Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-12-16

Of; and the such terms may be held by any 40
or by three OF sAid judges. There shall ue the
ssme right TO a trial by jury in said dunicipsl
Court as before Justice OF ..ls peace, aani tle
peace shall spply 20 said Nun icipal Court; aud
SAID ConEt snail have, In addition TO any special
authority hereby conferred, sll the authority
and jurisdiction OF Justice O. the peace under
this act, and also the authority of said Supreme
Court for regulating the practice OF attorneys
before said Municipal Court, and for the pres
eTvatlon of order, for Furnishing for coutempts,
and for securing fidelity and efficiency on the
part of the clerks aud subOrdinates of said Mu-
nicipal Court. But no rules Of said Municipal
Court, in relation TO practice or fees therein,
shall te valid until for npliy approved by said
Supreme Court. Said Municipal Court, bsfore
entering or authorizing any Judgment in any
case tired before 1t, shall briefly and separately
state, and hie with Its clerk trst) its conclusion
Of fact ana (ssCOUtlyl its conclusion OF lAv IN
said case, upon which said judgment is 70 be
based; and, until such rules shall otherwise
provide, the judgment of said Municipal Court
shall he = lien tor ten years, and may be en-
forced, Gocketsd, aud collected in the same
manner as the Judgment OF any justice of the
peace, which shall be a lien for the same time;
but there shall be no stay of execution on any
judgment before justice OF the peace or of said
Municipal Court fUrts term longer altogether
thsn sixty days, u"less IN case of security on
appesl to tue said Municipal Court or 10 said
Supreme Court.
The present right of removal of a suit from
one justice of the peace 10 another shall not
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Court may, by order made on the pSttupn OF
either party, transfer a case pentlng for trial
before che said judge to some other - be named,
for whatsRtl justice shall regard a. good reason,
and which shah be ia conformity to said rules %
re made. The present right OF appeal from the
Judgment CT Justice Of the peace TO said SI
preme Court 81 an not exist, but hereafter such
appeal shall only be taken to said Municipal
Court, and the last-nsmed court shall have the
same authority end Jurisdiction as said Supreme
Court has heretofore had IA respect To appeals
Hom justices OF the peace, and all existing pro-
visions of law, in regard to such appeals, con
sistent herewith, shall apply to said Municipal
Court, ana be deemed applicable to any case
appealed, and the parties to the same and % the
clerk of said Municipal Court, as If SAID prOyi-
sons were mere repeated and made especially
applicable TO the same.
Sec. SIS. That whenever any Judgment has
been rendered in said Municipal Court, either
IN case originally brought therein or in a case
thereto appealed, and either OF said Judges who
sat on the trial in said Municipal Court shall
have disSented from any said CONCLUSION of law
or fact, and his dissent shall have been entered
OF record by the clerk OF said Municipal Court,
or in any case TO be provided for by rules to be
made by the Supreme Court. having reference
upon the facts, there shall be a right of appeal
from said Municipal Court to said Supreme
Court, subject TO the provisions of said rules aud
the existing provisions applicable to appeals
from justices OF the peace to said Supreme
Court, so tar az in their nature applicable, until
modified by said rules, shall govern said appeals
from said Municipal Court to said Supreme
Court.
ITO BE CONTTyrRO1