Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-08
MUNICIPAL COURT LAW.

ing the Municipal Court Practices.
The amendments made by the recent
legislature to the municipal court laws are
now in the hands of the printer. Below
will be found some of the most important
Section 20 might
be called ''little woodchuck."
1t makes it incumbent upon
tho county attorney to prosecute all
criminal cases from the county, outside
the city limits, and all indictable cases,
thereby relieving the city attorney of most
of his labor in that court. The section reads
as follows:
PROSECUTING CRIMINAL CAUSES.
Section 20. The city attorney of the city
Of Minneapolis shall have chargs of the
prosecution of all criminal proceedings
before said municipal court, except the
trial of persons charged with having COM
mitted within the county of Hennepin, but
without the city of Minneapolis, offenses
against the criminal laws of the state, and
except the preliminary examination of all
persons charged with offenses against the
criminal laws of the state, which cases the
county attorney of Hennepin shall have
charge of and prosecute.
The following compels the clerk to turn
over all unclaimed fees to the city:
UNCLAIMED FEES.
The clerk shall pay witnesses in crimi-
nal actions the fees to which they may be
entitled, when no other provision shall be
made by law for such payment, taking re-
ceipts therefor in such form as the court
nh chon hp
cient vouchers for the payment Of the sums
therein named, which said sums shall be
noted upon the monthly reports of said
clerk and deducted from the amount there
in otherwise shown to be due the city,
and all witness fees collected
by the clerk and not paid to witnesses as
aforesaid shall be paid over to the city
the same as other fees accruing to the city !;
and all balances of deposits for costs re-
naming in the hands of said clerk for a
period exceeding six months after the ter
mination of any action, or for like period
after an abandonment of or failure to
prosecute the same, shall be paid over to
the city on the last day of February and
on the last day of August in each and
every year. Provided, that in the event
that the party or parties to such action or
said balances of deposits or any portion
thereof may demand the same of said
clerk at any time thereafter, and upon
giving receipt therefor to the clerk he
shall pay over the same, and said receipt
shall be a sufficient voucher for the same
| in like manner as provided herein in the
| case of receipts for witness fees. No fees
shall be charged against either the city,
county, or state.
Hitherto no police officer has been en-
| titled to any reward which may have been
| offered upon the arrest of any criminal,
but the following amended sections makes
| special provision SO that in case the
officer is detailed for the purpose, he may
collect the reward.
| Sec. IS. 1t shall be the duty of the
mayor and chief of police, of said city.
| to sec that a sufficient number of police
officers are always in attendance upon said
| court, and in readiness to obey its man
dates and serve its process, and preserve
order in its proceedings. Police officers
| of said city shall hereafter receive fol
| their services no other compensation than
the salary paid them by said city; and il
any fee, gratuity or reward shall be paic
to any police officer, for any service, hi
shall forthwith pay the same over to the
clerk of the municipal court, for the ust
of said city, and the failure to do so shall
be a misdemeanor, punishable by fine
not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by
imprisonment not exceeding thirty DAYS
And it shall be the duty of the chief OF
police, or clerk of the municipal court, OF
any other official of said city, who may
| have knowledge of such failure SO to pay
over said fees to forthwith cause com
| plant to be made against said police Off
GER Provided, that this section shall moi
be so construed as to require any officer Oh
officers so to pay over said fees in cases in
which said officers, being regularly OF
specially appointed, designated or detailed
for detective duty, and being in pursuit OF
any person or persons, charged with any
crime or misdemeanor, shall, under the
advice or with the consent of the county
attorney of the county Of Hennspin or Of
the city attorney of the city of Minneapo
lis, pursue said alleged offender or
offenders beyond the limits OF
said city of Minneapolis, in
which event said officer or officer:
shall be entitled to receive for his or theil
own use and benefit all fees fer such pur
suit and all rewards offered for the appre
| hension Of such offenders.