Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-05-23

sene OF ths Acts Of the Legislature.
,CuAprrR XIX

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CHAPTER Xxx.
Sec. l. That in each county in
the Territory Of New Mexico, hav-
ing a county seat containing a
population Of two thousand or
more, there shall be and is hereby
created a county court, the judge
of which shall be a person learned
in the law
Sec. 2 That said court shall
have a seal and be a court Of rec
ord and may, in the discretion of
the judge, have a clerk whose
compensation shall be paid by
the judge.
Sec. 3. Said court shall have
exclusive jurisdiction in all civil
causes in the county except in
cases Of chancery, where the mat
ter in dispute, exclusive of costs,
exceeds the sum Of one hundred
dollars and does not exceed the
sum Of five hundred dollars.
Sec. L. Said court shall have
concurrent jurisdiction with all
justices of the peace in said coun-
ty in all civil suits which are
within the jurisdiction of such
justices as now established by law
and within the limits of the pre-
clnct, town or city where said
court is located. shall also have
concurrent jurisdiction with JUS
tees of the peace in criminal
cases.
Sec. 5. Any party to a cause
within the jurisdiction of said
county court, which may be on the
docket of the district court in said
county at the time this act goes
into effect, upon application to
said district court may have said
cause transferred to said county
court, upon payment to the clerk
Of the district court of his fees for
a certified transcript of the record
entries in such cause, and it shall
be the duty of the district court to
transmit forthwith to said county
court the said transcript and all
papers pertaining to the case, to-
gether with a statement of all costs
which have accrued therein.
Sec. 6. The judge of said coun-
ty court shall receive as his COM
pensation the same fees now al
lowed by law for the services of
clerks of the district courts, pro-
vided however that he shall receive
no compensation from the Terrific
rial treasury or from any county
except for fees earned in civil cases
TO which the Territory or a county
is a party, and for fees earned IL
criminal cases in which the same
fees shall be allowed and paid a
are or may be allowed and paid t.
justices of the peace in like cases
Sec. Z. Should either party t.
n suit in said court demand tina
the evidence be preserved, a stem
ographer may be employed by tn,
court at the expense Of said part,
who shall forthwith deposit witt
the court sum of money suficien
to pay the stenographer for hi
services at the rate Of FIVE dollar
per diem, and such compensate.
shall be taxed as costs in the case
Such stenographer shall take a
oath faithfully and truly to tran
scribe such evidence and the pre-
ceedings oil the trial of the case
and the notes taken by him shal
be fled with the papers in tn
case. transcripts of the notes s
taken shall be furnished by tn
stenographer to any party at
charge not exceeding fifteen cent
per folio of 100 words.
Sec. 8. In any case triable b
jury, upon the demand of any pal
ty, a jury may be summoned to tr
the cas- The qualifications {
jurors shall be the same as Of il
rors in the district courts, an
they shall be paid one dollar pc
day in advance by the party d,
manding jury, and shall be take
as costs in the case. They sha
be summoned upon venires issue
by the court TO the sheriff, an
shall be examined and sworn j
the case as jurors are examine
and sworn in the district court
and each side may have three pc
emptory challenges. Only .hoi
jurors actually sworn to try II
case shall receive compensate
unless they are summoned from
distance Of more than three mile