River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15


OF said court shall for a period expiring
ten years from the date of the rendition
/ in said county Of Kenosha except the
homestead mentioned in section 1888 or
the statutes of Wisconsin, of every. person
rendered and docketed aud which he may
have at the time of doeketing thereof in
/ said county of Kenosha or which he shall
/ acquire ut any time thereafter within said
| period or ten years Such judgments sh1u
have the same force and effect ana be
/ subject 70 the same limitations as jndg-
! inents of the circuit court, and said judg-
ments shall be enforced aud executions
thereon be issued from said municipal
I court IN the same manner and with the
/ same force and effect as judgments and
executions of and from the circuit court
/ or kenosha county.
Section o. The municipal judge. in adj
dition to the powers vested in said mu-
n1cfpal court. as aforesaid, shall have all
! the powers and Jurisdiction of 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
| Of the charter and of any ordinance of
/ the city of KenoSha, 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
or oreefs ade trom any snd
Judge and the several circuit court COM
mlssloners shall have exclusive Jurisdic-
/ tlon 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
onense, 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 and on a plea of guilty by the
! fenced, the said judge shall have power,
! authority and jurisdiction to sentence the
sesfon foT any snse e1ent h0mieide
zances and commitments from or by said
municipal judge or other examining mag
| istrates of said county of Kenosha in bas-
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
ance Of Witnesses REQUIRED upo Ine the trial
! 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 eases in circuit
! courts,
| Section s. 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
a a, with the rules and practice OF the
| circuit court of Kenosha county.
| Section 8. The general provisions OF
law which may at any time be IN force
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
cnDrfG n
| nicipal court; said court may make rules
Of practice which shall conform as nearly
circuit courts, but the laws of the state
relative to change of venue in criminal
actions which have. heretofore been within
shall not apply to said municipal court or
!! to the judge thereof. Court commission
ers in said county shall have the same
said municipal court as In the circuit
| court.
Section 10. The provisions of law ap.
/ 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
by said circuit court of a further change
of venue as provided In section 2022 OF
the statutes Of this state, provided, how HOY, Y,
! 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 t trial o. the
1926 of the statutes of this state SO far as
applicable. shall apply to said municipal
court and. that the, judge thereof shall
| have the right to call upon circuit judge
| to attend, hold court and try such action
and while SO doing he shall have the same
| powers as IT elected judge or said munich
| nal court III person charged uDOn
indictment or information with criminal
| offiense 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 so ana the
NIT all papers and copy Of the record
and proceedings in said case 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
circuit court as 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 n 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 Qual16ed, ana VINO 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-
airy, 1910. Whenever a vacancy shall hap
pen in the office of municipal judge, the
appoint 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
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
tons 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
/ Judge before entering upon the duties OF
his Office shall take and subscribe the
oath of Office prescribed in the constitution,
and file the same in the Office of 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
be holds the Office of municipal judge he
shall not practice his profession.
Section ~. In case Of sickness, tenn