The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-07
Bills Providing for the Establish
ment Of a Municipal Court in
kenosha Sent to Madison
COURT TO HAVE WIDE POWERS
They Will Be introduced Into the SEN
ate and Assembly by Kenosha County,
Representative and 1T Is Thought
They Will Meet With Favor D.

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hshment of a municipal court in Ke-
nosha were sent to Madison today and
one Of them will be introduced in the
state senate by Senator Isaac T.
Bishop, of Somers, while the other
will be presented in the assembly by
! Assembly Curtiss, of Trevor.
The proposed court will have wide
powers if the laws are passed by the
legislature. The bills have been
modelled after acts establishing mnni-
cipal courts in other cities in the
state and 1t is not thought that there
will be any serious opposition to
them. It is certain that they will
have the almost unanimous approval
of the bar Of Kenosha county.
| The bill provides for the establish
ment of a court to be known as "The
Municipal Court of Kenosha County,
and it shall be held in the city of Ke-
lnosha by a judge elected for that pur-
pose. The court is to be a court Of
record and shall have clerk and a
seal suitable to the demands Of the
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powers as the Circuit Court in the
trial of criminal cases except in
charges of murder, mansJaugh
honicide and divorce.
The jurisdiction Of the court in
civil cases shall be over all cases in
which the amount at issue does not
exceed So, 900. The decisions of the
court may be reviewed by the
Supreme Court of the state in the
same manner as the decisions of the
Circuit Court.
Following the clause in regard to
| the powers of the municipal court
the bill takes up the powers of the
Justices of the peace in the county
and the law will not seek to take any
of the present powers of justices save
1.-The work of making preliminary ex-
Nominations on criminal charges. The
prosecution of all cases for the viola
ttion of charter laws of the city is left
lin the jurisdiction of the justices
lsof the peace. IS
I The municipal court is given the
fright to try all cases returned from
the Justice Courts, except murder,
manslaug and homicide. APP
peals from justices Of the peace may
Ebe taken either to the municipal
court or to the Circuit Court.
The law will provide for the selec-
ton of municipal judge at the next
general election of county Judge in
the county, and after that time the
municipal judge shall be elected
every four years. The judge is to re
ceive salary of $1,000 a year. The
law will provide that the governor Of
the state shall appoint z judge Of the
court to serve until such time as al
election is held in 1909. The Judge Of
ney-at-law, admitted to practice IN
the courts of the state, and he shall
receive no fees other than his salary.
The clerk of the municipal court, ac-
cording to the law, is to be appointed
by the judge of the court. The sal
airy of the clerk is fixed Assoc year,
and he shall be paid by the county
treasurer in monthly installments.
The sheriff of the county is named as
the executive officer of the court, and
he may delegate this work to any dep
uties he may see fit. The judge of
the court will have the right to en-
ploy a court reporter, and the law
fixes the salary Of such reporter at
$4 day for time spent in court.
The receipts of the court are to
be paid over to the city and county
treasurers, and all fees for witnesses
and for jurors are to be paid in the
same manner as in the Circuit Court.
The salary of the judge Of the court
shall be borne by the city and county,
the county paying two-thirds and the
city one-third, the same rule to apply
to the other officials of the court. The
expenses of the court are. to be paid in
similar manner, but it shall be nee
essary for the county to provide a
court room for the court.
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