Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-02-25

and compensation as Clerks of the Circuit Courts:
charge his duties by reason of sickness or alb
sence his deputies may perform the same, or the
court may employ some person IN his place.
SEC. 8. There shall be elected on the first Tues
day of April next, and every six years thereafter,
by the qualified electors of the county of Brown,
Judge of said court hereby established for said
county who shall possess the qualification of
having been admitted to p-actice in the Supreme
Court of this State, and whose term of office shall
be six years from and after the first day of Janu-
airy next after his electiOn Pr0Uided That the
term of service of the Judge first to be elected
shall commence on the first Monday of May next.
Said election shall be conducted and canvassed
and the said Judge shall qualify and receive his
certificate in the same manner as in the case of
the election of County Judge. The Judge thus
to be elected shall be Judge of the court estab-
llshed by this act and whenever a vacancy shall
occur in the Office of the County Judge. now in
office as Judge of Probate said county. the
business then pending in the County Court OF
said county shall be transferred TO the court es-
tablished by this act, which shall become and be
known the County Court of Brown County,
and thereafter the said County Court shall have
the same jurisdiction to hear, try and determine
all matters of probate is or shall be possessed
and exercised by County Judges or County Courts
under the laws of this State and the seal thereof
shall be changed by omission of the word . sec
ondn therefrom
SEC. g. The County Judge to be elected in pur-
suance Of the provisions of this act shall receive
a salary Of not less than So, 1000 per annum. and
whenever the duties of Prot ate Judge shall be
transferred the court established by this act,
provided in the eighth section thereof, the Coun-
ty Judge shall thereafter receive salary of $500
per annum The Board of Supervisors of said
county shall annually levy upon the taxable prop
erty of said county special TAX TO be paid IN
cash sufficient with the State tax on actions to
pay the salary of said Judge. Out of the first or
any moneys coming into the county treasury
after the payment of the State tax levied in said
county IN each wear the County treasurer snail
retain the amount of the salary of said Judge and
shall pay the said Judge in equal monthly install
ments on the first Monday of each month, upon
Treasurer g
therefor: PTOUided, hO1UeUer, That said State tax
on actions when collected and paid to the County
Treasurer, as now required by law. shall be re-
tanned by him and applied toward the payment
OF the salary of said Judge.
SEC. 10. The said court shall be a court of
record and all the general provisions of the stat
utes of Wisconsin now existing or hereafter en-
acted relating to the powers and duties of courts
of record, and to the process, pleadngs, practice
trials, judgments and proceedings of every nature
In actions in the Circuit Courts of this State. in
Guiding the Issuing and enforcement OfeXecutiOns
and proceedings supplementary to execution, and
all such provisions relating to costs and fees and
all the rules of practice of said Circuit Courts
shall apply to the court hereby established, so far
as the same are not inconsistent with any pro-
vision respecting said court and the proceedings
and practice therein in this chapter contained
Pr0U5ded, hO1reUer, The court hereby created
shall have power to make and enforce such rules
for the conduct and dispatch Of the business of
court may be deemed necessary.
SEC. II. On filing judgment roll upon judg
ment hereafter rendered In the court hereby es-
tablished directing in whole or in part the pay
ment of money. the same may be doCketed with
the Clerk Of said court, and may be docketed in
any othef county upon ming WIN the CLERK OF the
Circnt Court of such other county copy Of the
original docket" and the same shall be lien
upon real property i'll the county where it is
docketed with the same force and effect as if rem
dered in any Circuit Court of this State and
docketed according to the provisions of the laws
of this State now existing or hereinafter enacted
relating to the entering or docketng of judg-
ments in the Circuit Courts ortranscripts thereof;
and all provisions of law now existing or herein
after enacted in regard to the duties OF The Clerks
of the Circuit Courts in docketing judgments rem
dered in the Circuit Courts, and the manner of
dOcketing the same and enforcing the same by
execution or otherwise, shall apply to the Clerks
of the Circuit Courts and the Clerk of this court
in dOcketing judgments of the court hereby estab-
lished and in the issuing Of executions thereupon.
SEC. Il. Said county shall provide all books,
stationery and blanks necessary for keeping the
records Of the court hereby established and all
necessary blanks which the Clerks of the Circuit
Court are authorized to keep.
SEC. 13. The Judge of such court shall, at the
expense of the SAID county, cause to be made for
the use OF said court seal with suitable device,
with the words Second County Court for Brown
County" engraved thereon.
SEC. IA. No appeal to the Circuit Court shall be
made or allowed of any cause tried or determined
by the court hereby established, except in pro-
bate cases but in all cases of judgments rendered
or orders made in said court either party thinking
himself aggrieyed or in ured by such Judgment or
order may remove the same by appeal or writ of
error to the Supreme Court in the manner now
hereinafter provided for removing judgments
rendered or orders made in Circuit Courts to the
Supreme Court.
SEC Is. Causes removed from the court here
by established to the Supreme Court and the or
ders. decisions and judgments of the court here
by established may be reviewed by the Supreme
Court in the like instance and in the same man
ner that causes, orders, decisions or judgments
removed from Circuit Courts are reviewed by the
Supreme Court. And the Supreme Court shall
nave the same power such causes, orders,
decisions or judgments as it has over causes,
ders, decisions or judgments of the Circuit Court,
and all provisions of law now existing, or herein
after enacted, relating to wrlts of error and APP
peals from the Circuit Courts to the Supreme
Court and the costs and disbursements therein,
shall apply to writs of error and appeals from the
court hereby established to the Supreme Court.
SEC IL. If the Judge authorized to hold such
court shall not attend for that purpose before
four O'Clock on the day appointed tor such court
to meet it shall be the duty of the Sheriff, of
the Clerk, to adjourn said court from day to day
for three days, unless the Judge shall sooner APP
pear; and if the Judge do not appear at the time.
the court shall stand adjourned and all cases con-
tinued until the next regular day for such court
to meet.
Iished may be removed from office in the manner
provided for the removal of Judges of the Su-
preme Court or Circuit Courts in the Constitution
of this State.
SEC. is. Whenever the place of trial of any ac-
ton in said court shall be changed on account of
the prejudice of the Judge thereof, or because he
shall be interested or have been counsel therein
the place of trial shall be changed to the Circuit
Court of said Brown County. unless it shall ap-
pear IndJ one Oh the aforesaid exists TO
trying such action before the Judge of the said
Circuit Court; and whenever, for any of such
reasons, change of the place of trial shall be
granted in the Circuit Court in any civil action
wherein the amount in controversy does not eX-
coed five thousand dollars as herein provided,
pending in said court or any criminal action or in
formation, except for murder, the place of trial
shall be changed to the said court hereby estab-
lished, unless it appear that one of the
aforesaid objections exists to trying such
action before the Judge of the court
hereby established; and any civil or crini-
nal action now or hereafter pending in the Cir
cult Court for Brown County may be removed to
the court hereby established upon the written
consent of all the parties thereto filed with the
said Clerk; and upon such removal the said ac-
ton shall proceed and be brought to trial, tried
and determined in the same manner and with
like effect as if the same had been removed for
cause, provided the action thus removed by con-
sent be of which the court hereby estab-
lished would have jurisdiction according to the
provisions of this act
SEC 10. No Judge of the court hereby estab-
ished shall have power to try and determine any
cause matter which shall come before said
court, or the Judge thereof, in which he shall
have been interested, or in which he shall have
acted as counsel for either party, except by
agreement OF the parties: PrOCided, That the
fact that said Judge is may be citizen or tax
payer shall not be deemed sufficient interest to
dlSQuality him under the section or otherwise.