The Advocate and news., 1899-03-22
published in the Advocate and News, Off
cial State paper, March "a, 1891
House Bill No. 600.

sas, and defining the Jurisdiction thereof
and the powers and duties OF the officers
thereof, and limiting the Jurisdiction
thereof and the Jurisdiction OF the JUS
tices Of the peace Of said Wichita city
township, and creating judge. clerk
and marshal Of said court and defining
their duties, and providing for the APP
pointment and the election Of the Judge,
the clerk and the marshal of said court
and providing for their salaries and pay
nlent thereof.
Be It enacted by the Legislature of the
State Of Kansas:
Section /. In Wichita city township, Sedg-
wick county, Kansas, Is hereby created and
81 fSpt g s6 6e cSr SSed sb6 he city
one presiding judge, whose style Of office
shall be Judge Of the city court" and
said court shall have one clerk, whose style
o! office shall be "clerk of the city court"
whose style OF office shall be marshal Of
the city court"
Section O. The court hereby established
shall, under the limitations and restrlc-
dlction OF civil actions for the recovery Of
money only, and to try and determine the
same, where the amount claimed does not
exceed six hundred dollars; and the court
hereby established shall have jurisdictions
Of actions for the recovery Of specific per-
sonal property not exceeding three hun
dIed dollars In value, as hereinafter pro-
yided. In all other respects the said court
rlsdlction, civil and criminal, as justices
Of the peace now have In this state, and
for the purpose Of the Jurisdiction hereby
conferred, and Of its proper and necessary
exercise, all the laws OF this state relating
to the powers, duties and jurisdiction OF
justices OF the peace, and practice, plead
ings and proceedings in Justice courts
which are not in conflict with the proVis-
ions Of this act, shall apply to said city
court and the Judge thereof, and to the
mode OF practice therein, and to the power
thereof, original, mesne, and final, 80 far as
the same may be applicable provided that
after this act shall take effect justices OF
the peace in said Wichita city township
shall have no Jurisdiction OF any case, civil
or criminal, except In civil actions for the
recovery Of money only where the amount
ceed the sum Of one dollar; but this act
shall not apply to any suit or proceedings
pending before said justices Of the peace at
the time this act takes effect nor to the
enforcement Of judgments Heretofore rem
dered by them.
Section g. All writs and processes Of
every kind In cases brought or pending in
said city court shall be issued by the clerk
thereof. or In case Of his absence. or being
otherwise engaged, then by the Judge
thereof, in the name Of the clerk. in the
same manner as such writs and processes
are issued by the clerk Of the district
court
Section 4. That the Office Of Judge, clerk
and marshal Of said court are hereby Gre
ated, whose terms Of office respectively shall
commence with the date Of their election.
and who shall hold their office for the term
Of two years, and until their successors are
elected and qualified as provided bv this
act Provided further, that II shall be un-
lawful for the judge Of said court to en-
gage in the practice Of law In any Of the
courts OF the state OF Kansas during his
said term Of Office
Section s. Said Judge, clerk and marshal
shall at the time of their election be quail
iied voters Of the city Of Wichita and shall
reside therein during their term Of office,
and the Judge OF said court shall be law
yer regularly admitted to practice law in
the district courts of Kansas.
Section Q. All writs and processes Issued
by the judge or clerk Of said court shall be
the sheriff Of said county, or when proper
tn the sheriff Of adjoining or other counties
In said state, and shall be executed and
returned by such officer in the same man
ner in all respects as now provided by law
In relation to Writs and processes Issued
by the clerk Of the district court.
Section T. The judge of said court shall
receive pay for his services a salary OF one
thousand 1--WE hundred dollars per year, and
the clerk Of said court shall receive for his
services salary OF six hundred dollars per
year, and said marshal OF said court shall
receive pay for his services salary Of nine
hundred dollars per year. Such salaries
shall be paid by Sedgwick county in the
same manner as the county officers are
paid.
Section s. The clerk Of said court shall
record the proceedings of said court, make
out all writs,. processes and other, papers
necessary to be signed or issued by said
clerk or Judge, administer Oaths required
In judicial and other proceedings before
such court or the judge thereof, file all
papers in cases pending in said court,
docket cases and set the same for trial,
and he shall perform such other clerical
duties in relation to the proceedings In said
court as may be directed by said judge.
Section g. Said court shall keep a civil
and criminal docket, which shall be fur
nished by said Sedgwick county, in which
docket must be entered by the clerk or the
| judge every case brought or pending in
said court and all the proceedings had or
done therein, in the same manner in all
respects as is provided by law relating to
the docket Of justices Of the peace, and
said Sedgwick county shall furnish all nee
essary and proper stationery for the use Of
said court.
Section 10. The county commissioners of
said Sedgwick county shall provide suita-
BILE rooms for holding said court In said
city, and provide for suitable furniture,
| fuel and lights and all other necessary in