The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-02

boards of supervisors. village coullcAs ~
county commissioners. representing SAD
townships, villages or counties, as the
case may be. 9
Sec. So That no person, or persons:
appointed under any SECTION OF Inns ,,o+ aGs
or disburse any funds hereunder, sna!t
be directly or indirectly interested IN any
part Of the work of construction ror no OF shall
receive any of the money OF this act ap-
propriated, nor shall any Of said com
mittees committee men or for theS gerv
ices as such committees committeeman
or commissioners. -
three hui eG' nine e' o@ Of the General
Laws of nineteen hundred one l9Ol), IS
hereby specifically repealed.
Sec s2 This act shall It, tak fs ff1ses ana
" Ap rq eUaei April AlH.i 60 g. 1903.
CHAPTER 291:-H F. NO: 731:
AN ACT to establish municipal courts
in Incorporated villages having, a popu.,
(2,0OV and less than three thousand
(3.OOO) inhabitants, in all counties whose
population is more than fifty thousand
100000 and less than one hundred and
f1fty thousand G5O,OOO), according to the
teen hundred 'g This act I is to apply to
counties having population OF 50ooo
3in nha or over and less than loo'ooo
Be it enacted by the legislature Of the
State of Minnesota:
Section I. There is hereby established
III ~ M each Incorporated village in the. State
than two thousand (2,6o6) al and ID less than
tn three 5000 thousand inhabitants, in
4han co fiftv whose population is more
than 1kn oo one hundred and fifty thousand
Q5O.OO0), according to the United States
census c for the year nineteen hundred
al business which may lawfully come
Sec: 2: Said court shall be a court OF
record and shall have clerk and seal.
and shall have jurisdiction to hear, try
ana determine civil actions of law where
ceed mo hn IN does not eX
also nave exclusive jurisdiction to hear
all criminal complaints and conduct ali
examinations e,;a; and trials in criminal cases
heretofore cognizable before justice Of
the peace or a de facto municipal
&C court, and it's jurisdiction shall be
In which such village is situated.
1t shall not have jurisdiction OF action
LOT dlVorce. nor Of any action when the
aeiae ;i asked for in the complaint is purely
equlta ole IN Its nature; nor cases involv-
ing the title TO real estate; nor false I'M
prlsonment, libel, SANDER malicious pres
eecutlon, criminal conversations or seduc-
for an action against an executor, or ad-
mlnlstrator IS SUCH and when In any
c cIST piG n 1gess IN SAID court counter
dollars over plaintiffs claim, or an euuit-
able defense or ground for equitable re-
lieL IS lnterposcd, or whenever it shall
trial Of any cause that the title to real
estate Is involved, the said court shall
lnlmcdlately cause an entry Of the facts
to tfe De maze Of record; and cease all fur
me me clerk to certify and return to the
o eliy court of the county in which such
tt VIA. is situated transcript Of all en-
cause, together with all process and
paper relating to the cause, and the clerk Jerk
S Snsl Within ten days after being so or
ana thereupon such district court shall
proceed in the cause to f1raI Judgment and
exec the same as If said cause had
as near as may be, and the costs shall
abide the event Of the action.
Provided: the clerk Of said municipal
return, until the costs chargeablo by the
clerk shall have been paid ~
Sec g.. The qualified electors Of such
t;al5 60 s snal at the general village cleo
dred and four and at the general village
election every third year thereafter, elect
a suitable person to the office Of said
called "municipai Judge" who shall hold
his Office for a term Of three years and.
until his successor shall be elected and
municipal Judge the governor Of the
State Of Minnesota shall appoint, some
next annua! village election occurring
more than thirty days after the vacancy
shall have happened when a judge shall
The governor Of the State of Minnesota,
shall Immediately after the passage Of
this act. and TIE accordance of the pro-
vided appoint some suitable person to
said office, who shall hold the same until
lis s., successor is elected and qualified. ,
be a qualified elector Of said village
Sec. A. Before entering upon the duties
Of MS office the judge shall take and
aa fs for vaa o IL n
which oath shall be fled in the office of
the village recorder Of said village.
of courts Of record, and may administer
oaths and take and certify acknowledge
ments in all cases, and as a. conservator
Of the peace shall have all power and au-
thority which is by law vested in Justices
Of the peace, or any other judicial off,
Ger.
curing his absence. he may procure any
competent and DISTINGUISHED attorney in
the county to act for him.
Such attorney SO called in shall take and
subscribe the same oath of office and have
all the powers possessed by the municipal
judge in said matter, or during such time.
as he may, by the written order Of such
municipal judge, be requested so to act
Prior to the entry Of such appointed
person upon the discharge Of such judicial
functions, the judge shall enter a full copy
Nothing in this act shall be so construed
as to disqualify or prevent the municipal
judge from practicing as an attorney in
municipal court.
Sec; 5. Said municipal 2 court shall have
IN Tn1n of i1,1r
The salary or compensation Of said
clerk shall be such as such judge shall
deet and shall hef be paid by such udst
duties if his office shall take an oath to
support the Constitution Of the United
States and Of the State Of Mnnssota and
perform the duties Of his office. and shall
the sum Of one thousand d'ooo) doll dollars rs
president Of said village, conditioned that
he will account to and pay over to said
village and county, on the first Monday
other moneys belonging to or to go to
said village and county, which may have
come into his hands during the month
times, pay over to all other persons. on
demand, all moneys to which they may
be entitled, which have come into his
hands in virtue or by reason of his said
office.
Such oath and bond shall be filed in the
office Of said clerk or recorder Of said
Sec: g. The municipal court shall have
full power and authority to issue all
process, civil and criminal, necessary and
proper to carry into effect the jurisdiction
other determinations, and it. shall have
possessed by, courts Of record at common
statutes of this state applfcable To courts