The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-29


ten years from the date of the rendition
thereof, be lien upon the real property
in said county of Kenosha except the
Homestead mentioned in section 1888 of
the statutes of Wisconsin. of every person
against whom such Judgment shall be
rendered and docketed, and which lie may
have at the time of dOcketing thereof in
said county of kenosha or which he shall
! acquire ut any time thereafter within said
! period of ten years. Such judgments shall
/ have the same force and effect and be
subject to the same limitations as judg-
mentS of the circuit court and said judg
ments shall be enforced and executions
thereon be issued from said municipal
| court III 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-
dition to the powers vested in said mu-
nicipal court. as aforesaid, shall have all
| the powers and jurisdiction of a justice OF
the peace in said county in all civil and
criminal actions and proceedings, and the
power to hear and determine any such
cases although the title to land may come
into question therein, and shall have power
to- hold preliminary examinations in
criminal cases; and shall have exclusive
Jurisdiction of all prosecutions for breach
of the charter and OF any ordinance Of
the city of Kenosla, and in the trial Of
criminal actions for offenses committed
within said city which would otherwise
be ,cogniZable by Justices Of the peace,
subject to an appeal to the circuit court
for Kenosha county from any judgments
or orders made i'll such actions. Said
judge and the several circuit court COM
missioners shall have exclusive jurisdic-
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
before him or them the persons so charged
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
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accused and a request by him to be SEN
fenced, the said Judge shall have power,
authority. and jurisdiction to sentence the
accused for any offense except homicide
Section z. All examinations, recogni-
zances and commitments from or by said
municipal judge or other examining mag
tardy cases. and, in all criminal cases
wherein the maximum penalty does not
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 county Of Kenosha, within the
time prescribed by law, and the attend
of any person so committed shall be Sc
cured In the same manner as provided
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
ance with the rules and practice Of the
circuit court of Kenosha county.
Section o. The general provisions OF
law which may at any time be in force
relative to circuit and justices courts, and
actions and proceedings therein, in 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
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the justices OF the supreme court for cir
cult courts, shall be In force in said mu-
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
the jurisdiction of justices of the peace
shall not apply to said municipal court or
to the judge thereof Court commission
ers in said county shall have the same
powers and be subject to the same duties
in respect to actions and proceedings In
said municipal court as In the circuit
court
Section TO- The provisions of law APP
plicable to change Of venue in the circuit
courts OF this state, shall be applicable to
said municipal court, except that when
changed, it shall be changed to the circuit
court of Kenosha county, and such change
Of venue shall not prevent the granting
by said circuit court of further change
of venue as provided in section 2622 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 2621 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
1928 of the statutes of this state so far a $
applicable shall apply to said municipal
court and that the judge thereof shall
have the right to call upon a 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. II any person charged upon
indictment or information with criminal
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 case properly
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
circuit court rs fully as if they had been
originally certified and returned thereto.
Section. II. The qualified electors Of the
county of Kenosha SHALL on the first Tues
day of April, 1909, and on the same day
of the same month each four years there
after, elect a suitable person to the office
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 be re-
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-
pen in the office of municipal judge, the
governor of the state Of Wisconsin shall
appoint a suitable person, duly qualified,
TO fill such vacancy until q successor is
vacancies for the residue of the term shall
be held and notice thereof shall be given
in 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
lions, be subject to all the liabilities, pro-
hibitiOns and restrictions Of circuit judges,
and may exercise the powers of circuit
judges except as herein provided. Such
his office shall take and subscribe the
oath of Office prescribed in the constitution,
and file the same in the office of the
The The salary of such judge shall be two
thousand dollars per annum until other
wise fixed by the county board, which
shall be paid to him monthly by the
county treasurer of said county. and while
he holds the Office. Of municipal judge he
shall not practice his profession.
Section II. In case of sickness tenn
porary absence or disability of said judge
he may, by order in writing, filed and re-
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