Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-04-10

with the sheriff of said county for the
board of prisoners is detrimental to
/ best interests of Villas county and
should be abandoned with the termin-
alton of the term of the present sher-
/ if.
| Further resolved that written notice
be given to all candidates for the
office OF sheriff in the year 1918 that
the county board of supervisors will
not enter into such a contract, the
County Clerk being hereby instructed
and directed TO prepare and serve
such notices.
Dated Decem Der 6. 1917.
Moved and carried that Resolution
no. 2 be adopted.
Resolution no 3. offered by Super
visor Chas. \. eackstrom.
Whereas it is the sense of this board
that the Municipal court of Villas
county is unnecessary us a separate
court, and
Whereas we believe it to be for the
best interest of the taxpayers Of
Villas county that such Municipal
conferred upon the county court of
Villas county civil and criminal
jurisdiction, equal at least to the civil
and C. iminal jurisdiction now exer-
cised by the municipal court to the
end that the County court shall
exercise all the powers of the Munich
pal Court and have conferred upon it
civil and criminal jurisdiction and
Whereas we believe that such a
combined court could perform all the
functions and duties now exercised by
the county courts and by the munich
pal court and in SO doing would save
to the taxpayers OF Villas county the
expense of the salary, office rent, etc.
entaile1 by maintaining the munich
pal court as separate court, without
loss in efficiency.
Now therefore be it resolved by the
county board of Villas county, in adj
journed annual meeting duly assem-
bled, that com mittee of Hon. Chas.
Backstrom, Hon. Frank w. Carter,
and Hon. John r. Powell, supervisors
and members of this board be and
and they are hereby appointed COM
mittee to make full Investigation of
the work of the municipal court of vi
las county to determine what saving
might be made were such a court
abolished and the civil and criminal
jurisdiction now exercised by the
municipal court conferred upon the
county court, and
no Eo ouoh IN ocf inatiop cnnh
committee may deem necessary to
determine the results obtained in
other counties in this state where the
county court has civil and criminal
jurisdiction, and
If to such committee it is thought |
best to have prepared a preliminary
draft of bill abolishing such munich
pal court and ccnferring upon the
county court civil and criminal juris-
diction together with such recommen-
dations as to the extent OF the civil |
and criminal jurisdiction the COM
mittee believes should be conferred |
upon the county court, the salary |
which should be fixed for the judge of
such county court, the question of a
stenographer for such court, and any |
other suggestions which said commit
tee might believe will be helpful to
this board in considering further the
question, and
That the committee shall make |
such investigations and hle with this
board it's report not later than three
months from this date
This board knows that it will be
necessary to go to the Legislature for
any relief in the above matter which |
it may desire and that only the legis-
lature can abolish the, municipal
court.
Dated this 18th day of March 1918.
Signed, Chas. A. Backstrom, Sup.
Resolution No. was unanimously |
adopted, all members present voting
aye