The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-07-15
Ho. 4S9. 81 Published May 81. 1909
CHAPTER 1q5 LAWS OF 1909,

AN ACT to amend sections 6. 8, "a. 20, 30,
and ,62 OF chapter %. laws of 1907. re-
lating to municipal court of the county
of Outagamie.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, rep
resented IN Senate and Assembly, do en-
and 81 Of chapter 20, laws of 1907. are
amended s to read: Section q, No person
the municipal court unless he be prac,,
ticing attorney duly admitted to the bar OF
Outagamie county, and qualified elector
and freeholder Of said county, - The
said Office engage in the practice or law
In any court. nor be retained or employed
, ton, matter, or proceeding, nor give ad-
vice or counsel In any matter as an at
torney, solicitor or counsel:
cey ee'.9n salary II he Of "p. Two two thousand
five hundred dollars per year, payable quar-
terly out of the treasury OF Ontagamie
pensation for all his services as such ju-
dicial officer.
section "a !; Said Judge shall have
duet 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 80 charged with COM
Uniting bastardy criminal offense, within
such district. and commit them to jail
bind them over AS the may require,
and on a plea Of guilty by the accused and a
request by him to be sentenced. the said
judge. shall have power, authority, and
(, Jurisdiction to sentence the accused for any
onense ., excepting, however, that
the Jurisdiction In examinations for muir
der, manslaughter, arson, rape robbery,
burglary, possession Of burglarious tools,
tense, and attempts to murder, rape. or
rob, when, committed within the city of
| Kaukauna, or Buchanan, shall be concur.
rent with the justices OF the peace or other
examining magistrates in the .e city OF Ka Eau
kauna, ana the towns OF Freedom, kau,
all other magistrates
2. The said municipal court shall have
and exercise powers ana 5ur,sdittion equal
Outagamie county In all cases or crimes
and misdemeanors arising in said county,
except the crimes OF murder and man
Section 90 The municipal court shall
have and exercise powers and jurisdiction
in all civil actions within the county. both
! in law and in equity including &C.
| lions for divorce and the annulment OF
marriages, concurrent with and equal to
the powers and jurisdiction of the circuit
/ value OF the property In controversy or the
! amount of money claimed or sought to be
/ recovered after deducting all payments
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,
coed the sum aforesaid, although the value
of the property to be anected 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
tions and proceedings under chapters 142,
145, 147, las, 14s, $50, and 1873, 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
Section 80. All 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 CON-
plainant and all other witnesses required
10 attend shall, in like manner as now pro
vded by law, be committed to be brought
or recognized to appear before the NUM-
cipa court on a day certain which shall
not be more than thirty 900 days from
anCe, and the said municipal court shall
have and exercise all the powers and juris-
diction Of the circuit court TO hear, try,
and determine said bastardy and criminal
Section 62. l. The Judge shall have
power in actions on trial according to
justice court procedure in his discretion
.. In all jury trials in actions in which
said court has and exercises power ana
jurisdiction concurrent with that of the
circuit court for 'Outagamie county, the
jury shall be instructed and charged in
the same manner provided for the In.
structing and charging of juries in the cir
cult court, and all statutes applicable to In
struetng and charging the jury in the cir
cult court shall be and are made appli-
cable TO instructng and charging the jury
In such actions in said court
Section 2. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after Its passage and
publication.
Approved May &c. 1909.
No. 20, $, Published May 81 1909.