Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-05-18
Police Magistrate.

| 0uDsCflDeQ an sworn 10 before me this
Police Magistrate.
| SEC. 4. Upon the filing Of the information. the
magistrate may at his discretion issue warrant
ceiying such warrant must serve the same by
| taking the defendant into custody, and bringing
him s.6 before he the magistrate: aseas :,
! make due return on the back Of the same; and il
any officer shall have arrested party without
warrant, he shall file in the Police Magistrate,s
| as required by Section Three Of this ordinance
SEC. 6: The proceedings in the Police Maeis-
trate's Court shall be conducted in the same man
nor as is or may be prescribed by the Laws Of the
| Territory OF Dakota in reference to trials and
examinations in criminal cases before Justices OF
the Peace and magistr ates; and parties to suits
therein shall be entitled to the rights, lex
| cept as herein otherwise provided) remedies aud
sppeals that are or may be prescribed by the laws
tn: 81 in be-
this section shall be construed to allow any party
change of venue in cases of violation Of the or
| dinances of the city.
| SECT Any person in the custody of the citv
marshal, or any police officer, for q violation Of
any city ordinance, may be admitted to bail by
giving bond to the city. with security to be ap.
proved by the mayor or police magistrate, in such
| amount as they may specify; conditioned thar he
Will appear upon q dav in the bond named before
the police magistrate and answer the accusation
Tor which he has been arrested and not depart the
court without leave. 'GzI.54-
SECS. Said bond shall be filed in the police
magistrates ottce. and if the defendant fails to
appear, according to the conditions of the bond
the police magistrate may enter Judgment against
| the principal and suretes, for the penalty Of the
said bond and all costs, and issue execution there
on.
SECS 9. A party in custody who cannot be tried
| cient cause may, at the discretion Of the police
magistrate, be required to enter into recopnzance
for nus appearance Ct the trial. as provided in the
SO to do may be confined in jail till such trial
provided, however, that if the contin il had
at the instance Of the city. he shall not be confined
hours.
SEC. 20. The police magistrate shall issue sub
pen,s for .ll Witnesses desired by either party,
other person appointed BY the police % magistratee e
for that purpose, by reading the same to the per-
soas named therein, and the officer other person
10 APPOINTED shaL endorse thereon the manner Of
SEC. II. Any witness duly summoned. fai:inr
to appear, may be compelled by attachment to Il.
exceeding ten dollars for contempt Of court to-
gether with the costs Of the attachment.
SEc. II. witness appearing who shall refuse
ton deemed proper by the Court, not nconsis-
4ent with or exempted by the Territorial laws, and
all persons who shall conduct themselves con-
temptously toward the Court, or shall by noise or
etherwise hinder or disturb the proceedings Of
the Court, shall be fined in any sum not exceeding
fifty dollars.
SEC. 13. That whenever q case is tried nv !.
jury, their verdict in all cases for violation Of
ordinances, shall be in the following form:
guilty as the case may bel Of the offense charged.
SEC. "a. Whenever any person charged with
the violation Of any of the ordinances Of the city,
Or jury is found gully the police y sstra,e masIstrae
shall render 9 Judgment that the defendant be
fined according to the nature of the offence
nance, for VOCATION Of which the defsndant he eTaa ..
been Convicted in sum not exceeding one hun
dred dollars, and that the defendant be committed
lprovided such penalty is a fne]; and If the fine
and costs are not paid at the time Of the rendition
OF the Judgment or an appeal taken, then it snall
mittimus committing said defendant to the s1 city
Jail till said fine and costs are paid: Provided
such imprisonment shall not exceed thirty days,
SEC. Is. That it shall be the duty of the nolice
magistrate to furnish the City Council at it's first
meeting in the months of January, April, July
md October, with full report of the number Of
criminal cases under the ordinances of the CITY
also the amount of fines imposed and those
collected under. the city ordinances:
slso the number Of cases in which Judgment was
rendered against the city, and to pay over to the
Treasurer, when making each quarterly state
ment, all moneys collected as fines and forfeit
ures.
Sec. 16. Witnesses and Jurors in The no,ice
magistrates court, shall be entitled to the same
fees as are or may be allowed under the Territori
a. laws for tn the attendance and services before
ssc. ~. Inc poiice magistrate shall receive
ices as eosls, such p hereafter shall be
provioea 1os ~ law. for Justices Of the Peace for
sni&r services but in all proceedings to enforce
me ordsnances of the City of jamestown, when
the costs cannot be made of the defendant, on
execution, and in all cases where the information
Is made by city officer under the ordinances, the
police magistrate shall be paid by the CITY Of
jamestown, the same fees are paid to the Jus
tces of the Peace by the county in criminal
cases.
SEC. Is. All ordinances or parts Of ordinances
passed bv the Board Of Trustees Of the village OF
Jamestown conflicting herewith are hereby re-
pealed.
Passed May {. 1885,
Approved, May 1a, 1883.
Published, May IS, 1888.
JOE D. MILLS. JEROME j. FLINT,
No.6.
An ordinance providiag for the election Of CITY
Treasurer in the city of Jamestown.
Be it ordained by the city council OF the city OF
jamestown,
council room Of the city Of Jamestown within
ten days from the Gate at which this ordinance
takes effect at such time within said period as the
council may see fit therefor for the purpose Of
eiechng City Treasurer for said city in accord
ance with the provisions Of the city chatter in
SEC. That said election he conducted and
the judges and other officers thereof appointed
A4c the vote canv0esed and returned in the same
manner as provided by the Board Of Trustees Of
the village Of Jamestown for the fret general
Of Jamestown except that the same shall Be
opened at but polling place as described in the
ftst section hereof and that bat one set Of me-
cinet odiceys he appointed to conduct the same.
r.sssd, Nay 49,