Arizona republican., 1921-04-11
NEW RULES IF THE SPER|0R COURT GO
 INTO EFFECT MAY 1


 ure in the superior court. adopted March 2S, 1921. will go into effect May 1. 1921, in the three divisions of the superior court of Maricopa coun- ty, according to an announcement made Saturday. The rules have been printed in pamphlet form for distrib- ution among attorneys practicing sa- lore the bar in the county and will pc given out at once by Claude s. berryman. clerk of the superior court
 The pamphlet contains 19 rules of procedure drawn up by a committee appointed by the bar association of the county After the rules were drawn up they were presented to the three judges of the superior court Tor their approval. and were formally adopted on March 2S.
 The first three rules govern the di- visions of the court and the assxn- ment of cases. Division No. 1 of the superior court will be presided over by Judge R. c. Stanford, division No. r. Judge Frank H. Lyman, and divi- sion No. 3, Judge Joseph $. Jenckes : The courts will open at 9:3O in the morning and adjourn at 5 o'clock in the afternoon unless otherwise or- dered- A recess will be taken from F o'clock noon until I: 80 D. m.
 All civil cases, with the exception divorces, annulments of marriages and separate maintenance cases, shall be marked consecutively in the order of their filing with a letter des- ignating the division of the court to which they have been assigned Division No. will be designated by the letter "A". division No. with the letter "B'', and division No. by the letter "C."
 All criminal cases, insanity cases and civil cases marked with the letter A will be assigned to division No. l. All probate cases, with the ex- ception of adoptions, and civil cases marked "B" will be assigned to divi- sion No. 2 and all adoption matters, divorce cases. annulment of marriage cases. separate maintenace cases, Ju- venile matters and all civil cases marked with letter "C" will be as- signed to division No. 3.
 Probate matters will be heard dur ing the afternoon of each Monday. The judges of the court may preside in any division and cases may be transferred from one division to the other upon the order of the presiding judge from whom the transfer is made. They also may be transferred upon stipulation of the parties. Every Monday will be law and motion day and the calendars will be called in the respective dsvisions at the fol- lowing hours: Division No. 1, 1:30 to 8 o'clock in the afternoon, division No. 2, :30 to 11:30 o'clock in the fssorning; division No. 3. 3 to 5 o'clock Tn the afternoon Counsel on each side will be entitled to five minutes for the presentation of matters to be argued, except upon request and per- mission of the court. At the ap- pointed hour the law and motion calendar in It's entirety will be called fin each division.
 No civil cases will be set for trial until all dem6rers, motions and pleas have been argued and disposed of, when they will be placed on the trial docket. It then shall be set for trial at the earliest practicable day. On each law and motion day the calen- dar of civil cases to be set for trial will be called and the cases set down for trial on a certain day. The cases will be tried in the order in which they are set down.
 Trial juries for civil and criminal cases will be drawn from the body of the county and summoned to be in attendance on the court on the second Monday in February. tEe first Monday in May and the first Monday in October of each year and at such other times as the court may order. When an amended or additional pleading is filed in a civil cause within 10 days prior to the date of trial, the opposite party shall be en- titled to a vacation of the trial date and shall have 20 days in which to answer No original pleadings or papers shall be amended by making ensures of interlineations thereon or ,oI. ell of f,x leave of the court. and it shall then enter into the minutes of the case No stipulations in case will be re- garded by the court unless filed ir writing with the clerk or dictated il open court and filed with the clerl after written by the court stenog- rapher.
 Reouests for instructions in civi cases must be made to the judge il writing at least one hour before tn close of the case When severa counsel are employed on the sam ride in a case, but one of them shal examine and cross examine the sam witness, except by leave of the court No attorney at law practicing befor the court of this county will be re ceived as surety on any bond to b approved by the judge or clerk.
 The court library will be in charg of one bailiff during office hours wh shall be assigned to such duty by tn fndge in whose division he is an of ficer. Division No. will assign bailiff for library duty for one da. division No. 2 for >the next day, an so on in consecutive order. The bail if in charge of the library will keep record charging each person with th removal of a book. who shall be ar swerabIe for it's return No book be longing to the library shall be take from the courthouse except by u written order of a judge of the cou and shall not be retained more tha 4S hours.
 No papers on file in the office the clerk of the superior court sna be taken from the courthouse by ar person except upon the written ord of a judge of the court, and shall n be retained longer than A hours. no case shall wills. dispositions papers in criminal cases be tak' from the clerks office. In the di cretion of the court the operation
 any of the rules adopted may be isu pended when it is clearly shown
 the court that harm or inJustl would otherwise result.