Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-02-25
RULES OF TIE COURT.
Judge Mckay Lays Down Ills Ordt

Judge Mckay Lays Down Ills Orders.
l. The sheriff, IN person or by his
under Sheriff, or usual deputy, and the
clerk IN person or by usual deputy, shall
be IN constant attendance upon the seS-
SiOns of the court.
2. 1t shall be the duty of the sheriff
or his attending under sheriff OF depu
ty, to preserve order and uecOrum III
the court room. and any Negligent fan
ure on his part to do SO will subject
him to punishment as for contempt of
court.
8. 1t shall be the duty of the clerk or
his attending deputy, to keep minutes
OF all proceedings of the court, and
cause each days proceedings to be prop
erly recorded as Of the date Of winch
they actually TRANSFERRED. And such
records must be kept up as nearly as
may be with the progress of proceed.
ingS III court.
Attorneys desiring to furnish journal
entries must have the same prepared
and approved by the court or opposing
counsel, and delivered to the clerk by
the time he is ready to make his record.
In which case they shall be entered as
the record of the case; provided they
conform to the facts, and if they do
not, the clerk himself shall make entries
III Will iIlE 1dCIS. LII cases
where attorneys do not furnish entries
by the time the clerk is ready to make
his record, he shall make such entries
himself.
4. In making up the trial docket for
each term OF court the clerk Sh all set
out in the title of the cause the name Of
all the parties to the action. both PLAIN
tiff and defendant. He shall also note
whether the case stands on an issue of
fact or an issue of law.
5. All motions not properly arising
in the progress of the trial shall be in
writing, setting forth the grounds
thereof, and filed with the papers in the
case, and shall have endorsed thereon
the nature of the motion.
g.. The clerk shall keep book to be
denominated 1.-The Motion Docket" Up
on the filing of any motion he shall I'M
mediately note the fact on the motion
docket. under the title of the cause, and
the time at which it was filed. the name
Of the party filing the same, and the
nature of the motion as endorsed there
on.
Z. The motion docket will be called
each morning at the opening of court,
when motions which have been filed
T and noted OH the motion docket on OF
before nine O'Clock "a. ~. of the preced-
ing day, Will be heard and determined
or otherwise disposed of, provided that
on the last day Of the term motions NAV
be heard or otherwise disposed of with
out regard To the time they may have
been filed or noted ia the motion docket.
s. Judgments by default must be
taken in the morning during the time
allotted for the hearing of motions.
8. When exceptions to dispositions
are filed in any cause, the clerk shall
Immediately note the fact on the mo-
ton docket, under the title of the cause
He shall also note the name of the par
ty fling the same. If such exceptions /
are not filed on or before nine O'Clock a.
N. 90 e. the day preceding the commence
ment of the tria... the party fling such
exceptions shall notify in writing the
adverse party of the fact of the filing of
the same before the commencement of
the trial. Motions Involving questions
arising on exceptions TO dispositions
need not be in writing. and must be
disposed OF before the commencement
of the trial.
10. When a motion is made to
strike out any part of the pleading it |
shall distinctly point out the page ard |
the line of the page where the part
sought to be stricken out begins. and |
the page and the line of the page where !!
lIlC 4ldtACt ana I
shall embody copy of the matter |
moved to be stricken out, or the begin /
ming ard ending clause thereof
IL. When motion Is made for |
continuance on the ground of the alb |
sence of a witness, the affidavit in sup
port thereof must set out the facts |
which it is believed the witness will /
prove, separately from the other por- |
ton of the affidavit, and in the form of !
the deposition of the absent witness
II. No pleading or affidavit will be /
permitted 70 be amended by interlnea-
ton. and any pleading or affidavit filed I
or presented containing auv interiinea- /
ton of material matter NAV bestrIeken /
from the files upon ...,t'an ~ sh. marty
prejudiced thereby, or at the in /
stance of the court or Judge thereof. |
IT presented at chambers.
Is. No record or paper fled in any
cause shall be removed from the Office
of the clerk except TO be brought into +
the court room while court is IN session.
provided that the county attorney NAV
he allowed TO take the papers IN GRIM |
inal cases to his Office for examination, /