Several articles pertained to the Recorder's Courts.
Art. 80. The judicial power shall be vested in a Supreme Court, in courts of appeal, in district courts and in justices of the peace.
Art. 86. All judges, by virtue of their office, shall be conservators of the peace throughout the State. The style of all process shall be, "The State of Louisiana." All prosecutions shall be carried on in the name and by the authority of the State of Louisiana, and conclude: "Against the peace and dignity of the same."
Art. 87. The judges of all courts, whenever practicable, shall refer to the law by virtue of which every definitive judgment is rendered; but in all cases they shall adduce the reasons on which their judgment is founded.
Art. 92. Except as herein provided, no duties or functions shall ever be attached by law to the Supreme Court, courts of appeal or district courts, or the several judges thereof, but such as are judicial; and the said judges are prohibited from receiving any fees of office or other compensation than their salaries for any official duties performed by them. No judicial powers, except as committing magistrates in criminal cases, shall be conferred on any officers other than those mentioned in this title, except such as may be necessary in towns and cities, and the judicial powers of such officers shall not extend further than the cognizance of cases arising under the police regulations of towns and cities in the State.
Art. 93. The judges of all courts shall be liable to impeachment for crimes and misdemeanors. For any reasonable cause the Governor shall remove any of them on the address of two-thirds of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly. In every case the cause or causes for which such removal may be required shall be stated at length in the address and inserted in the journal of each house.
Art. 126. They shall have criminal jurisdiction as committing magistrates, and shall have power to bail or discharge in cases not capital or necessarily punishable at hard labor.
Art. 136. The General Assembly may provide for police or magistrates' courts; but such courts shall not be vested with jurisdiction beyond the enforcement of municipal ordinances or as committing magistrates.
