Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-08
No. $50, Al Published June 10, 1907
CHAPTER 218, LAWS or 1907.

NO. 500, a. LRuDl1SQeQ June I'D, l3UI.
CHAPTER 218, LAWS OF 1907.
AN ACT to establish a fourth municipal
court in and for the county Of Dunn.
The people OF the State OF Wisconsin,
represented in Senate and Assembly, do
Section /. A fourth municipal court in
and for the county Of Dunn Is established,
under the name Of the fourth municipal
and jurisdiction hereinafter specified and
provided Said court shall have a seal
with suitable device to be procured under
at the expense of Dunn county. All papers,
dispositions, certificates, Acknowledgements.
communications and other documents, .ac-
S seated w a9S ths seal q s sa cdu jugs Se
evidence In all courts and places In this
state and shall have the same effect as
the seal of all courts of record.
court and the judge thereof shall take
cognizance of and shall have jurisdiction
to hear, try and determine all actions and
proceedings at law, wherein the amount of
the debt, damages and demand and penalty
of forfeiture shall not exceed the amount
Of five hundred dollars; all actions to re-
with damages, for the unlawful taking or
detention thereof, wherein the value of the
property claimed shall not exceed the sum
Of five hundred dollars; all actions arts
Ing under chapter 145 of the statutes of
1898, when the amount claimed shall not
exceed FIVE hundred dollars all charges for
criminal OuenBeS, 10CluOlQH DaBC6FUyt 6Cl6-
ing within said county which are not pun
ishable by commitment to state prison, and
all offenses arising under the charter and
ordinances Of all duly incorporated cities
judge shall have power and Jurisdiction
throughout the county to cause to be
brought before him all persons who may
be charged with having committed any
criminal offense and to issue process there
for and to commit them to jail or re-
quire bail, as the case may require he
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ers and rights given by law to justices of
2. A Judgment. of confession may be en-
tered by the judge of said court, in any
sum not exceeding one thousand dollars;
without action, whether for money due
or to become due, or to secure any person
against contingent liability on behalf of
the defendant, or BOTH If verified state
ment be made by the defendant to the
following effect:
First 1t must state the amount for
thorize the entry of Judgment therefor by
the judge Of said court.
Second. If it be for money due or to
become due, it shall state concisely the
fact or facts out Of which the indebted
ness arose and must show that the amount
confessed Is Justly due or to become due.
curing the plaintiff against, a contingent
liability, 1t must state concisely, all facts
constituting a contingent liability and
must show that the amount confessed does
8. But nothing herein contained shall
be construed to give said municipal Judge
cognizance of or Jurisdiction over any &C
ton mentioned in subdivisions 1, 2 and
of section 1878 Of the statutes of 1898.
4. The general provisions Of laws rela-
tive to civil and criminal actions by JUS
court as far as applicable, and all appeals,
civil and criminal, from said court, may
be taken in the same manner and with
like effect as is provided by law for APP
peals from judgments of Justices of the
peace.
Section 8. On the first Tuesday in
April, 1908, and every four years there
after, there shall be elected In the county
of Dunn In the same manner as county
Judges are elected, Judge Of said fourth
municipal court, who shall hold his Office
for term of four years from the first
Monday of May next following his election,
and until his successor is elected and quail
fee of the said municipal Judge such
vacancy shall be filled by appointment by
the governor, Of this state, and the person
the residue of the term for which his
predecessor was elected or appointed
Upon the passage and publication of this
shall be deemed vacant and shall be filed
by appointment by the governor within
| thirty days thereafter, and the person thus
appointed shall hold Office until the first
Monday in May, A. D. 1908, or until his
successor is elected and qualified.
Section 4. The Judge Of said municipal
court snail uOlO no Oln6f county once
during the term for which ne was elected
or appointed. The said judge shall. be-
fore entering upon the duties of his Office
| take and subscribe the. constitutional oath
of office and file the same with the clerk
of the circuit court of Dunn county, and
execute to the said county bond in the
| sum of thousand dollars, with two or
more sureties to be approved by the county
! treasurer of said county. conditioned upon
the faithful performance of the duties of
| said office and the faithful accounting of
| all moneys, properties and effects which
| may come into his hands by authority of
| the said office. and shall record and file
the same as provided by section 702 Of
! the statutes of 1898.
| Section s. The judge of said fourth
| municipal court shall hold his office al
| ternately In the village of Boyceville and