The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-02-16
A BILL TO SUPPRESS VAGA BOND
AGE

SECTION l. Any male person, sixteen
years Of age or over. being vagrant, within
the purview of section 1543 of the revised
statutes. who shall be found in any town,
city or village in this state, not being an
inhabitsnt Of such town, city or village,
shall be deemed tramp.
SECTION 2. Any person convicted of be-
ing tramp shall be punished by imprison-
ment In the state prison not more than one
year. nor less than six months.
SECTION 8. The several county courts Of
this state, and the municipal courts therein.
shall have jurisdiction of ell offences arising
under this act. and every county court shall
ce deemed open at all times to hear, try and
determine eases arising under this act.
SECTION 4. Any peace officer in the state
may arrest and Imprison. without process,
any person whom he knows or has good rea-
son TO believe to be tramp, provided that
such peace officer, within twelve hours after
making such arrest Sundays excluded) !,
shall bring such person 30 arrested before a
court having jurisdiction Of such cases and
lodge complaint against him..
: SECTION, s. Any peace officer making any
such arrest under the provisions of this act,
shall be empowered to return any warrant
issued on such complaint. and shall be enti.
tied to received fee Of one dollar, which
shall be in full for all fees in any one case,
except in taking such prisoner or prisoners
to the state prison, for which such, officer
shall be allowed the same compensation now
provided by law.
SECTION 6. When @ sworn complaint
against any person under this act shall be
lodged with any county court, the said court
shall thereupon issue its warrant ordering
the person charged to be forthwith arrested
and brought before said court. When ar
raigned upon the said complaint. If the
defendant shall plead guilty, the court then
present shall at once proceed to sentence
such defendant, but if such defendant shall
plead not guilty. and shall not expressly
waive trial by jury, a jury shall be forth
with empaneled.
SECTION 7. In all courts not having q
regular panel then present, the court shall
srder any peace officer Of the county to pre-.
pare list Of names Of thirty six persons of
the county qualified to serve as jurors in
court Of record. who shall not be Of kin to the
defendant nor interested in the case, and
the same proceedings in ell things shall be
had in and about the empaneling the jury,
as is now provided by law for empaneling
jury in justice court, except that each
party shall strike twelve names, and the
jury shall consist Of twelve persons, who
shall receive . fee Of fifty cents per day, and
six cents. per mile in going to the place
where such trial is being held.
SECTION 8. In all contested cases under
this act. the court may require the attend.
ance OF the district attorney to represent the
state, and it shall be the duty Of the district
attorney to attend upon such recruitment. =
SECTION 9. The trial and all proceedings
Subsequent thereto, shall be conducted as
near as may be in conformity with the prae-
tice in the circuit courts in criminal cases,
and the clerk Of the circuit court Of the
county shall act az clerk OF the county court
in all cases under this act, and he shall
receive the same fees as be is entitled to for
like services in the circuit court.
Il SECTION 10. Hereafter no sheriff or
jailor shall receive. and no county board of
supervisors shall allow. any compensation for
keeping or boarding in the common Jail or
any other place Of any county of this state,
unless such tramp shall have been duly
arrested and committed under the provisions
Of this act.
i. SECTION IL. Sections 2 and 8, of chapter
1873 Of the laws Of 1879, are hereby repealed,
and all other acts or parts Of acts in any way
coutravening any Of the provisions Of this
act are hereby repealed.
SECTION IL. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage and
publication.