Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-08-22

same as town cemetery.
Section q. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after it's pas
sage and publication.
Approved May 8. 1913. Copy Law.
No. 221; Al r y [Pqblzh she M May yo1s 1919
AN ACT-To amend section 8. chapter 20.
laws Of 1895, as amended by section g.
chapter 225, laws of 1897, relating to
the western municipal district of the
The people of the State Of Wisconsin.
represented in Senate and Assembly.
do enact as follows
Section I; Section Of chapter. rs
chapter 225. laws Of 1897, is amended to
read: claws of 1896, chapter 23) Section
g. The municipal court for the western
municipal district Of Waukesha county,
shall be a court Of record, and have a
clerk and seal. with suitable device to
be procured under the direction of the
Judge thereof, at the expense OF the coun-
ty Of Waukesha. 1t has and may exer-
and equal with the circuit court of Wau-
kesha county, in all cases of bastardy,
crime and misdemeanor, arising In SAID
western municipal district Of said county,
except murder Said municipal court in
addition to the. powers vested therein as
aforesaid is vested with all the powers
and jurisdiction of a justice of the peace
of said county in the said municipal dis
trict, in bastardy cases, criminal actions
and proceedings, and jurisdiction OF all
prosecutions for breach of any ordinance
of any city or village, now, or which may
hereafter be incorporated in said terri
tory; and also all the powers and juris-
diction of a justice of the peace of said
county In civil cases and proceedings
arising within said municipal district, and
also power to hear and determine any
such cases, although the title to land
may come in question therein. The gen
eral provisions of law relative to civil
criminal and bastardy cases before JUS
tees Of the peace, shall apply to SAID
court so far as applicable. Appeals
from judgments rendered in said court In
civil actions, shall be taken to the county
court of Waukesha county In the same
manner as appeals from judgments OF
justices of the peace in civil actions No
justice of the peace police justice or
court commissioner within said western
municipal district, on or after the first
Monday of May A. D. 1897, except when
called in to sit as Judge Of said court,
as hereinafter provided, shall exercise
any jurisdiction in cases OF bastardy.
crimes or misdemeanors, or breaches OF
any village or city ordinance arising with
In the limits of said county, and all such
jurisdiction within the limits Of said
western municipal district, is vested In
said municipal court; except that the po-
, lice justice of any village now or which
may hereafter be incorporated in said
territory, or If here be no police justice
therein then any justice of the peace OF
said village shall have concurrent Jurls-
diction with said municipal court in all
breaches of any ordinance or bylaw OF
said village, and all the general provisions
of law as to the arrest, trial and punish
ment Of offenders shall govern so far as
applicable in all such actions and pro-
| ceedings before said police justices or JUS
| tees Of the peace. Whenever any police
justice or justice Of the peace before
! whom any such action or proceeding Is
pending shall be legally disqualified from
any cause to try the same, said action or
! proceeding shall be sent for trial to any
! justice of the peace Of said village or to
| the said municipal court The said mu-
nicipal court has also jurisdiction of all
| cases brought for breach of any recOgni-
| zance given in said court, but no judg-
| emnt in any such action shall constitute a
| lien upon real estate until transcript
| thereof is duly docketed in the office OF
| the clerk of the circuit court of said
| county, In like manner as judgments OF
| circuit courts in civil actions are required
| to be docketed and when SO docketed
| shall have the same lien upon estate in
| said county as judgments of the circuit
| court so docketed. The judgments of the
| municipal court in bastardy and criminal
| cases tried before 1t, may be examined
! and reviewed by the supreme court in the
| same manner as a judgment Of the cir
! cult court. To carry out its jurisdiction
| the said municipal court shall have all the
! powers of circuit courts and the munich
pal Judge shall have the same powers in
all matters pertaining to the Jurisdiction
! of said municipal court as circuit judges
Section 2. This act shall take effect
| and be in force from and after its pas
sage and publication.
| Approved May 7, 1918. Copy Law