Rule 44. The priority of causes on the calendar as first made shall depend upon the date of filing notice of hearing with the clerk. The party noticing a cause for hearing shall, at least twenty days before the first day of the term for which the same is noticed for hearing, give notice to the clerk to place such cause on the calendar for the term. No cause shall be entered on the calendar by the clerk until the return, record on appeal, case made, or exceptions in criminal cases shall have been filed in this court, nor without the notice to the clerk hereinbefore mentioned. Upon filing stipulation with the 112 N.W.

clerk not later than the Saturday before the first day of the term, cases may be placed lower down on the calendar and grouped to suit the convenience of counsel. After such rearrangement of causes by the clerk, no further changes can be made by counsel, except to continue or place at the foot of the calendar. In cases where counsel are not present in court, notice of motions for continuance, to be heard on the first day of the term, shall be given at least twenty-four hours previous thereto, and if for any subsequent day, two days' notice shall be given. As amended July 2, 1907.