Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-07-21
10. 507. 81 Published June 3. 1909,
CHAPTER %. LAWS OF 1909.

CHAPTER %, LAWS OF 1909
AN ACT to amend sections 24S4, 24S5, 2494
2495, 2498 OF the revised statutes of 1873
as amended by chapter PIG of the laws
OF 1880 and chapter $50 of the laws of
1882 and chapter 12S of the laws of 1897
and chapter 1O5 of the laws Of 1901, and
creating new sections PASTA, 24S7a, 2491a
2495a, 2497a and 2498a of the statutes
relating to the municipal court of the
city and town of Ripon.
The people Of the State Of Wisconsin, rep
resented In Senate and Assembly, do
enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 24S4 of the revised
statutes Of 1878, as amended by section
Of chapter $50 Of the laws OF 1882 and
section j of chapter 12S of the laws of
1897 and chapter 105 of the laws OF 1901
is hereby amended to read: Section 24S4
l. The municipal court OF the city and
town OF Ripon, heretofore established, is
continued, and shall be a court of record
and have clerk and seal, shall have
exclusive appellate jurisdiction I'm all cases
Of appeal, civil and criminal, from just
ices courts in said city and town, and of
all cases commenced In such justices
courts when an answer shall be put in,
showing that title to lands Will come In
question which shall then be Ger
tiled to said municipal court In the man
ner provided by law for certifying such
cases to circuit courts 1t shall
also exercise powers and jurisdiction in all
causes OF action and special pro-
ceedlngs arising within the city and town
of Ripon in law and equity, concurrent
circuit court OF Fond du Lac county,
where the value Of the property in con-
trOyersy, or the amount of money claimed
sought to be recovered, after deduct
ing all payments and set offs. shall not
exceed fifty thousand dollars; and also
OF actions for the foreclosure of
mortgages in which the amount claimed
does not exceed the amount aforesaid, al
though the value Of the property to be
affected by the judgment exceeds that
sum Ii shall also have concurrent juris-
Will sol ~ a
final offeuses committed within the city or
town OF Ripon other than those punish
able by Imprisonment in the state prison.
, Said municipal court shall also have
exclusive jurisdiction to hear, try, and
determine all criminal actions for offeRses
committed within the city and town of
Bipon of which justices Of the peace in
said county of Fond du Lac would other
wise have jurisdiction TO hear, try, and
determine: shall also have exclusive juris-
diction to institute and conduct eXamina-
tons In all criminal and bastardy cases
for offenses committed within the city and
town of Ripon and the exclusive power
and jurisdiction TO cause to come before
1t the persons so charged with commit
ting bastardy or criminal offenses within
said city and town OF Ripon and commit
them to jail or bind them over for trial
at the next term OF said municipal courts
or to the court which, under the law,
shall have Jurisdiction TO try said action.
II any person accused OF any criminal Of
Tense is so bound over or committed for
shall thereafter appear, by the filing OF
the information, or otherwise, that said
municipal court has not Jurisdiction to try
the offense. then such proceedings shall
not nbate. and the said municipal court
shall not lose jurisdiction of such person
or proceedings, but the judge thereof shall
certify the same TO the circuit court of
Fond du Lac county. which court shall
thereupon have Jurisdiction thereof to try
and determine the same.
g. All fines and penalties dncluding
4ad In col mi
except for the violation of the
ordinances OF the city OF Ripon. shall be
paid to the treasurer of Fond du Lac
county and all fines and penalties Tin
Guiding COSTS for violation OF
the ordinances of said CITY shall be paid
TO the treasurer OF the city Of Ripon.
Said municipal court shall be con-
tinuously open during each Of its terms
and during at least one day in each week,
as shall be designated by the judge there
Of at the opening of each term. shall be
ragnlorlv in session for the transaction of
business. ard when so In session. IL shall
continue from day TO day until all unfn-
fshed business ready for disposition shall
10 DISPOSED Of. provided that vacation,
no+ exceeding four weeks in succession.
nav he taken by the judge once in each
vear and no adjournment from day TO
- shall be necessary 10 the validity OF
80 nroceedings in said court; but no per
dier,, shall be paid TO any officer OF said
court for any day on which the court Is
nor actually in session, transaeting bnsl-
,,sss and requiring the presence OF such
officer - ~ -, -
1000 nroenred therefor. and its judg-
,,aots and orders may be reviewed by the
supreme court in the same manner that
s,.4onents and orders OF the circuit court
49, 10. except that criminal actions
r-ftSin the jurisdiction OF justices iuris-
d,etion aader general law when triee by the
;a ,annicipaI court otherwise taan on
$50 So shall he appealed TO the circnit
apPsa' Of Fond du Lac county in the same
,,,anner that appeals are taken from Just
lee courts in criminal cases. fa..
Nfofions and issues OF law OF Iact
.. ;. "a IN said court in civil actions and
pelu aa'iin =, may be brought to 4 hearing
at any session e said n the fSuF case epS Of
elgnt Jay I'd ron DAYS prior notice in the
mosion ~ trials OF issues Joined. and on
said said session-day the trial shall be taken Sn
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