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TITLE IV. JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT. ARTICLES 61, 66, 78, 86, 122, 124
Art. 61. The Judiciary power shall be vested in a Supreme Court, in such Inferior Courts as the Legislature may, from time to time, order and establish, and in Justices of the Peace.
Art. 66. The Secretary of State, on receiving the official returns of the first election, shall proceed immediately, in the presence and with the assistance of two Justices of the Peace, to determine by lot among the four candidates having the highest number of votes in the respective districts, which of the Associate Justices elect shall serve for the term of two years, which shall serve for the term of four years, which for the the term of six years, and which for the term of eight years, and the Governor shall issue commissions accordingly.
Art. 78. The jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace shall be limited in civil cases to cases where the matter in dispute does not exceed one hundred dollars, exclusive of interest, subject to appeal in such cases as shall be provided for by law. They shall be elected by the quali- fied electors of each Parish, District or Ward, for the term of two years, in such manner, and shall have such criminal jurisdiction as shall be provided by law.
Art. 86. Impeachments of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney-General, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, and of the Judges of the Inferior Courts, Justices of the Peace excepted, shall be tried by the Senate; the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, or the senior Judge thereof, shall preside during the trial of such impeachment. Impeachments of the Judges of the Supreme Court shall be tried by the Senate. When sitting as a Court of Impeachment, the Senators shall be upon oath or affirmation, and no person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of the Senators present.
Art. 122. No person shall hold or exercise, at the same time, more than one civil office of emolument, except that of Justice of the Peace.
Art. 124. The citizens of the City of New Orleans shall have the right of appointing the several public officers necessary for the administration of the police of the said city, pursuant to the mode of elections which shall be prescribed by the Legislature; Provided, that the Mayor and Recorders shall be ineligible to a seat in the General Assembly; and the Mayor, Recorders, Aldermen and Assistant Aldermen shall be commissioned by the Governor as Justices of the Peace, and the Legislature may vest in them such criminal jurisdiction as may be necessary for the punishment of minor crimes and offences, and as the police and good order of said city may require.
