3-1-304. Adjournment for absence of judge. If no judge attends before noon on the day appointed for the holding or sitting of a court or on a day to which it may have been adjourned, the sheriff or clerk may adjourn the same until the next day at 10 a.m. If no judge attends on that day before noon, the sheriff or clerk may adjourn the same until the following day at the same hour and so on from day to day for 6 days unless the judge, by written order or telegram, directs it to be adjourned to some day certain, fixed in said order or telegram, in which case it must be so adjourned.
History: En. Sec. 589, p. 155, Cod. Stat. 1871; re-en. Sec. 514, p. 174, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 514, 1st Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 531, 1st Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; amd. Sec. 130, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6298, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8852, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 139; re-en. Sec. 8852, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-509.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 1. Courts and Judicial Officers Generally
Part 3. General Rules Regarding Procedure
3-1-301. Days on which courts may be held
3-1-303. Adjournments from nonjudicial days
3-1-304. Adjournment for absence of judge
3-1-305. Adjournment until next regular term
3-1-306. through 3-1-310 reserved
3-1-311. Proceedings not affected by vacancy in office
3-1-312. Sittings of court to be public
3-1-313. Sittings of court -- when private
3-1-314. Proceedings to be in English language
3-1-315. Abbreviations and figures
3-1-317. User surcharge for court information technology -- exception
3-1-318. Surcharges upon certain criminal convictions -- exception