White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1870-09-29

neus against the informant for sll the costs of
he proceedings had therein, and such iudg.
neut shall have like effect and be enforced in
he same manner as If judgment had bseu
against such informant for violation of Or
nance.
SIC. 20. All process and notices which Il
NAV be necessary. in sny suit before It. e Nav
or, to serve on the City, shall be served oo the
Civ Attorney or the person acting in his stead.
SIC. 81 When any affidavit on the part Of
The CITY shall be required in any cause vbich
Ias originated in the Mayors Court. IL shsII
he made BY the City Attorney, or by some on.
eer or person to whom the facts are knovn.
No aida. it shall be required Of the City AZ.
torney in support of an application for q con.
tinuance, hut his official statement Of the facts
relied upon shall be taken as true.
SEC. o. Upon the rendition of a Judgment
gainst a defendant. the Mayor shall issue an
execution upon said Judgment, and deliver the
same to the City Marshal.
Sac. % Oticers shall attend as witness
against persons whom they have arrested,
without being summoned: and If they fail to
appear at the time of trial, thev nav be setach-
ed and punished for contempt, The same a,
witne .ses summoned.
Src "a. Dispositions taken in conformity
TO the laws Of this State, NAV be read before
the Mayor on any trial where, BY season of
old age or bodily infirmity, or az
sence from the City. without collusion of the
party Offering deposition. is unable 70, or can.
not safely attend the trial, or when both psx,
ties agree in any case to the reading thereof.
SEc. 25. The attendance Of respectable fe-
males as witnesses before the Mayor, on the
part Of the City, shall not be compelled asainse
thei- inc'i,ation. if they are villin: 70 sive
their dcpositions, unless, in the Judgment Of
the City Attorney, their personal appearance
in Court is essential to the ends Of justice; and
where the testimony of such is wanted by .
defendant. and they object to appearing in
Court, and are wiling to give their testimony
in writing. the City Attorney shall, unless in
his judgment the ends Of Justice will be endau.
gered thereby. attend at their residence, when
notified SO to do by the defendant, and cross
examine on the part of the City; and the de.
position Of such person, legally taken, shall be
received and read in evidence As il rendered
admissible by other causes.
SEC 26. Witnesses duly summoned in auy
suit before the Mayor, and attending at the
trial. shall be entitled 70 fifty cents for each
days attendance; but such fees shall be taxed
and collected only when demanded or claimed
by the witness, at the time of trial; and no
witness shall be allowsd more than one fee for
any one days attendance.
SEC. q. The Mayor may issue attachments
TO compel the attendance of Witnesses Who
shall have been duly summoned. which atssch.
ment may be in the following form:
The State OF Kansas, Doniphan County,
To the Marshal Of the City of White Cloud,
Greeting:
A. B., having been duly SUNNI med as .
witness in a cause pending before the Mayor.
and failed to attend, you are commanded TO
take his body. and him safely to keep. 30 that
Ia. 4. kak -n-
City Of White Cloud. on the - day Of,
A. D. ls-, (or forthwith } to answer for such
contempt, and give testimony. ~ specified in
said summons.
Given under my hand, this - Gay Of
-, A. ID. 49,. G. D.. Mayor.
SIC. %. When such attachment shall hare
been executed, by the arrest of the perron
against whom the same shall have been 10.
sued, and is not re;urna5le forthwith, the
Marshal may discharge such person, On bis
| entering into bond to the City Of White
Cloud. with sufficient sufeties, TO be approved
by the Marshal, in the sum Of one hundred
do lars. conditioned for the appearance and
due attendance Of such person, to answer such
attachment. on the day thetein specified. which
bond shall be filed with the Mayor; and upon
the failure of such person to attend, In accord
ance with the conditions of such bond, the
S"oc oC- iotiCitco III tuc s0mc m0nneT anu
with like effect rs provided in section eleven
OF this Ordinance.
SIC. %. When any person, against whom
AN attachment shall have been issusd, shall be
under arrest, and shall fail to give bond for
his appearance, as provided in the preceding
section. he shall be committed to the CITY
prison. and there safely kept until the time
fixed for answering such attachment, and said
attachment shall be sufficient warrant and an.
thority to the Marshal for such committal and
detention.
SEC so. On the appearance Of . party. in
answer to an attachment, the Mayor, unless
good cause be shosn for non- attendance, in
obedience to the command Of the summons
With which be had been served, shall aseess
against such person fine not exceeding iifty
dollars. and the judgment rendered thereon
shall have the same effects and may be en-.
fotced IN the same manner as il rendered
against such pe,son for q violation of City Or.
dinance
SEc 81. When any cause is adjourned By
the Mayor, the witnesses in attendancs on be.
half Of the City may be recognized in the sum
OF hffy dollars each, in the manner prescribed
by the criminal laws Of the State Of Kansas;
such recosnizance shall be fled By the Mayor.
and may be forfeited in the manner preecrihei
in section eleven Of this Ordinance.
SEC 80. The Mayor and Marshal, in an
matters pertaining to the Mayors Court snd
the oiiice Of City Marshal, respectively, co.,
eerning which there are no specific proviaioos
~ Ordinance. shall be governed by the laws
OF the State Of Kansas. regulating proceedings
IN Justices Courts, and the duties of Justices
oil the Peace and Constablcs, 90 far q the sane
NAV be applicable. i =
SEC 80. In the ahsenee Of the City Attor.
ney, or other person prosecuting in hss stead,
when any case is about to be tried, the Mayor
may appoint some competent person 70 prose.
cute on behalf Of the City, who shall, during
the time he is 90 acting, possess all the power
vested in the City Attorney.
SEC. "a. The proceeds Of al fines and foe.
FIXTURES accruing 70 the City Of White Cload,
for violation of City Ordinances, shall b PAID
into the City Treasury, TO the credit ef the
Mayors Court fund. and are hereby apps0psis.
ted TO the payment Of the fees Of The o0ossp
Of said Court. and expenses incurred thsrsju,
and the excess, if any. at the close Of eseh q.
cal year, shall be transferred 70 The eesesnl
fund.
Approved August 23d. 1870.
JOSHUA TAYLOR, Mayer.
certify the foregoing 10 be ! true eopy ef
The original on file in my Office.
J. Urr. City Clssk.