Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-08-13

justices of the peace rendered IN said
municipal court and docketed, as pre-
Ct said court, shall for period expiring
ten years from the date OF the rendition
thereof, be lien upon tie real propetthhg ~,
homestead mentioned il section 49, OF
the statutes of Wisconsin, of every person
against whom such Judgment shal be
rendered and dockeied. and which he may
have ut the time OF dOcketlng Thereon II
said county OF Nen0sha or which he shal!
acquire ut any time thereafter WITHIN sal ii
period of ten years Such judgments Shall
have the same force and erect ana DE
subject to the same limitations as ludg-
ments of the circuit court, and said Judg-
ments shall be enforced and executions
thereon be issued from said municipal
court in the same manner and with the
same force and effect as judgments and
executions of and from the circuit court
of Kenosha county.
Section q. The municipal judge, in ad-
d!t!on to the powers vested IN sald hlu I1
the powers and jurisdiction OF a justice OF
the peace in said county in all civil ana
criminal actions and proceedings, and the
power to hear and determine any such
into question therein and shall have power
to hold preliminary examinations IN IN
jurisdiction of all prosecutions for breach
of the charter and of any ordinance OF
the city of Kenosha, and in the trial OF OF
criminal actions for offenses committed
within said city which would otherwise
be equitable by justices of the peace,
subject to an appeal to the circuit court
or orders made in such actions. Said
judge and the several circuit court COM
missioners shall have exclusive jurisd1c-
ton to institute and conduct examinations
in all criminal and bastardy cases arising
within the county of Kenosha, and the
power and jurisdiction to cause to come
with committing bastardy or any. criminal
offense, within such county and commit
them to Jail or bind them over for trial
at the next term of said municipal court
or to the circuit court as the case may
require, and on a plea Of guilty by the
accused and a request by him to be SEN
authority and jurisdiction to sentence the
section I. Al examinations, recogni,
ZanceS and commitments from or by said
municipal judge or other eSamining mag
istrates of said county of Kenosha in bas-
tardy cases, and. in all criminal cases
exceed five years In the state prison. shall
be certified and returned to such munich
pal court instead Of to the circuit court
for said e9qn Of Ken0sh within the
ance Of witnesses required upon the trial
of any person so committed shall be Sc
by law in the circuit court and all such
cases shall thereafter be proceeded with
and tried in said municipal court, as pro-
vided by law in similar cases in circuit
courts.
Section 8. Appeals from judgments of
justices Of the peace in said county may
be taken either to such municipal court
or to the circuit court Of Kenosha county,
and when so taken to said municipal court
shall be heard and disposed of in accord
ance with the rules and practice of the
circuit court of Kenosha county.
Section 9. The general provisions OF
law which may at any time, be in force
relative to circuit and justices courts, and
actions and proceedings therein, III civil
and criminal cases, shall apply also to
said municipal court unless inapplicable
and except as otherwise provided in this
act; and the rules of practice prescribed
or which may hereafter be prescribed by
the justices of the supreme court for cir
cult courts, shall be in force in said n1u-
nicipal court; said court may make rules
of practice which shall conform as nearly
as applicable to the rules of practice of
circuit courts, but the laws Of the state
relative to change of venue in criminal
actions which have heretofore been within
the jurisdiction of justices of the peace
shall not apply, to said municipal court or
ers in said count! shall have the same
powers and be subject to the same duties
in respect to actions and proceedings in
court.
Section 10. The provisions Of law ap
plicable to change of venue in the circuit
courts of this state, shall be applicable to
the venue of any action shall be so
changed, it shall be changed to the circuit
of venue shall not prevent the granting
by said circuit court of a further change
of venue provided in section 1922 of
the statutes of this state, provided, how
ever, that nothing Herein contained shall
be construed as abrogating the right to
the change of venue provided for by sec
ton 1921 of the statutes of this state and
when such change of venue shall be made
it shall be by said municipal court direct
to the proper county for the trial of the
action, and provided further that section
M n
applicable shall apply to said municipal
court and, that the, judge thereof shall
have the right to call upon O circuit judge
TO attend, hold court and try such action
and while so doing he shall have the same
powers as if elected judge of said munich
pal court If any person charged upon
Indictment or information with criminal
ottiense shall have procured a change of
venue to the circuit court of Kenosha
county, said municipal court shall commit
or hold the party to. bail to appear at the
next term Of the circuit court, and the
clerk of said municipal court shall trans
nit all papers and a copy of the record
and proceedings in said cnse properly
certified to be such under the seal of
said court. to the said circuit court, which
shall then have full jurisdiction of the
action. All recognizances previously given
in such cases and returned to said mu
nicipal court, may, be enforced by said
originally certified and returned thereto
Section II. The qualified electors of the
county of Kenosha shall, on the first Tues
day OF April, 19VJ, ana on the same DAY
of the same month each four years there
after, elect a suitable person to the Office
of judge of said municipal court, to be
called municipal Judge. who shall hold
his Office for the term of four years from
the first Monday of January next succeed
ing his election, and until his successor is
elected and qualified, and who may beMGe-
moved from Office in ~the manner provided
by the constitution. of this state for the
removal of the judges of the supreme and
circuit courts; provided, however, that for
the first election under this act. it shall
not be necessary to give more than eight
days notice thereof. The municipal judge
who shall have been elected in the year
1909 as aforesaid shall, in addition to the
term for which he is elected as aforesaid,
hold his Office from the first Monday of
May, 1909, to the first Monday of Janu-
airy, 1910. Whenever a vacancy shall hap
governor of the state of Wisconsin shall
appoint a suitable person, duly qualified,
to fill such vacancy until successor is
elected and qualified. Elections to fill
vacancies for the residue of the term shall
be held and notice thereof shall be given
liz the same manner as for the election of
county judges Such Judge shall be an
attorney at law, admitted to practice in
the courts Of this state; shall receive no
fees of office or compensation other than
his salary. He shall have the qualifica-
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