The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-12-06
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1881 AN ACT

81 ANAoJ 80 A1O~ 0Na IN SAA II AUX III
tory to an act to provide for the organizatiei
of cities and incorporated villages, passes
March II, A. D.lS53.
SECTION /. Be 1t enacted 6y thu
General assembly Of the State Of Ohio
That the seventy-third section of the
act entitled "an act to provide for the
organization of cities and incorporated
villages" passed May the third, one
thousand eight hundred and ffty-two, be
so amended as to read as follows: SEC.
TON 70. The city marshal shall exc.
cute all process to him directed by the
mayor or judge of the police court, and
shall by himself or deputy attend on the
sittings of said court to execute its or.
ders and process, and to preserve order
therein. He shall have power to ap.
point II or more deputies, for whose
official acts he shall be responsible, and
by whom he may execute all process OIL
orders to him directed. He shall have
power by himself or deputy to execute
all such process in any part of the county
in which such police court is situated.
1t s all be his duty to suppress all riots,
disturbances and breaches of the peace;
and to that end may call up~n the cit.
liens to assist him to apprehend all
persons in the act of committing any of
fence against the laws of this State or
the ordinances of the city, and then
forthwith to bring before the proper au-
thority for examination or trial. He
shall have power to pursue and arrest
any person fleeing from justice in any
part of the State, and to receive and ex-
ecut1 any proper authority for the ar
rest and detection of criminals fleeing or
escaping from any other places or States.
He shall have in the discharge of his
proper duties like powers, be subject to
like responsibilities and shall receive
the same fees, as sherifs and constables
in similar cases, for services actually
performed by himself or duputies, but
in no case shall he receive any fees, or
compensation for services rendered by
any Waterman or other officer; nor for
guarding, safe keeping or conducting
into the presence of the court, any per-
son arrested, either by himself or dep
uties, or by any other officer shall he re-
ceive a greater compensation than TWEEN
ty cents, and all fees, fines, penalties,
and costs by him collected, shall be paid
owe to the clerk of the police court
when collected.
SEC. 2. That section c~ighty-two of
said act, in the foregoing section men,
toned, be so amended as to read as
follows: Sec. 81. The city council
shall have power to erect, establish and
maintain a city prison which shall be in
the keeping and under the control of the
city marshal, under such rules and regu-
lations as the city council shall prescribe.
The city council of such city shall pro-
vide one or more watch or station
houses, and shall also provide suitable
rooms for the holding of the police court.
They shall provide by ordinance, for the
summoning and ~impanneling of jurors,
so as to secure a fair and impartial tri-
al, and the juries in saiG court, shall be
entitled to receive the same fees as in
trials of a like nature before the court
of common pleas, to be audited by the
proper officer. on the presentation o the
proper certificate of the clerk of the po-
lice court, and paid in city cases, out of
the sity treasury, and 10 state prosecu-
tions put of the county treasurery, which
shall be taxed against the city or state
as the case may be. when the accused
shall be acquitted, and against the de-
PENDANTS in case of conviction. It shall
be the duty of the keeper of the city
prison, watch and station houses, to pro-
vide all persons confined therein for any
offence, with necessary food during their
confinement, and the costs thereof, not
exceeding twenty-five cents per day, to
each person, shall be returned to the
court, and if approved by the judge,
shall be paid and taxed in like manner
with the jury fees herein before provi-
ded for; or the city council may provide
by ordinance for sustaining all such per-
sons at the expense of the city, and shall
in such cases allow to the marshal such
reasonable compensation for guarding
such persons as may be proper.
SEC. 2. That section eighty-four of
said first mentioned act, to which this is
amendatory, be so amended as to read
as folloA Sec. "a. The judge of
the police court shall receive no fees or
perquisites whatever, but shall receive
such annual compensation, to be paid
quarterly, out of the city treasury, not
to exceed two thousand dollars, as the
city council shall prescribe, and such
further compensation, payable out of
the county treasury, uot to exceed eight
hundred dollars, as the county commits
sioners may deem right and proper. Pro
vided, That nothing in this section con
tanned shall be construed to prohibit
the said judge from taking acknowl-
edgments of deeds, dispositions and aft
davits in cases wherein he is now allow
ed by law to perform such duties, and
receiving therefor the same fees allowed
to justices for like services.
SEC. A. That section twenty-five, of
the act entitled an act to amend an act
to provide for the organization of cities
and incorporated villages" passed March
the 18th, A. D. one thousand eight hun
dred and ffty-three, be SO amended as
to read as follows: Sec. IS. The po-
lice court shall always be open for the
dispatch of business, but may adjourn
from day to day, or from time to time /;
and the mode IN which cases shall be
brought before the court, shall be fixed
by the ordinance of the city council, or
a rule of the police court the Jurors IN
said court shall have the qualifications
of jurors in the court of common pleas,
and shall be summoned and impanneled
in accordance with an ordinance of the
city council. or in case the city council
should have faile1 to pass such ordi-
nance, in accol dance with a rule of court
and the said court, shall have power to
compel the attendance of witnesses, ju-
rors and parties. The police judge
shall adopt such rules of practice and