
constitute qIorum for the transaction
OF business. ana majority Of the jus.
tices must concur in any judgment of
he court.
See. 6.-Whcn any Justice of the su.
preme court shall he interested in any
ease. or he absent or incapacitated, the
remaining justices of the court NAV, In
thei, discretion. call in any district Judge
OF the state TO act as Justice Of the
court.
See. The supreme court shall hold
one term each year. commencing on the
second Wednesday in January. and shall
at all times be in session at the seat Of
government, provided. that the court
Tay. from time 10 time, take such re-
cess as in its Judgment may be proper
See, s.-No person shall be qualified
TO hold the office of Justice of the sll.
| preme court unless nc he nj leas thirty
wears old. learned in law, and shall have
been in the actual practice of law, and
resided In this state or territory Of New
Mexico for M least three years. ANY
person whose time of service upon the
bench Of any district court Of this state
or territory of New Mexico. added IA
the time he may have practiced law. ms
aforesaid. shall be qualified without hav.
ing practiced for the full three years
See. 9.--Thc Supreme court may ap
point and remove M pleasure its report
or, bailiff,, clerk and such otner officers
and assistants as may be prescribed hy
law.
Sec. l0.-Aftcr the publication Of the
census for the United States In tho
wear nineteen hundred and twenty, the
Legislature shall nave the power 10 IN
crease the number of Justices o, the su
preme court to five; provided. however
that no more than two of said justices
shall he elected NJ one time except 20 ~
n vacancy.
See. 1.-THE Justices of the suprem,
court snail each receive an annual sal
airy of six thousand dollars, payabl,
quarterly by the state.
See. l2.--The state shall be dividcC
into eight judicial districts and a iudg,
shall be chosen for each district by tn,
qualified electors thereof at the elect or
for representatives in congress. Tn,
terms of Office of the district Judge,
shall be six years.
Sec. l3.--The district court shall hav,
original jurisdiction in all matters anC
causes not accepted in this constitution
and such jurisdiction Of special eases
and proceedings as may be con ferred h,
law, and appellate jurisdiction of al
cases originating n inferior courts anC
tribunals in their respective districts an,
shall have the power 10 Issue wrts o
habcas corpus, mandamus, injunction
quo'waranto ccrtiorari, prohibition, an,
all other writs, remedial or otherwise il
the exercise of their jurisdiction; pro
vided that no such wrts shall ssu,
directed 10 judges or courts of equal o
superior jurisdiction. The distric
courts shall also have the power of nat
uralization in accordance with the law
} Of the United States. Until otherwis,
provided by law, at least two terms %
the district court shall be held annual,
in each county, AT the county seat.
See. 1.-THE qualification of tn,
district judges shall be the same a
those of Justices of the suprem,
court. Each district ,udge shall reside
in the district Tor which he was elected
See. l5.--Any district Judge ma,
hold uIstrict court in any county at IN,
request of the iuage OF such district.
Whenever the public business may re
quire, the chief justice of the Suprcm,
court shall designate any district judg,
of the state to hold any district, an,
two or more district Judges may sit il
any one district or county separately a
the same time. II any Judge shall b,
disqualified from hearing any cause il
the district, the parties to such cause
or their attorneys OF record, may selec
some member of the bar TO hear an,
) determine such cause, and act AS judg,
protempOrc therein.