Horace Gray

“ By section 4, 'the qualified voters of the county of Ashland shall, on the first Tuesday in April, 1889, and on the first Tuesday of April every fourth year thereafter, elect a suitable person to the office of judge of said municipal court, to be called municipal judge, who shall hold his office for the term of four years from the first Monday in January next succeeding his election, and until his successor shall be elected and qualified.' 'Whenever a vacancy shall happen in the office of said judge, the governor shall fill such vacancy by appointment. ”

“ By the statute of Wisconsin of 1889, c. 94, § 1, 'a municipal court for the city and county of Ashland is hereby established, under the name of the municipal court for Ashland county,' which 'shall be a court of record, have a clerk and a seal,' and 'may exercise powers and jurisdiction equal to, and concurrent with, the circuit court of Ashland county, in all cases of crimes and misdemeanors arising in said county, except murder and rape,' besides other jurisdiction, criminal and civil. ”