CHAPTER 5, [Published February 18, 1870.] AN ACT relative to proving the records, judicial proceedings and minutes thereof of foreign countries. The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: be admissible SECTION 1. The records and judicial proceedings Records of foror the minutes thereof, of any court of any foreign eign country to country, shall be admissible in evidence in all cases in in evidence. this state, and shall be proved in the same manner and with like authentication as are the records, judicial proceedings or minutes thereof of any court of any state or territory of the United States, and when a transcript or copy of such records and judicial proceedings, or the minutes thereof of any foreign court, so authenticated as aforesaid, shall be offered in evidence in any case in this state, no evidence shall in the first instance be required that the seal attached to said copy or transcript, and purporting to be the seal of such foreign court is the seal of such court, or that the signatures of the certifying and authenticating officers are genuine, further than is required in like cases in proving the records and judicial proceedings or minutes thereof of any court of any state or territory of the United States: provided, that records and minutes authenticated as aforesaid, shall be prima facie evidence only of the contents thereof. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage and publication. Approved February 17, 1870. Amended. Amended. CHAPTER 6. [Published February 18, 1870.] AN ACT to amend section one of chapter eleven of the revised statutes, entitled "of the salaries of state officers and others." The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The clause of section one of chapter eleven of the revised statutes, which relates to the salary of the governor, is hereby so amended as to read as follows: "for the salary of the governor, the sum of five thousand dollars." SECTION 2. Said section is also amended by adding thereto, immediately after the clause relating to the salary of the governor, the following clause, to wit: "for the salary of the lieutenant-governor, the sum of one thousand dollars." SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 17, 1870. Amended. CHAPTER 7. [Published February 18, 1870.] AN ACT to amend chapter seven of the revised statutes, entitled "of elections." The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Sections twenty-six and twenty-seven of chapter seven of the revised statutes, entitled "of elections," are hereby amended by inserting the following proviso after said section twenty-seven: provided, that no such adjournment shall be had, or notice thereof given in any incorporated city or village. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Approved February 17, 1870. CHAPTER 8. [Published February 24, 1870.] AN ACT to amend chapter 361 of the general laws of 1860, enti- The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: Amended. conferred upon 72 Ch 20.81. SECTION 1. Section one of said chapter 361, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: there is hereby conferred the county court of Winnebago coun- Jurisdiction upon ty, jurisdiction in all civil actions equal to and com- county court. mensurate with the circuit court, for all sums not exceeding three thousand dollars, and of and concerning all property not exceeding that amount in value. And the said county court to the amount aforesaid, shall be a court of general jurisdiction, and shall have and may exercise the same powers and jurisdiction within the county of Winnebago as are now exercised and enjoyed by the circuit court in and for said county in civil actions within the above mentioned limits; and it is expressly understood that such jurisdiction, subject to the above limitations, shall include the following actions and proceedings: "mandamus," actions for the recovery of real property, commonly known as ejectment; "of proceedings against debtors by attachment;" "of the lien of mechanics and others;" "of claim and delivery of personal property," commonly known as the action of replevin, and also "proceedings for the collection of demands against ships, boats and vessels," and also actions of divorce: provided, such court shall not have jurisdiction in actions of quo warranto. be rendered in SECTION 2. Section thirteen (13) of said chapter Judgments may is hereby amended to be [and] read as follows: judg vacation. ment may be had and rendered in vacation in said Terms of county court. 72Ch 2052 Costs. Salary of judge. Jury fee to be paid. county court, subject to the above limitation as to jurisdiction, if the defendant fail to answer the complaint in the same manner, and in like cases wherein judgment may now be, or may be hereafter had and entered in the circuit court in vacation: provided however, that execution may be issued upon any such judgment at any time after the entry of the same. SECTION 3. Section fourteen (14) of said chapter is hereby amended to be and read as follows: there shall be held at the county seat of said county, three terms of said court in each year, viz: on the second Mondays of May, November and February in each year. The county judge may call and hold special terms of court upon giving three weeks' notice thereof in some newspaper published in the city of Oshkosh in said county, and if the said court shall desire a jury at such term, a jury shall be selected for such term in the same manner as a jury is selected for a regular term. There shall also be held a special term of said court on the first Monday of each month in each year, except the months of May, July, August, November and February: provided, however, that at such special terms, no cases shall be tried in which there is any issue of fact, nor shall be tried or heard any appeals from justices' courts, and no officer shall receive or be enabled to receive any compensation for attendance upon such terms. Such special terms may be held in the office of the county judge in the court house in said county. SECTION 4. Section nineteen (19) of said chapter is hereby amended to be and read as follows: costs shall be recovered in said court (to be taxed by the judge or clerk thereof), to the same amount as in circuit court, including jury fees and county tax, except as hereinotherwise provided or limited. SECTION 5. Section twenty (20) of said chapter is hereby amended to be and read as follows: the county judge of said Winnebago county for performing the duties required by this act and the act of which the same is amendatory, shall receive a salary of five hundred dollars per annum, to be paid quarterly out of the county treasury by the county treasurer. SECTION 6. Section twenty-two (22) of said chapter is hereby amended to be and read as follows: the demand for a jury shall be accompanied by the pay |