St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-29
SECRETS OF SENATE.
Executive Session Considers
Some Appointments Made
by the Governor.
GREER'S APPELLATE COURT
Will Be a Triple-Headed Bench
to Travel Over the
State.
GREER'S APPELLATE COURT
MIR. OZMUN'S NANY BILLS
He Has an Australian Measure
for Nominating Non
Partisan Officers.

The first executive session of the sea-
son was held last night by the senate.
Lieut.. Gov. Clough was in the chair.
and. after the transaction of ordinary
business, motion was made by Presi-
dent Day to 20 into executive session
to consider list of appointments made
by Gov. Nelson. When the doors were
again open no one would say
anything as to what had been
done, further than that the
consideration of the appointments
had been laid over for three days. Lieut..
Gov. Clough said that the names of the
appointees would not be given out.
They were to be kept secret. The sec
retary of the senate was instructed to
place copies of the list of appointments
i'm envelopes, seal them and address one
to each senator. This will not be as
difficult a task as may be
supposed. There was no secret
made of the appointments at
the governors Office yesterday
afternoon. The names of all the ap-
poIntees were given to reporters for all
the papers, and the commissions were
spread out for the inspection of report
ers and others. Besides that the, COM
missions were delivered to the persons
appointed. A correct list of the names
sent to the senate last night may be
found in the daily papers this morning,
and Clerk Langum may send copy or
the GLOBE to'each senator and feel sure
he will receive copy Of the names re-
uired to be transmitted under seal.
The Appellate Court
Senator Greer introduced an impor-
tant bill last night, which provides for
creating district court of appeals, or
rather three of them. The state is di-
vided into three districts. for each of
which chief justice shall be elected
and the judges of the district court shall
sit in rotation, as associate justices, Oil
the benches thus created. The appel
late court is all intermediate one. Ap-
peals shall lie to it from tile district and
municipal courts. 1t has jurisdiction in
civil and criminal cases, and any trial
eral term.
The several judicial districts of the
state are divided SO as to make up three
districts. There is to be chief justice
elected for each, and the judges of the
district courts in the divisions shall sit,
two at time. as associate justices. The
judicial districts and the counties COM
posing them, are divided into general
term districts as follows: The First.
Second. Third and Fifth judicial dis
tricts shall constitute the First
division. The Fourth. Seventh, Eley-
enth and Fifteenth judicial districts
shall constitute the second general
term district. Tho Sixth, Eighth,
Ninth, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Four
teenth, Tenth and Sixteenth judicial
districts shall constitute third general
term district. There shall be four gem
eral terms of the appellate court he'd
each year and as many more as the
court shall order.
Who VIII Presine.
The first term of the First appellate
district court shall be held IN the court
house at St. Paul Oh the second Tues
day III March. 1895, and Judges Ii. r.
Brill, of Ramsey county. and W. Z.
Williston, of Goodhue county, are
desig mated by the bill as associate
judges at this term.
The first term of the second appellate
district court shall be held at Minneap-
oils on the second Tuesday of March,
1895, and Judges Seagraye Smith and
u. B. Searle. of Sterns county, shall
preside at this first term.
The first term of the Third district
shall be held at the court house in Man
kaio on the second Tuesday of March.
1895, and Judges Nj. J. Severance, of
Blue Earth county, and Francis Cald-
we'll, OF LIE Sueur county, are desig-
mated to sit as associate judges of this
court.
The district appellate court in each of
said districts shall, at the first term,
appoint the times and places of holding
the other general terms of said court
for the years 1895 aud 1896. and desig-
nate the district Judges TO sit at such
terms. The judges Of the last terms OF
such courts held at the end of 1896
shall name the times and places for
holding such courts in the two succeed
ing years. and also the judges to sit as
associates.
In csse of the inability of the chief
Judges or those assigned as associate
judges to hold general term any other
Judge of the district court of the state
may do so.
There shall be elected for each of said
appellate districts a resident elector.
learned in the law, as chief judge of
said court, who shall be elected in the
same manner as other state officers. |
The first election shall be held at the |
general election in 1896, and the chief !
Justices shall hold Office for six years. !
Elections shall be had for chief justice |
every six years.
The district judges are made qualified |
members and judges of the district ap !
pellate court, but shall not receive any