Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-01-06

any purpose whatever, from the nj
tecnth dav of June until the first
day of September of each year, and
any person violating tbs section, and
Oh conviction thereof, shall be fined
in any sun not exceeding fifty dol
lars for each otf9nsr, or to be I'M
prisoned in the county Jail for n
Period not exceedin, twenty days,
or both, at the discretion Of the
court"
DUTIES AND POWERS OF JUDGES IN GER
TAIN CASKS.
The law regulating the duties and
powers of District Judges at Cham
bers has been subject to some
change by the late Legislature. The
new enactment provides that the
several judges of the district court i'll
this Territory and each of them in
their respective districts may, at
Chambers, in vacation, entertain,
try, hear and determine all actions,
causes, motions, demurrers aid
other matters not req uiring II trial by
jury; and all rulings, orders, judg-
ments and DEGREES made OF rendered
by judge of the district court at
Chambers may be entered at a reg
ular term of the district court; that
all final orders, judgments and de-
crees made OF rendered by a judge at
Chambers may be reviewed i'll the
supreme court upon appeal or writ
OF error in the same manner US or
Iers, judgments and DEGREES made
or rendered at regular terms of the
district courts; that when a party TO
an action or proceeding has appeared
in the same he shall be entitled to
at least three days notice of any
trial, hearing, motion or application
to be had or made therein before
any Judge at Chambers, which no.
tice shall be in writing, setting forth
the nature of the motion or appl:ca-
ton and The grounds thereof, and
specifying the time and place when
TIE same will be made, and may be
served on the adverse party or his
attorney, but if neither such party
or attorney reside in the county in
which the action or proceeding is
pending, or where such motion or
application is to be made, then SER
vice by mail may be had, on such
party or attorney, by mailing to
either of them copy of such notice,
properly addressed, and the postage
thereon paid, at least ten days be-
fore the time appointed for such
hearing or application.
An act relating to the adjourn
ment of Courts and to holding adj
journed terms provides that here
after if from any unavoidable cause
any of the Judges of the Courts of
this Territory shall fail to appear on
tho first day of the term of any term
of said Courts, it shall be lawful for
the Clerk of said Court, or his depu-
ty, to adjourn the Court from day to
day for six consecutive days, if nee
essary, and all business and PRO-
ceedings transacted at said term shall
be legal and valid and of the same
force and effect Us if the Judge had
been present on the first day of the
term. The Judges of the several
District Courts in this Territory are
authorized to adjourn any term of
the District Court, in any county, to
a day beyond tho time appointed by
law for holding a term of such court,
IN any other county or counties in
the Same district, and at the time to
which such Court shall be adjourned
by the Judge thereof all actions,
causes, motions and other business
which might or could he transacted
by the Court at regular term there
OF may be entertained, tried and de-
termined with like force and effect
as though tried at a regular term of
such Court. 1t is provided, however,
that no grand or petit jury shall be
summoned or required to attend at
such adjourned term.
The judges are also authorized to
call special terms Of court whenever
IN accumulation of business may
warrant it, and may summon the
grand and petit jurors to attend at
sush term for the transaction of any
business, but it is held by high legal
authority that the provision is in
conflict with the Organic Act, pre-
scribing that courts shall be held at
the times definitely fixed by the
Legislative Assembly.
RECORDING INSTRUMENTS OF WRITING.
Tie following section has been
added to the law relating to deeds:
every instrument in writing
purporting to convey or cucumber
real property, which has been re-
corded in the proper Auditors Of
fee, although such instrument may
not have been executed and acknowl-
edge in accordance with the law in