The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15
No. 4S9. ST. Published Nav q. 1909.
CHAPTER 1875. LAWS or 1909

NO 4S9, s Published May 81 1909.
/ CHAPTER 1876, LAWS OF 1909.
AN ACT to amend sections 6. s. "a 20. 80,
and go. Of chapter %, laws of 1907. re-
lating to municipal court of the county
The people of the State of Wisconsin, rep
resented in Senate and Assembly, do en-
act as follows:
END 81 Of chapter %, laws of 1907. are
amended to read Section 6. No person
shall be eligible to the Office Of judge Of
the municipal court unless he be a prac-
ticing attorney duly admitted to the bar Of
Outagamie county, and a qualified elector
and freeholder Of said county The
judge Of said court shall not, while holding
said office, engage in the practice OF law
in any court nor be retained or employed
as solicitor, attorney, or counsel In any &C
ton, matter, or proceeding, nor give ad-
vice or counsel in any matter as an at
torney, solicitor or counsel.
Section 8. The municipal judge shall re-
ceive q salary of two thousand
Ave hundred dollars per year, payable quar-
terly out Of the treasury of Outagamie
county, and the same shall be in full COM
pensation for all his services as such jul
dieial officer.
Section "a. 1. Said Judge shall have
duct examinations in all criminal and
bastardy cases arising within the district
prescribed in the preceding section, and the
power and jurisdiction to cause to come be-
fore him the persons so charged with COM
hitting bastardy or criminal offense, within
such district and commit them to Jail or
bind them over as the case may require,
and on plea Of guilty by the accused and
request by him to be sentenced, the said
Judge shall have power, authority, and
jurisdiction to sentence the accused for any
ofense ., excepting, however, that
the jurisdiction In examinations for muir
der, manslaughter, arson, rape, robbery,
burglary, possession OF burglarious tools,
forgery larceny, embezzlement, false pre-
- aftnmntS murder.
rob, when committed within the city of
I Kaukauna or In the town of Freedom
rent with the justices Of the peace or other
examining magistrates in the city Of Kau-
kauna, and the towns of Freedom, Kau-
kauna, and Buchanan, and exclusive as to
all other magistrates.
e The said municipal court shall have
and exercise powers and jurisdiction equal
and concurrent with the circuit court of
Outagamie county in all cases of crimes
and msdemeapors arising in said county,
except the crimes of murder and man
slaughter.
Section 90 The municipal court shall
nave and exercise powers and jurisdiction
in all civil actions within the county, both
N law and In equity including ac-
tions for divorce and the annulment Of
marriages, concurrent with and equal to
the powers and jurisdiction Of the circuit
court Of Outagamie county, where the
value OF the property in controversy or the
amount of money claimed or sought to be
and set-offs, shall not exceed ten
thousand dollars, and also of all actions for
the foreclosure OF mortgages or in proceed
ingS under chapter lab, statutes of 1898,
in which the amount claimed does not ex-
coed the sum aforesaid, although the value
of the property to be affected by
the judgment exceeds that sum, and shall
also have and exercise powers and 1urlS-
diction within said county concurrent with
and equal to the powers and jurisdiction Of
the said circuit court in certiorari proceed
ings, actions brought for breach of any recog-
nizance given in said court. and of all &C
lions and proceedings under chapters 142,
145, LAT, las, 149, $50, and 1913, statutes
OF 1898 and the amendments thereto. In
actions for divorce the said court shall
have and exercise unlimited powers and
Jurisdiction respecting property rights
therein involved
Section 80. ALI examination, recognizances
and commitments from or by examining
magistrates and from or by the municipal
judge, in bastardy cases and all criminal
cases, except murder and manslaughter
~ shall be certified and returned to the
municipal court instead of to the circuit
court Of said county, within the time pre-
scribed by law, and the accused, the COM
plainant, and all other witnesses required
to attend shall, in like manner as now pro
vided by law, be committed to be brought
or recognized to appear before the NUM-
clpal court on a day certain, which shall
not be more than thirty 500 days from
the date Of such commitment or recognize
ance, and the said municipal court shall
have and exercise all the powers and 5uris-
diction of the circuit court to hear, try,
and determine said bastardy and criminal
cases, and to punish for contempt.
Section 81 l. The judge shall have
power in actions on trial according to
justice court procedure IN his discretion,
to charge the jury. .
2. In all jury trials in actions in which
said court has and exercises power and
Jurisdiction concurrent with that Of the
circuit court for Outagamie county, the
jury shall be instructed and charged in
the same manner as provided for the in
cult court, and all statutes applicable to in
structing and charging the jury in the cir
cult court shall be and are made appli-
cable to instructing and charging the jury
in such actions in said court.
Section e. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after it's passage and
publication.
Approved May &C. 1909.
No. %, s. Published May OF 1909