The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-03-07
Revision Committee Of the Wis
consin Assembly Turns in
Bill for Municipal Court
PRUNING KNIFE WAS USED
Many Changes Made in the Bill by the
Committee on Revision Assem-
b1yman Curtiss of Trevor
Fathers tie Bill

The bill for the establishment of a
municipalsc in Kenosha has been
reported to the State Assembly from
| the Committee on Revision and it was
introduced by Assemblyman Walker
NJ. Curtiss (by request). The bill was
referred to the Committee on Judic-
larry, and if It is ever reported from
that committee the people Of Kenosha
will have to get busy and show that
they desire municipal court here.
This morning copies of the bill we're
sent to leading attorneys of the city
for their consideration and in a few
days meeting of the bar Of the city
will be called to take action on the
bill. Il must Else be approved by the
Common Council and by the County
Board of Supervisors. Many of the
members of the Board have expressed
themselves as being opposed to the
establishment of the new court.
The bill, as sent from the Committee
i
from the original draft as prepared in
Kenosha. It covers fifteen printed
pages and is one of the longest bills
returned from the committee to be
considered at the present session.
The powers granted to the court by
the bill are summed up in the follow
ing sections:
Section 2. The Municipal court of
Kenosha county shall be a court of
record and have a clerk and a seal
with suitable device to be procured
under the direction of the Judge
thereof.
Section 8. The Municipal Court of
Kenosha county shall have and exer-
else powers and jurisdiction concur
rent with and equal to the Circuit
Court of Kenosha county in all cases
of crimes and misdemeanors arising IN
said county, except charges of MUIR
der, manslaug liter and homicide.
Section 4. Said,s municipal Court
shall have and exercise powers and
/ jurisdictions in all civil actions and
special proceedings within the county
Of Kenosha, in law and equity con-
/ current with, and equal to, the iuris-
diction of the Circuit Court for Keno
sha county, where the value of the
property in controversy or the amount
of money claimedAor sought to be re-
covered, after deducting all payments
and set-offs, shall not exceed two
thousand dollars, and also all actions
for the foreclosure of mortgages and
mechanics liens in which the amount
claimed does not exceed the sum
aforesaid, although the value of the
property to be affected exceeds that
sum; except that said court shall not
have or exercise any jurisdiction in
any cause of action or case arising
under chapters 100, 147, 148 and 149 of
the statutes of 1898, beyond that con-
ferred by law upon Circuit Court Com
missioners.
Section S. The judgments and
orders of said Municipal Court in civil
and criminal actions, except such as
would otherwise be cognizable by
| justices of the peace, may be reviewed
by the sSupreme Court in the same
manner that judgments and orders of
CircuitECourts may be.
The law provides that the Judge
shall serve a term Of four years, and
that the first judge elected shall be at
the next regular election of county
j judge for the county. The salary of
the judge is placed at $1,000 aud he
shall have the right to name his own
clerk. The salary of the clerk is
fixed a $500 year.
4 The expenses of the court are pro-
vided forEas follows:
| Section a. 1.-THE salary of the Judge
and clerk and all other expenses
necessarily incurred in the mainten-
ance of said court, are hereby adjusted
and divided as follows: Two-thirds
of said salaries and expenses Of main
4 tenance shall be paid by the county
of Kenosha, and the remaining one
third shall be paid by the city of Ke-
l nosha. Said salaries and expenses
shall, in the first instance, be paid
out of the county treasury of the
county of Kenosha as nereinbefore
provided. AT the annual accounting
between the city and county of Keno
sha. the county treasurer shall furnish
unto the proper officer Of the city Of
Kenosha, detailed statement of the
amounts paid out of the county
treasury as aforesaid. And it shall
be the duty of the said treasurer of
the city Of Kenosha, when said ac-
count shall have been rendered and
allowed, and he is hereby authorized
and EN- powered, tc pay to the said
county treasurer sum equal to one
| third Of salaries and expenses.
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