Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-03-05
NEWSl
The supreme; court Is given. corn-
Iplete supervision over the district
courts in the following ssction.iof the

courts IN q following section tof the
section 2. Terms Thereof. Cham
in Zach county in the several judicial
districts and the location Of the
judges chambers shall be fixed by
order Of the supreme court in such
manner that the Judges IN each ju-
dicial district may have q circuit
within their district and 80 that no
judge shall hold two consecutive Jury
terms OF cur in any county in his
district, except In the county Of Cass;
and In said county the terms Of court
otherwise provided by law, to-wit:
Terms OF the district court shall be
held therein atsthe county seit on the
first Tuesday Of each month"; in the
year except July and August, but q
jury shall only be called for the Janu-
airy, February March, November and
December terms. unless, in the opin.
ions of the Judge, there is sufficient
business to demand al jury for any
other term or terms; provided, how
ever. that the court may, ii deemed
advisable, continue the jury called at
the January term as the jury for the
February or February and March
terms, and the jury called at the No
vember term as-the jury for the De-
cember term"
Elected for -Four Years.
The judges are to be elected for
four years, as under the present law.
The present judges are to be retained
to officiate in the districts where
they are located by the r~edistricting
scheme.
Section 5 says: I'm DISTRICTS hav-
Ing more than judge, the. one
lvnn0nSf in oor{nAa r~~~.S~~ ~ -. a.
two or more be equa! tn~such service,
the one senior in age, shall be the
presiding judge thereof. The business
of the court may be divided between
the judges and otherwise regulated
as the supreme court by order shall
direct. Each Of such judges may try
court or jury cases separately during
the same term and at the same time
In regard to uniform rules Of pro.
court shall, in the exercise Of its su.
pervisory control over district courts
adopt uniform rules Of procedure fol
all Of the district courts in each Of
the several judicial districts within
the state"
Relative to change Of Venue the
law says that Change Of venue ma
be taken from n judge to. another
in the same district or In another dis
trict, or from n county to another
or from one district to another, as /,
now or may hereafter be provided
by law" ..
The law says the governor must ap.
point the three additional Judge.
within 80 days after it becomes op.
erative. "'
Salary to Be $4,000.
The salary Of the Judges is to be
$4,000 each, and they are to receive
actual travelling expenses, which
shall include subsistence while. hold:
ing court inside his own district but
outside the county in which he re
Sides"
At first it was commended that tn,
law was unconstitutional, but durini
the closing days Of the session it gen
orally vas recognized that it met al
the provisions of the constitution re
garding red!stricting. The clause i,
the constitution covering this ,ques
ton is:
"106. The legislative assembly ma.
whenever two-thirds OF. the member
of each house shall concur therein
but not. oftener than once in fou
years, increase the number Of said .ju
dicial districts and the Judges thereof
such districts shall be formed from
compact territory and bounded b
county lines. but such increases 0
changes In the,"s boundaries shah nc
work the removal Of any Judge fror
his office during the term for whicl
he. may have been elected or ap
pointed"