day in June and the fourth Monday in November; in the county of Price on the fourth Monday in June and the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January; in the county of Sawyer on the first Monday in June and on the second Monday in November; in the county of Taylor on the last Monday in March and the first Monday in September. * The eighteenth paragraph of section 2424 of the statutes of 1898 is hereby amended so as to read as follows: SEVENTEENTH CIRCUIT. In the county of Jackson on the first Monday in March and on the second Monday in October; in the county of Eau Claire on the third Monday in March and the third Monday in September ; in the county of Clark on the third Monday in April and on the fourth Monday in November. * Amend section 2424 of the statutes of 1898 by adding the following after the eighteenth paragraph of said section: EIGHTEENTH CIRCUIT. In the county of Fond du Lac on the second Tuesday in February, the first Tuesday in May, the second Tuesday in September and the first Tuesday after the second Monday in November; in Green Lake county on the first Tuesday after the third Monday in January and the first Tuesday after the third Monday in June; in the county of Marquette on the second Tuesday in April and on the second Tuesday in October; in the county of Columbia on the first Tuesday in March, the first Tuesday in June and the first Tuesday in December. No jury shall be summoned for the terms appointed for February and September in Fond du Lac county and for June in Columbia county, unless specially ordered by the presiding judge. Terms of court generally. Amend the last paragraph of section 2424 of the statutes of 1898 so that the same shall read as follows: Every term in any county shall be a special term for the whole circuit unless the court by order filed in the clerk's office at least twelve days before any such term shall otherwise order as to such county. The court shall always be open for the transaction of all business in each of the counties from the beginning of one term until the beginning of the next term in the same county, and an order or direction for the adjournment of any term from day to day or to a specified day and the entry thereof shall not be necessary to the validity of any judgment, sentence, order or proceeding therein; but for such days as the court is not convened in regular session, no officer, except the clerk, shall receive any per diem for attendance upon the court, unless by order of the presiding judge. When business is transacted by the court on days when the court is not convened in regular session, an entry of the business done shall be made by the clerk in his minute book. No term of court shall be at an end until the beginning of the next succeeding term in that county, unless an express order for final adjournment is made and entered before the commencement of the next succeeding term in the same county. The intervening of any special term shall not interrupt the existence or the running of any general term, but such general term shall continue to the beginning of the next general term, unless adjourned by order of court. Whenever it shall appear that there is no necessity for a jury at any general term of court in any county, the presiding judge of the court may, at least fifteen days before the opening day of such term, file an order with the clerk of such court, directing that no jury be summoned at such term; when such order is filed, no jury shall be summoned at such term; one term may be adjourned beyond the beginning of the next term in the same county for such specific business as is named in the order of adjournment. Conflicting laws repealed. SECTION 7. All acts and parts of acts conflicting with this act are hereby repealed. SECTION 8. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Approved March 10, 1905. No. 392, S.] [Published March 11, 1905. Fifth circuit. SECTION 1. Chapter 13 of the general laws of No. 55, S.] [Published March 13, 1905. CHAPTER 8. AN ACT amending chapter 115 of the laws of 1879, and relating to the jurisdiction, procedure, powers and duties of the judge, of the municipal court for Marathon county. The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: COURT AND JUDGE. Municipal court created. SECTION 1. There is hereby constituted and established in the city of Wausau and county of Marathon a municipal court for which purpose said city of Wausau and county of Marathon are hereby declared a municipality. The jurisdiction of said court shall extend to all parts of Marathon county. Court how designated and where held; seal. SECTION 2. The name of such court shall be the municipal court for Marathon county, and its judge, the municipal judge of Marathon county. Such court shall be held at the city of Wausau in a suitable place in the court house, to be provided, furnished and maintained by said Marathon county. The county board of said county may however provide such quarters in said city outside. of said court house if deemed necessary. Such court shall be a court of record with a seal, to be designed and procured by the judge at the expense of the county. Qualifications; election and term of judge; vacancies how filled. SECTION 3. Said municipal judge shall have the qualifications and be subject to the liabilities, prohibitions and restrictions of a circuit judge. The present municipal judge of Marathon county shall continue in office as municipal judge under this act, until the expiration of the time to which he was elected. His successor shall be elected by the qualified electors of Marathon county at the spring election in the year 1908 and once every four years thereafter and his term commence on May 1st, after election. He shall hold his office until his successor is elected and qualified. Before entering upon the duties of such office, he shall subscribe and file in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of Marathon county the constitutional oath of office. Vacancies in such office shall be filled in the same manner as vacancies in the office of a county judge of Marathon county. Salary of judge; how paid. SECTION 4. The salary of such office shall, until otherwise determined by the county board of Marathon county, be two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) per annum, payable quarterly out of the treasury of Marathon county, and said board is empowered to fix the salary of said judge in the same manner as the salaries of other county officers, and all fees and perquisites of such office shall be paid to the treasurer of Marathon county on the first secular day of each calendar quarter and belong to said county. If not so fixed, it shall be the same as for the preceding term and until so fixed, shall be $2,000.00 per year. Temporary disability of judge. SECTION 5. In case of sickness, temporary absence or disability of such judge, he may, by filing an order to that effect, appoint the county judge or any justice of the peace of the city of Wausau to hold such court in his place, for the trial of all actions there pending of which a justice court would have jurisdiction, and actions for the violation of municipal ordinances. In such contingency, he may also, by order, transfer to the circuit court for Marathon county, any and all other actions and upon the filing of such order with the clerk of such circuit court, such circuit court shall have jurisdiction thereof and shall thereafter proceed as if originally brought in such circuit court. CLERK. Clerk, qualifications and duties. SECTION 6. The clerk of the circuit court for Marathon county and his deputy shall be clerk and deputy respectively of such municipal court. Such clerk, in addition to his oath and bond as clerk of the circuit court, shall file an additional oath of office as the clerk of said municipal court and shall execute and file with the county clerk a bond with two official sureties approved by such clerk in such sum as said municipal judge shall designate, conditioned that he will pay over to the proper persons all fines and penalties, suit-taxes, and other moneys in his hands as required by law and the order of said court, and will faithfully perform the duties of said office as required by law. Said clerk shall have all the power and perform all the duties with reference to said municipal court in the same manner as the clerk of the circuit court has and does for that court except as otherwise herein provided. |