New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-04-22
DATES GIVE SATISFACTION
Local Lawyers Well Pleased Witt,
Times For Holding Court.
Terms in Brown County Will be
Held in May and December.
Plan to Transfer Lincoln County to
Twelfth judicial District.

A bill providing for the revision of
the dates for holding The different terms
of court in the Ninth judicial district has
passed the house of representatives and
will soon be introduced IN the state SEN
ate. From Brown county viewpoint
lit is decided improvement over the
present arrangement and local lawyers
have expressed themselves as we'll salts
fed with Its provisions.
The original bill changing the terms
Of court, rs drafted by Representative
8. D. Peterson, of this city, was pot to
the liking of the Redwood county bar.
It stipulated that one of their terms
should begin Oh the third Tuesday in
October and the Redwood people object
ed to being thrown SO close to election.
Accordingly when Mr.. Peterson asked
that it be given its third reading and
passed, Representative Clague, of LAM
berton, offered anumber of amendments.
Representative Peterson was not at all
averse to a compromise and as all the
other counties we're suited these were
adopted, the amended bill fixing the
terms as follows:
In Brown county the terms of court
will commence on the third Tuesday n
May and on the second Tuesday of De-
cember of each year.
In Redwood county the tt rms of court
will hereafter be held on the third Tues
day in April and on the first Wednesday
after the first Monday of November #
each year. ~:
I In Nicollet county the terms of court
will be held commencing on the first
Tuesday in May and on the third Tues
day in October in each year.
In Lyon county the terms of court
will be held commencing on the first
Tuesday in June and on the third Tues
day in November Of each year.
In Lincoln county the term of court
will be held on the first Tuesday In Oc-
tober of each year.
From the above it will be seen that
Brown is the gamer. At the present
time. the terms in this county are held
on the first Tuesday in January and the
third Tuesday in June. The first makes
the term conflict with the meeting Of the
county board and the other brings the
arduous work in the hot months, often
lasting over the Fourth. Members OF
the local bar have long complained OF
the schedule and they see relief from
their annoyances in the revision.
| AS the act, when it is approved BY the
senate, will not 60 into effect until the
LIST of next August, the spring terms Of
court this year will be held at the usual
7 time.
Anoth IT proposed change IS to reduce
the size Of the district by taking away
Lincoln county. Last week Senator
Somerville put in bill in the senate
transferring it to the Twelfth district
Invent through the upper branch of tn.
Legislature and when 1t has been passed
Iyby the house the, senate will act upo1
the change in the dates. The last meas
ure would relieve Judge B. F. Webbel
For considerable work and would BIZ
| hailed with delight by that jurist.
| Late Monday afternoon, and just prio
to the adjournment of the Legislature
the bill detaching Lincoln county ane
changing the terms of court passed thu
senate.