The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-24

boards of supervisors, village councils or
county commissioners. representing said
townships, villages or counties, as the
case may be.
Sec. so. That no person. or persons.
appointed under any section of this act
10 let contracts. superintend construction
or dlsburse any funds hereunder. shall
De directly or indirectly interested in any
part OF the work Of construction of any
roau, Drldge or drainage work, nor shall
receive any of the money of this act app
proprlated, nor shall any Of said COM
mlttees. committee men or commissioners
receive any compensation for their serv-
ices as such committees, committeeman
or commissioners.
Sec. 81. Section eleven Q1l of chapter
Ihree hundred nine 900 OF the General
Laws of nineteen hundred one N9OI. is
hereby specifically repealed.
Sec. ". This act shall take effect and
De In force from and after its passage.
Approved April 20. 1903.
CHAPTER 291.-H. F. NO. 731.
AN ACI to establish municipal courts
IN Incorporated villages having a popu-
1atlon OF more than two Thousand
(2O0O and less than three Thousand
loUUG) inhabitants, in all counties whose
p9IpuIauon Is more than fifty thousand
GoOOOO) and less than one hundred and
nifty thousand Q50,OOO according To the
Cnlted States census for the wear nine
teen hundred. This act is to snpiv 70
counties having a population Of J000O
inhabitants ''''''I i'o'VOV
BE II enacted by the legislature of +ba
State of Minnesota: '
Section 1. There is hereby, as+ob,f,t,,-z
IN each 1ncorporat ted village in tba ST.
OF Minnesota having a population of D1ora
t tIiaa Two We o thousand (2,0O0) and less than
tLLree C3OOO thousand inhs bitants -
az counties whose population il mos ~.
than nifty thousand go OOM and 10
nan 5ita ooS one hundred and fifty thousand
SlooOOV), according to the United ST.,
census for the wear ninatea,i - $500 o55.tcS
d municipal court for the transsctio3 ~
an business which may lawfIIlv CONS
Sec. 2. Said court shall ba . 800. .
a a53 ana shall have clerk and seal
aI9 ShaH have jurisdiction tn Ia9r 49,
the anooi, ,niLe civil actions of law where
c 80 a mo IN controversy does not ev-
ecu nve hundred $500 dollars II stoi1
ali o, iiaHe exclusive jurisdiction to hear
eve complaints and conduct ali
examinations and trials in criminal "a slat
arising and triable within sucb MIS- Iit'99
t rbeoetoIore cognizable before a iustina 81
Court a1d or de facto municipal
co-eXtensive with the limits of the co,,rt'5
III winch such village is situated
1T II Snall not have jurisdiction Of artior,
roiiaf 100 CE; nor OF any action when The
relIet asked for in the complaint 10 1li,r ,,io
equitable in Its nature: nor cases - I.E
ny the ttle 20 real estate: nor faise ~,
pciSGnLnent libel, SANDER malicious pres
lin a. TIIIIIHLl conversations or seduc-
80 stoiI, OF upon a promise to marry nor.
IoL an actlon against an executor or ad
nllnlstrator 3 such. and when IN any
ciaTT, pell''InS IN said court a counter.
I'LL III excess of five hundred (SJ0Ol
dOilars over plaintiffs claim or an ec',i+
S 1Dte 0eiense or ground for equitable re
Iiet IS lnterDo5ed, or whenever If shan
appear from the Dleadfups ar mo-, -
trlaI of any cause that the titIe 10 -
estate IS involved, the said court shall
immediately cause an entry of fhe foctl
- - pe nIace or record, and cease all fur
tEer proceedings I'm the same. and orIo,
me clerk to certify and return to ~
district court of the county In which s,InL
Wage IS situated a transcript of ali en-
csi7sa MAJ IN the record relating to the
cause' togathar with all process and
paper relating to the cause, and the ciarlr
SIlaH within ten days after being so or
r1 Su ndhe such certificate and return:
anu thefeupon such district court shall
proceed IN the cause to firaI Judgment ana
execution the same as If said cause had
Deen commenced in said district court,
as near as may be- and the costs shall
abide the event Of the action
~ QV1ded. the clerk of said municipaI
c rot,I shaI not make such certificate or
return, until the costs chargeahIe IN, +ha
clerk shall have been paid.
Sec. J. The qualified electors Of such
village shall at the general village eIar
5lon 10 be held In the year nineteen hun
dTed ana four and at the general village
election every third year thereafter elect
a suitable person to the office of said
Judge or municipal court. who shall bs
called municipal Judge" who shall bpld
his office for a term of three Years ann
until his SUCCESSOR shall be elected aud
qualified ~
In case Of any vacancy in The office Of
mumclpu judge the governor of the
state of Minnesota shall appoint some
qualhed person to said Office until the
next annual village election occurring
more than thirty days after the vacancy
snail have happened, when 4 Judge shall
be elected for a full term of three wears.
Inc governor Of the State of Minnesota
shall Immediately after the passage OF
r,f+
Visions OF tho same as hereinafter pro-
vided, appoint some suitable person to
sad Office, who shall hold the same until
his successor is elected and qualified.
The judge of said municipal court shall
be qualified elector OF said village.
Sec: 1. Before entering upon the duties
subscribe an oath as prescribed in the
general statutes for judicial officers
which oath shall be fled in the office Of
the village recorder of said village.
He shall have the general powers Of Judges
Of courts Of record. and may administer
oaths and take and certify acknowledge
ments In all cases, and as a Conservation
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
In case of sickness or other cause re-
During his absence, he may procure any
competent and disinterested attorney il,
| 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.
Prlor TO the entry Of such appointed
| person upon the discharge of such judicial
functions, the judge shall enter d full copy
or such order In the records of the court
Nothing in this act shall be so construed
as to diSQualify or prevent the muncipaI
judge from practicing as an attorney in
any court of this state, except in said
municipal court.
Sec ). Said municipal court shall have
clerk, who shall be appointed or re-
moved at the pleasure of said Judge nv
an order in the minutes of the court.
The salary or compensation of said
clerk shall be such as such Judge shall
direct and shall be paid by such Judge
Such clerk, before he enters upon the
duties If his office shall take an oath 10
support the Constitution of the United
States and of the State of Minnesota and
to faithfully and honestly discharge and
perform the duties of his office and shall
execute to such village a penal bond i'm
the sum of one Thousand 1000 dollars
with two sureties, to be approved by the
president of said village, conditioned that
he Will account to and pay over to said
village and county. on the first Monday
of every month, all fines, penalties, and
other moneys belonging to or to 60 10
said village and county, which may have
come into his hands during the month
next preceding. and that he will. at all
times, pay over to all other persons, on
demand all moneys to which they NAV
be entitled. which have come into his
hands in virtue or by reason Of his said
Office.
Such oath and bond shall he filed in the
Office of said clerk or recorder Of said
village
Sec 6. The municipal court shall have