The Advocate and news., 1899-03-08
published In the Advocate and News, ON
cial State paper, March 8, 1882
Senate Bill No. I6I.

city township, Atchlson county, Kansas,
and defining the jurisdiction thereof, and
the powers and duties OF the officers
thereof, and limiting the Jurisdiction
! thereof, and the Jurisdiction Of the
justices OF the peace Of said Atchlson city
township and creating a judge and a mar
shall of said court and defining their du-
ties, and providing for the appointment
and the election Of the judge and the mar
shall Of said court, and providing for their
salaries and payment thereof.
Be 1t enacted by the Legislature Of the State
Of Kansas:
Section 1. In Atchlson City Township,
AtchisOn, County, Kansas, Is hereby Gre
ated and established q court TO be called
shall have one presiding Judge, whose style
of office shall be Judge OF the City Court, !"
and said court shall have one marshel,
who's, style Of office shall be Marshal OF
Section 2. The court hereby established
shall under the limitations and restric-
tiOns herein provided have original juris-
dietiOn of civil actions for the recovery OF
money only and to try and determine the
same where the amount claimed does not
exceed three hundred dollars, and the court
hereby established shall have Jurisdiction
Of actions for the recovery OF specific per-
sonal property not exceeding three hundred
dollars in value, as hereinafter provided.
In all other respects the said court hereby
established shall have the same Jurisdlc-
ton, civil and criminal, as justices of the
peace now nave Ill LAlb 0Ldle, anu AOE lAlC
purpose OF the jurisdiction hereby conferred
and Of It's proper and necessary exercise,
all the laws of this State relating to the
powers, duties and jurisdiction Of justices
Of the peace, and practice, pleadings and
proceedings in justice courts which are not
In conflict with the provisions 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, so far as the same may
be applicable, provided, that after this act
shall take effect justices OF the peace in
said Atchison 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 claimed, eX-
elusive Of costs, does not exceed the sum OF
one dollar; but this act shall not apply to
justice of the peace at the time this act
takes effect nor to the enforcement of
judgments heretofore rendered by them.
Section 8. All writs and processes Of
every kind in cases brought or pending in
said city court shall be issued by the judge
thereof, in the same manner as such wrtts
and processes are issued by justices Of the
peace
Section 4. The Governor shall appoint and
commission judge and a marshal for said
court hereby created, whose term Of office,
respectively, shall COMMENCE with the date
Of their commission and who shall hold
their office for two years and until their sue
cessors are elected and qualified as herein
after provided.
Section 6. Said Judge and Marshal at the
time Of their appointment or election be
qualified voters Of the City Of Atchison and
shall reside therein during their term Of Of
flee and the Judge Of said Court shall be
lawyer regularly admitted to practice law
In the District Courts Of Kansas.
Section 6. All Writs and processes issued
by the Judge of said Court shall be directed
to the Marshal Of said Court or to the Sher-
iff of said County or when proper to the
Sheriff Of adjoining Counties in said State,
and shall be executed and returned
by such officer in the same man
ner in all respects as now pro-
esses issued by the Clerk Of the District
Court, and when issued to the Sheriff he
shall be allowed such fees for his services
as are now allowed by law to. constables OF
this State for like services, to be paid by the
Marshal of said Court out of his salary.
Provided, that In no case shall process is
sue to any County other than Atchison and
adjoining Counties
Section Z. The Judge Of said Court shall
receive pay for his services salary of One
Thousand Dollars per year, and said Mar
shall of said Court shall receive pay for his
services a salary of Six Hundred Dollars
per year. Such salaries shall be paid by
AtchsOn County In the same manner as the
County officers are paid.
Section g. The Judge of said Court shall
record the proceedings OF said Court, make
out all wrlts, processes and other papers
Judge, administer Oaths required in judi
cial 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 per-
form such other clerical duties In relation
to the proceedings in said Court as may be
directed by law.
Section g. Said Court shall keep a civil
and criminal docket which shall be fur
nished by said Atchison County, in which
docket must be entered by the Judge every
cause brought or pending in said Court and
all the proceedings hador done therein, in the
same manner in all respects asis provided by
law relating to the docket of Justices Of the
Peace, and said Atchison County shall sur
nish all necessary and proper stationery for
the use of said Court.
Section TO- The County Commissioners of
said Atchison County shall provide suitable
rooms for holding said Court In said City
and provide for suitable furniture, fuel and
lights and all other necessary incidental
expenses for said Court.
Section H. In any civil case brought in
said Court change OF venue may be taken
to the Districk Court of AtchisOn County.