Several articles pertained to the Recorder's Courts.
Art. 84. The judicial power of the State shall be vested in a Supreme Court, in Courts of Appeal, in District Courts, in justices of the peace, and in such other courts as are hereinafter provided for.
Art. 90. 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. 91. The judges of all courts shall refer to the law by virtue of which every definitive judgment is rendered, and in every ease they shall adduce the reasons on which their judgment is founded. Service of citation shall not be waived, nor judgment confessed, by any document under private signature executed prior to the maturity of the obligation sued on.
Art. 96. Except as herein provided, no duties or functions shall ever he attached by law to the Supreme Court, Courts of Appeal, or District Courts, or to the several justices, or judges thereof, except such as are judicial, and the said justices and judges are prohibited from receiving any fees of office, or other compensation than their salaries, for any official duty performed by them. No judicial powers, except as committing magistrates in criminal cases, shall be conferred on any officer other than those mentioned in this title, except such as may be necessary in towns and cities; provided, the General Assembly shall have the power to abolish justice of the peace courts in wards containing cities of more than five thousand inhabitants, and to create in their stead courts with such civil jurisdiction as is now vested in justices of the peace, and with criminal jurisdiction which shall not extend beyond the trial of offenses not punishable by imprisonment at hard labor under the laws of this State, and of violations of municipal and parochial ordinances, and the holding of preliminary examinations in cases not capital. Provided, the compensation of the judges of such courts shall be paid by the parishes and cities in which they are established, in such proportions as may be provided by law.
Art. 111. The District Courts shall have jurisdiction of appeals from justices of the peace in all civil matters, regardless of the amount in dispute, and from all orders requiring a peace bond. Persons .sentenced to a fine or imprisonment, by Mayors or Recorders, shall be entitled to an appeal to the District Court of the parish, upon giving security for fines and costs of court, and in such cases trial shall be de novo and without juries.
Art. 130. Except as herein otherwise provided, the judicial officers of the Parish of Orleans, 'and of the City of New Orleans, shall be learned in the law, and shall 'have resided and practiced law or 'shall have held judicial position in this State for five years, and shall have been actual residents of the City of New Orleans for at least two years next preceding their election or appointment.
Art. 139. The Criminal District Court shall 'have exclusive original jurisdiction for the trial and punishment of all offenses when the penalty of death, imprisonment at hard labor or imprisonment without hard -labor for any time exceeding six months, or a fine exceeding three hundred dollars may be imposed, and appellate jurisdiction in all cases tried before the City Criminal Courts, or Recorders' Courts of New Orleans....
Art. 141. The General Assembly shall provide for Recorders' Courts in the City of New Orleans, to be presided over by magistrates,- who 'need not be attorneys at law, but such courts shall have no jurisdiction except for the trial of offenses against city ordinances.
Art. 151. The recorders of the City of New Orleans who may be serving at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall, unless removed for cause, continue in the exercise of their functions and jurisdiction, conformably to existing laws, until otherwise provided.
