Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-08-27

The following resolution was present.
ed by j. +. McClung and duly adopted:
We, the republicans of the county of
Fall River, state of South Dakota, in
delegate convention assembled, at Hot
Springs in said county, for the pur-
pose of selecting fifteen delegates to
attend q republican convention of the
Seventh Judicial Circuit of South Da-
kota at Custer City on the 2Sth day of
August. 1897, for the purpose of plac-
ing in nomination candidate for the
office of judge of said circuit. believing
that business should characterized the ad-
ministration of justice, that courts of
law should be equally open and accessi-
BILE to the poor as the rich and that
their procedure should be attended
with as little expense as practicable
and reasonably possible, and that to
these ends, the courts should be easy
of access, not only to those attorneys
and litigants residing in the same
county as that in which the Judge re-
sides, but also to those residing in
other counties, that the courts should
be so held that public and private bus
mess will be facilitated and litigants
be able to get speedy trials of their &C.
tions and the public be saved the eX-
pense of keeping for long periods of
time persons held to answer upon &C.
cusation of crime and that it should
ever be the object of the court to avoid
both public and private expense to the
public of referees fees and to the liti-
CANT of railroad fare and similar items,
therefore we do hereby declare that we
deem it essential to the public welfare
that the judge of the circuit court of
this said Seventh Judicial circnit be
governed by the following rules of ac-
tion, to-wit:
l. That, except at such times as he
shall be engaged in holding term of
court, he shall, on at least one day in
each calendar month, to be known as
motion day, sit in chambers in the
county seat in the circuit to hear such
motions and other matters as shall
then be brought on to be heard, and he
shall continue to sit in chambers at
such place from day to day until all
matters brought on for hearing on mo-
tion day shall have been heard or 9TH
erwise disposed of; and on or before
the 18th day of each month, he shall
notify the clerk of courts in each coun-
ty of the time and place of the motion
day for said county for the next en-
suing month.
9. He shall in each county in the
circuit hold terms of court at times
fixed therefor by statute, except he be
prevented therefrom by sickness or
other unavoidable casualty or except
an adjournment be requested in writ
ing by attorneys representing all liti-
gants having actions to be brought on
for hearing at such term of court.
3. He shall not appoint a referee to
hear or try any action which he him
self can sit and hear and try,
except where such appointment is nec-
essary and unavoidable.
4. He shall not hear any motion,
order to show cause or other matter in
any action at any place without the
county wherein the action is to be
tried, except upon stipulation Of the
parties to the action, but shall con-
tinue any and all such matters to be
heard at the next motion day and in
the county wherein the action is to be
tried and cause notice of such contin-
uance to be given to the opposing
party; provided, however, that the
party bringing ON such matter for
hearing without the county of the
place Of trial may show to the court or
judge by affidavit, to be served upon
the opposing party with the motion, Or
der OF other papers, that prejudice
would result TO him BY reason Of Q de-