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

No. 522, 81 Published June "a, 1913
CHAPTER 538, LAWS OF 1913.
AN ACT-To amend section of chap
ter 3S of the laws of 1898. as amend
ed by chapter 301 of the laws of 1893,
chapter 371 of the laws Of 1895 and
chapter SO Of the laws of 1901, and
also to amend section Of chapter ss
of the laws Of 1898. as amended by
chapter 112 Of the laws of 1897 and
chapter 1T, laws of 1903, relating to
the superior court of Douglas county
The people of the State of Wisconsin,
represented in Senate and Assembly,
do enact as follows
Section /. Section 2 Of chapter 33 of
the laws of 1898 as amended by chapter
301 OF the laws of 1893, chapter 371 of
the laws of 1895 and chapter 81 of the
laws of 1901. as amended to read: (Ch
80, laws of 1893, as amended by CHI. SOL
laws of 1898, CHI. All, laws of 1895, and
CHI. SO Of laws Of 1901 2. Said supe-
rior court shall have ana may exercise
powers and jurisdiction concurrent and
equal with the circuit court of said
Douglas county in all cases of crimes
and misdemeanors arising in said
county, excepting duelling and chal-
longing to a duel; and exclusive appel
late jurisdiction of all crimes and mis-
demeanorS, tried by the judge OF
the municipal court, or justices of the
peace in said county, in the same man.
ner as is now provided by law for APP
pealS to the circuit court in such
cases. Said superior court shall have
exclusive appellate jurisdiction
in all cases Of appeal from the
municipal and justices courts in said
county, in all civil actions and in all
actions, commenced in said courts,
where an answer shall be put in show
ing that the title of lands will come
in question, all of which cases shall
be certified and all official returns made
to said superior court in the manner
prescribed by law, and said court shall
have and exercise powers and juriSdic-
n a
ings in law and equity and in all spe-
cial proceedings, except as to actions
and proceedings under chapter Isl, Of
the Wisconsin statutes of 1898, concur
rent with and equal to the jurisdiction
of the circuit court of Douglas county,
when the value of the property in con-
troversy or the amount or money
claimed or sought to be recovered af-
ter deducting all payments and set offs,
shall not exceed five million dollars
and of all actions for divorce and for
affirmance or annulment of the mar
riage contract. The presiding judge
powers of circuit judge at chambers
as to all actions or proceedings In said
superior court.
Section 2 Sections of chapter SO
chapter 112 of the laws of 1897 ana
chapter III of the laws of 1903 is
amended to read: (Ch. 80, laws of
1898, as amended by ch. liz, laws of
ton 8. The terms of said superior
court shall be held on the first =
Monday in January, the first =
Monday in May and the first
& Monday in October
in each year. A jury shall be sum-
moned for the first day OF each or said
terms unless otherwise ordered by
said court. Jurors shall be chosen
for said terms of said supe-
rior court, by the same persons, In the
same manner, as jurors in the circuit
court are now chosen, and all the pro-
visions of law and rules in practice re-
1ating to the selection, qualihca tions,
duties and compensation of jurors of
the circuit court shall be applicable in
said superior court. The or
iginal venire of jurymen for each
term shall be summoned by a notice
prepared by the clerk or the superior
court, addressed to each of the jury
men drawn for service as aforesaid at
his postoffce address, and deposited at
the postoffice in Superior, postage pre-
paid. The clerk shall thereafter
make and file a statement or such
mailing, which shall be prIma Tacie
evidence of the receipt of such notice
by each juryman to whom 1t is ad-
dressed.
Section g. All acts or parts of acts in
conflict with the provisions of this act
are hereby repealed.
Section a. This act shall take effect
upon passage and publication.
Approved June 81, 1913. Copy Law.