Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-08

/ AN ACT to amend section 261, statutes OF
1898, as amended, relating to school DIS
| The people of the State of Wisconsin,
represented in Senate and Assembly, 90
enact as follows:
/ as amended by chapter 129, laws OF 1899,
and by. chapter 1913. laws Of 1901, is
amended to READ, Section 261. Every cry
/ loan to a school district may be made Tor
! such time not exceeding fifteen years, and
| of such amount as together with all other
! Indebtedness of such district, shall not ex-
/ coed five per centum of the last preceding
| assessed valuation of the prop
| erty in such district not less than TWO
| thirds of which valuation shall be on
| real estate, and not exceeding in any case
! twenty-five thousand dollars, as may be
| agreed upon the principal shall be pay
| able in equal annual installments from a
| time fixed by said commissioners, with
| interest at a uniform rate of three ana
| one-half per centum per annum, payable
| annually. No such loan shall be made
until proof be filed in the office of said
commissioners of the complete perform
ance on the part of such district ofSeach
and every act hereinafter required to pre-
cede the same.
/ Approved June ID, 1907.
NO. CHATTER I'LL Pr 217 9 laws 'e OF 1907 7'O'
! AN ACT to establish a third municipal
+ court in and for the county Of Dunn.
| The people of the State of Wisconsin,
| enact as follows:
Section l. A third municipal court in
and for the county Of Dunn is established,
under the name of the third municipal
court Of Dunn county, with the powers
| and jurisdictions hereinafter specified and
provided Said court shall have seal
the direction of the judge of said court
! at the expense of Dunn county. All pa
pers, dispositions, certificates, acknowledge
ments. communications and other docu-
ants md al hH SOLD iJd0
| when sealed with the seal of said court
shall be evidence in all courts and places
| in this state and shall have the same eff
| feet as the seal of all courts of record.
| and the judge thereof shall take cogniZance
| OF and shall have Jurisdiction to hear,
| try and determine all actions and proceed
tngs 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-
cover the possession of personal property,
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
arising under chapter 145 Of the statutes
| of 1898, and the amount claimed shall
not exceed five hundred dollars; all
charges for criminal offenses, including bas-
tardy, arising within said county which
are not punishable by commitment to state
prison, and all Offenses arising under the
charter and ordinances of all duly incor-
porated cities and villages within said
county; said 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
therefor and to commit them to Jail or
require bail, as the case may require; he
shall have the jurisdiction, authority,
powers and rights given by law to justices
Of the peace.
Q judgment of confession may be
entered 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 a 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
which Judgment may be entered and au-
thOrize the entry Of judgment therefor by
the judge Of said court.
Second. If 1t 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.
Third. If it be for the purpose Of Sc
curing the plaintiff against a contingent
liability, it must state concisely all facts
constituting a contingent liability and must
show that the amount confessed does not
! exceed the same.
8. But nothing herein contained shall
| be construed to give said municipal judge
| cognzance of or jurisdiction over any &C.
ton mentioned in subdivisions l, and
OF section 1878 of the statutes of 1898.
4. The general provisions of law rela-
tive to civil and criminal actions by JUS
tices Of the peace, shall apply to the said
court as far as applicable, and all ap-
peals, civil and criminal, from said court,
may be taken in the same manner and
with like effect as Is provided by law for
appeals 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 third
municipal court, who shall hold his office
for term Of four years from the first
Monday Of May next following his cleo
ton, and until his successor Is elected
and qualified, and in case Of a vacancy
| occurring in the office Of the said mu-
| nicipal judge, such vacancy shall be filled
| by appointment by the governor of this
state, and the person SO appointed shall
| term for which his predecessor was elected
or appointed, Upon the passage and pub
| llcation Of this act, the Office of the Judge
shall be filed by appointment by the gov
ernor within thirty days thereafter, and
| the person thus appointed shall hold office
| until the first Monday In May, A. D. 1908,
fed. -~''- '' 4N''--
Section f. The judge of said municipal
| court shall hold no other county office
| during the term for which he 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 a bond in the
| sum of one thousand dollars, with two
or more sureties to be approved by the
county treasurer of said county, condi.
| the duties of said office and the faithful
accounting of all moneys, properties and
| effects which may come into his hands
| Inv nIITh ftNy Of hn col nf1a mud hall
record and file the same as provided by
section 7O2 of the statutes Of 1898
Section 5. The judge of said third mu-
nicipal court shall hold his Office in the
in a suitable room, furnished, cared for
and provided for such purpose by said
county. In case of sickness, absence or
temporary disability, the said municipal
fled in said court, appoint the county
| judge a court commissioner, or any jus
tice Of the peace IN said county, to dis
charge the duties Of such municipal judge
| during such sickness, absence or disability,
| who shall have the powers of such judge
| when administering said office and shall
be entitled to receive as compensation the
per diem provided as hereinafter stated.
Section 8. The judge of the third mu-
| nicipal court of Dunn county shall be ex-
| oficlo court commissioner and shall have
and may exercise all the powers conferred
| upon commissioners by section 2434 OF
| the statutes Of 1898 of this state, and
every authority granted to and limitations
| of the powers Of a court commissioner by
the laws of this state shall be construed
hto extend to said municipal judge acting
| in such capacity, except when otherwise
nation of said court when SO acting shall
| be Judge Of the Third Municipal Court
| of Dunn County"
Section Z. The municipal Judge shall
have and receive the same fees in all civil
actions as are now allowed by law to
Justices Of the peace, and is empowered