Chapter 725

MUNICIPAL COURTS OF RECORD

MUNICIPAL COURTS OF RECORD

Act 369 of 1919

725.1-725.39 Repealed. 1978, Act 161, Imd. Eff. May 23, 1978;—1980, Act 440, Eff. Sept. 1, 1981 ;—Expired, Act 440, Eff. Oct. 1, 1981;—1996, Act 374, Eff. Oct. 1, 1996;—1996, Act 374, Eff. Jan. 1, 1997 ;—1996, Act 374, Eff. Oct. 1, 1997.





MUNICIPAL COURT JURY CODE

Act 83 of 1923

725.101-725.162 Repealed. 1978, Act 11, Imd. Eff. Feb. 8, 1978.





COMPENSATION OF REPORTERS OR RECORDERS OF CERTAIN COURTS OF RECORD

Act 221 of 1917

AN ACT to establish the compensation of reporters or recorders who are officers of courts of record, other than circuit courts, having general criminal jurisdiction.


History: 1917, Act 221, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 307, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 1986




The People of the State of Michigan enact:


725.201 Compensation of reporters or recorders of courts of record other than circuit courts.

Sec. 1.

     Reporters or recorders who are officers of a court of record, having general criminal jurisdiction, other than circuit courts, shall receive the same compensation received by circuit court reporters or recorders in the circuit where the court of record is located. Such compensation shall be audited and paid in the same manner and by the same authority as in the case of the compensation received by such circuit court reporters and recorders.


History: 1917, Act 221, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 16543 ;-- CL 1948, 725.201 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 307, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 1986




DISQUALIFICATION OF JURORS

Act 129 of 1867

AN ACT rendering persons disqualified for sitting as jurors in certain cases.


History: 1867, Act 129, Eff. June 27, 1867




The People of the State of Michigan enact:


725.252 Juror in justice or police court or coroner's inquest in Wayne county; former service as disqualification or cause of challenge.

Sec. 2.

     No person shall be qualified to sit as a juror in any justice or police court of Wayne county, or on an inquest before any coroner, who has already sat as a juror in said justice or police court, or on an inquest before said coroner, more than 3 times during the calendar year next preceding the time when he is summoned or offered as a juror on said court, or on said inquest. And it shall be the duty of justices of the peace, and police justices and coroners, to enforce and carry out the provisions of this law, and to discharge any such juror. It shall be a good cause of challenge, over and above all challenges otherwise allowed by law, that any person summoned or offered as a juror, shall have acted as juror in the same tribunal or court, more than 3 times during the prior calendar year.


History: 1867, Act 129, Eff. June 27, 1867 ;-- CL 1871, 6044 ;-- How. 7583 ;-- CL 1897, 347 ;-- CL 1915, 14592 ;-- CL 1929, 16545 ;-- CL 1948, 725.252
Compiler's Notes: This section was expressly excepted from repeal by Act 314 of 1915.





725.254 Juror in justice or police court; former service as cause of challenge.

Sec. 4.

     It shall be a good cause of challenge to any juror in any justice or police court in any city, township or village in this state, in addition to the other causes of challenge allowed by law, that such person has served as a juror in any justice or police court in any such city, township or village in this state 2 times within 1 year previous to such challenge.


History: Add. 1869, Act 62, Eff. July 5, 1869 ;-- CL 1871, 6046 ;-- How. 7584a ;-- CL 1897, 349 ;-- Am. 1907, Act 316, Eff. Sept. 28, 1907 ;-- CL 1915, 14593 ;-- CL 1929, 16546 ;-- CL 1948, 725.254
Compiler's Notes: This section was expressly excepted from repeal by Act 314 of 1915.




MUNICIPAL TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS BUREAU

Act 85 of 1953

AN ACT to authorize municipal judges in cities to establish violations bureaus for traffic offenses.


History: 1953, Act 85, Imd. Eff. May 18, 1953




The People of the State of Michigan enact:


725.301 Violations bureau for traffic offenses; establishment, personnel, rules and regulations, bonds; appearance before judges, notice.

Sec. 1.

     The judges of the municipal courts of the state in counties now or hereafter having a population of 100,000 or more according to the latest or each succeeding federal decennial census, shall have authority to establish violations bureaus from the personnel of the court for the purpose of assisting said courts in the disposition of complaints of violations of the traffic ordinances, rules and regulations of the municipalities in which said courts are constituted, and shall have authority to adopt rules and regulations for the operation of said bureaus. The personnel of the court violations bureaus shall be required to post bond in such amount as said judges may deem advisable.
     The said municipal judges who hear traffic cases shall designate the specified offenses under the traffic ordinances of their city and the state traffic laws in respect to which forfeitable bonds may be accepted by the traffic violations bureau in satisfaction thereof, and shall specify by suitable schedules the amount of such bonds for first, second, and subsequent offenses, provided such bonds are within the limits of the respective fines declared by such law or ordinance, and shall further specify what number of such offenses shall require appearance before the said municipal judges. In all such cases all notices and papers used in relation thereto shall advise all alleged violators of their right to a trial by jury.


History: 1953, Act 85, Imd. Eff. May 18, 1953 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 68, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1955



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