Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-15

zen Years from the date OF the fendltlon
thereoI. be Il lien upon the real property
N said county of kenosha except the
homestead mentioned in section 1883 OF
the statutes of Wisconsin, of every person
AGAINST whom such Judgment shnll lie
rendered and docketed, anti which lie may
hare ut the time Of docketing thereof III
said county OF kenosha or which he shall
acquire ut any time thereafter within said
perlou OF ten years. Such judgments shall
have the same force and effect and be
subject 10 the same limitations as judg-
ments shall be enforced aud executions
thereon be issued from said municipal
court IN the st.ne manner and with the
same force and effect as judgments and
executions of and from the circuit court
OF Aenosha county.
Section g. The municipal judge, in adj
d!f!on to the powers vested in said mu,
nicipal court, us aforesaid, shall have all
the powers and jurisdiction of Il justice OF
the peace in said county III all civil and
criminal actions and proceedings, and the
power 70 hear and determine any such
cases although the title to land may come
into question therein, and shall have power
to hold preliminary examinations i'll
criminal eases; and shall have exclusive
OF the charter and of any ordinance of
the city of Kenosha, and III the trial of
criminal actions for offenses committed
be cognizable by justices of the peace,
subject to an appeal to the circuit court
for kenosha county from any. Judgments
Judge and the several circuit court COM
missioners shall have exclusive jurisdic-
ton to institute and conduct examinations
III 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
offense, within such county and commit
them to jail or bind them over for trial
ut the next term Of said municipal court
or TO the circuit court as the case may
q
accused and q request by him TO be SEN
fenced, the said judge shall have power,
authority. and jurisdiction to sentence the
accused for any otfense except homicide.
Section Z. All examinations recogni-
zances and commitments from or by said
municipal judge or other examining mag
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
time prescribed by law, and the attend
ance OF witnesses required upon the trial
of any person so committed shall be. Sc
cured III 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 cases i'll circuit
courts.
Section 8. 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
ance with the rules and practice OF the
circuit court of Kenosha county.
Section g. 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 inapplicab!e
and except as otherwise provided in this
n nP1cfiCp DPpSprihpd
or which may hereafter be prescribed by
the justices of the supreme court for cir
cult courts, shall be in force in said mu-
nicipal court; said court may make rules
Of practice which shall conform as nearly
as applicable TO the rules of practice of
circuit courts. but the laws Of the. state
relative to change of venue in criminal
actions which have heretofore been within
the jurisdiction of justices of the peace
shall not apply to said municipal court or
TO the Judge thereof. Court commission
ers i'll said county shall have the same
powers and be subject to the same duties
i'll respect to actions and proceedings in
court.
Section TO- The provisions of law APP
plicable to change of venue in the circuit
courts of this state, shall be applicable to
said municipal court, except that when
the venue Of any action shall be so
changed it shall be changed to the circuit
court Of AenOsha county. and such change
OF venue shall not prevent the granting
of venue us provided in section 1922 of
the statutes of this state, provided; how
ever that nothing herein contained shall
be construed as abrogating the right to
the change Of venue provided for by sec
ton 2621 of the statutes of this state and
when such change Of venue shall be made
1T shall be by said municipal court direct
to the proper comfy for the trial of the
action, and provided further that section
2625 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 if elected Judge of said munich
pal court. If any person charged upon
Indictment or information with a criminal
otense shall have procured q change of
county. said municipal court shall commit
or hold the party to bail to appear at the
next term Of the circuit court ana the
clerk of said municipal court shah trans
nit all papers and n copy of the record
and proceedings i'll 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. AL recogniZances previously given
i'll such eases aud 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
y
after, elect a suitable person to the office
OF Judge Of said municipal court, to be
called municipal judge who shall hold
the first Monday of January next succeed
ing his election, and until his successor is
elected and qualified and who may be re-
moved from Office i'll the manner provided
by the constitution of this state for the
removal of the judges of the supreme and
circnit courts; provided however, that for
the first election under this act, it shall
M NO nor soF Oi va hon irht
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 vacancy shall hap
pen in the office of municipal Judge, the
governor Of the state of Wisconsin shall
appoint q suitable person, duly qualified,
to I'LL such vacancy until successor is
elected and qualified. Elections to fill
be held and notice thereof shall be given
i'll 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
his salary. He, shall have the aualifica-
lions. 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
his office shall take and subscribe the
outh Of office prescribed in the constitution,
and file the same in the Office of the
county clerk Of the county of Kenosha.
The salary of such Judge shall be two
thousand dollars per annum until other
wise fixed by the county board, which
shall he paid to him monthly by the
county treasurer of said county. and while
he holds the Office of municipal Judge he
shall not practice his profession.
Section -. In case Of sickness, tenn
porary absence disability of said judge
he may, by order in writing, filed and re-
corded in said court, appoint either the