Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-11
Police Justice Bill.

The following bill Ito provide for the
election of police justice in the city of
WATERFOWL" introduced into the assem-
bly, by Assemblyman Stone, has been
read first and second times and referred
to committee on Judiciary:
The People Of the State Of Wisconsin, represented in
Senate and assembly, do enact as follows
Section l. There shall be elected by the quail
fed electors of said city, at the next election of
city and board officers, to be held on the first
Tuesday of April, A. D., 1880, one police justice
of said city, who shall hold his office for two
years and until his successor is elected and quail
fed.
Section 2. The police justice shall have and
possess all the authority, powers and rights of
justice of the peace in civil proceedings, and
shall have sole exclusive Jurisdiction to hear all
complaints and conduct all examinations and
trials in criminal cases within the city, cogniz-
able before justice of the peace, in which the
city is party and shall have cognizance and
exclusive jurisdiction of all suits, prosecutions
or proceedings for the recovery of any fine, for
fixture penalty under any bylaw, ordinance
or regulation OF the city ofWatertown or its char
ter, or for breach or violation of any such Ord1
nance, bylaw or regulation, and in all cases of
0ffenSes committed against the same. All prose-
cutlons for ASSAULT, batteries and affrayS not in
dictable, and for a breach or violation of any
such bylaw, ordinance or regulation, Shall be
commenced in the name of the city of Water
town, and the same proceedings shall be had in
all civil and criminal suits before said justice
when not otherwise herein directed,
tablisEed and required to be had in civil and
criminal actions by the laws of this state before
a justice of tho peace. In all cases of conviction
for assaults, batteries and ARRAYS within the said
city, and in all cases of conviction under any or
dlnance of said city for any breach of the peace,
diSorderly conduct, keeping houses Ofill-fame or
OF trequentlng the same or of keeping and main
tanning disorderly and ill-governed houses, and
said justice shall have power, in addition to the
fine or penalty imposed, to enter judgment for
costs OF prosecution against the defendant and to
compel such offenders to give security for their
good behavior, and to keep the peace for period
not exceeding six months and Ill a not eX-
ceeding five hundred dollars. The said justice
| shall have the same power and authority in case
of contempt as q court of record; provided,
that nothing herein contained shall be deemed
to dvest the circuit judges of their authority as
| conservators OF the peace, nor to affect in any
manner the jurisdiction or powers of the circuit
or of any sufficient reason, the board of street
commissioners, by warrant, may authorize any
justice OF the peace within said city to perform
the duties of said justice for the city, and it shall
| thereupon be the duty of the board of street
commissioners to inform the city attorney and
justice ofsuch substitution and the justice of the
peace so appointed shall. for the time being,
possess all the authority, powers and rights of
such police justice. All fines and penalties i'm
posed by the police justice for ofenses commit
ted within the city limits, or for violation of any
ordinance. bylaw or regulation of said city, shall
belong to and be a part of the finance of said
city.
Section s. The police justice shall, as often as
the board of street commissioners may require,
report to the said board ali the proceedings in
stituted before him in which the city is interest
ed, and shall, at the same time, account for and
pay ever to the city treasurer, all fines and pen
alties collected by him and belonging to said
city. and said justice shall be entitled to receive
from the county of Jefferson, such fees in similar
cases as are allowed to other justices in the coun-
ty for similar services.
Section A. All acts or parts of acts of the city
charter ofsaid city, conflicting with or contra
vening any part of this act, are hereby repealed.
Section 5. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage and publica-
ton.