Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1909-04-30
The summons

as hereinafter provided. The summons
his attorney, and directed TO the de-
PENDANT, requiring him to answer the
complaint and serve a copy OF his answer
to the person whose name is subscrlbSd
to the at a place within the
state therein specified. in which there is
a postottice, within ten 0W lays after
the service of exclusive OF u1e
day Of service.
The notice to be contained in the sum
mons, the n Of service of the sum-
mons, pleadings, notices and appearances
law in the district court of the state and
the provisions OF chapter seventy-seVen
CD. Revised Laws 1905, so far as the
same may be applicable and not incon-
shall apply to said municipal court, and
all officers acting by authority thereof;
except that sections 1888 to 1853, in
sive, Revised Laws 1905, shall not SO
apply; and except tina the time for de-
murrer and reply shall be ten QV days
in said court.
No police officer Of said city shalt
serve, or attempt to serve, any summons,
process, or paper in any civil acton IN
said court, unless the complaint in such
with the clerk of said court, and in any
case wherein such complaint is so filed
said clerk shall. when requested SO to
do, note or endorse the fact of such nj
ing Upon the back of said summons al
process. And whenever any such process,
summons or paper, in any civil action,
shall have been delivered to any police
practicable thereafter. make proper re
turn to said clerk whether said summons,
process, Or paper shall have been served
or rot, and If not served. the reason
cution against the property. of any judg-
ment debtor. any person indebted to such
Judgment debtor may pay the amount
satisfy such execution, to the otticel
holding such execution. and the receipt
of such officer reciting the facts shall
be a sufficient discharge and satisfactory
Of so much of said debt as Is 80 pa1o
over to such officer.
The pleadings in civil actions IN sale
court shall be the same as in the district
! courts Of the state, subject to such mod
scribe.
Said court shall also have authority tc
provide by rule that the plaintiff or NOV
ing party in any civil action or proceed
ing shall by bond, recognizance, or de-
post Of money with the clerk, give Sc:
curity for costs in such sums as the cour1
| may designate by said rule, before any
or other process shall issue in
the action.
Costs are allowed the prevailing party
in actions commenced in said municipal
10 the plaintiff, upon a judgment II
when the amount thereof. or value OF
personal perfe and Pro d}sp53r %renenfFed' es exslds'V fitf e,
dred (S1oO dollars. five @5). dollars:
To the defendant, when judgment Is
the amount claimed in the complaint, OF
value Of personal property in replev1ns Is
less than one hundred ($1oO dollars, five
his SO favor sna e of one h "pdr I @ $iS5 'l dollars
or more, or in actions Of replevin when
d re t tsio0 dollars RS or more, when no issue
of fact or law is Joined, five {s5l dollars;
when an issue is Joined, ten $50 dollars:
c,a d0 the n %d the eo1n1iai mhe is d 5ne h amGpe3
($1OM dollars or more, upon discontin-
uance or dismissal. five $50 dollars: when
judgment is rendered in his favor upon
the merits. ten (S1O) dollars.
Costs and disbursements shall be taxed
and allowed in the first 1st) instance
by the clerk Upon two (2l days notice by
either hd party; and T 1nse dfshn IN the fntr sha q
be stated in detail. and verified by aft
davtts. which shall be filed.
The party ohjecting to any item shall
shall be certified by the clerk. and the
appeal shall be heard and determined
other.
Sec. 4. That section thirteen OBJ OF
said chapter thirty-four (34), be amended
to read as follows: ,a,sno,
court shall in all respects be
as in the district courts Of said state
and all laws of a general nature az,
courts shall apply to said municipal court,
except as hereinafter provided.
The judges Of said municipal court, or
a majority thereof: shall: upon the sec,
month. excepting the months Of June
and July of each year, at the court house:
in said city, select from the legal voters
qualified to serve as petit jurors for the
, ensuing term, and shall make out and
certify a separate list thereof and forth
with deliver such list to the CLERK OF sac
| persons all jurors required for the trans
action of business in said municipal court
shall be drawn.
six (2G) shall be forthwith summoned to
attend on said court on the first Wed
nesday of the next term, and twenty-siS
t26) shall forthwith be to at
day of said term. and all shall serve as
such Jurors until excused by the court;
provided that IL in any month such Sc
date ~hereinbefore specified, the same may
be done thereafter, provided further.
that the validity or legality Of such Sc
lection or list shall not be affected by the
fact that any person or persons so Sc
lected may be disqualified from serving
as petit jurors, or by the selection Of a
greater or less number of persons tran
as specified in this act.
Out of the jurors so drawn and sum
moned, jurors shall be selected, wnen
required, in the same manner as in the
district courts Of the state. Whenever a
jury is required in a criminal case, II
shall be selected from a panel so drawn;
provided, however, that no juror shall
be required to attend as such more than
one term in n one year: If any per
so attend, without sufficient xcuse he
shall pay a fine not exceeding thirty
dollars (S3O), which shall be imposed by
the court, and Imprisonment until such
hne is paid, not exceeding thirty (3U)
days.
Whenever deemed necessary said court
shall have power to issue a special
venire.
And jurors so summoned and attending
as aforesaid in said municipal court shall
be entitled to like compensation as jurors
in the district court of Hennepin county,
and shall be paid out of the counts
treasury Of said county Of Hennepln. The
clerk Of said municipal court shall de-
number Of days attendance and service
and miles travelled for which he is en-
titled to receive compensation. This
certificate of the clerk for service rem
dered as such Juror in the municipal
court shall be filed with the county audi
tor who shall issue his warrant on the
treasurer of the county, for the amount