The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-03-06
An Ordinance
ESTABLISHING MUNICIPAL COURT IN THE
CITY OF PALATKA, AND PROVIDING
THEREFOR.

y ESTABLISHING A MUNICIPAL COURT IN THE
CITY OF PALATKA, AND PROVIDING
THEREFOR.
Be 1t ordained by the Mayor and city council
\ OF the city OF Palatka;
SECTION THAT a municipal court be and is
hereby established In and for the said city Of
Palatka, Florida, for the trial of all ofrenses
against the municipal ordinances of said city.
The Judge OF said court shall be elected by the
city council of said city each year as soon after
any general election Of said city as practicable,
whose term OF office shall be one year and until
his successor shall have been elected and quail
flied. Any qualified elector of said city, tWen-
Y ty-one years OF age, who has good moral
character and is competent to discharge such
duties shall be eligible to election To said Office
The Judge of said court shall receive a salary
OF two hundred dollars per year as his compen-
sation, which shall be paid by said city by
monthly payments. Said judge may convene
or open said municipal court at nine o'clock a.
m. OF each day Sunday excepted) at the city
council chambers of said city, or at such place
as may be designated by said city council for
the purpose of hearing all complaints against
any person or persons for the violation OF any
ordinance or ordinances of said city, and all
such cases shall be tried by said Judge, per-
son acting In his place, in a summary m inner
Z In case of sickness, absence or other disability
To act of the municipal judge, the m ,yOF oil said
city shall appoint a competent person TO act as
such Judge, and the mayor shall have power to
appoint such competent person to act in place
/ OF said judge and the person so appointed shall
have power and authority to hold such court,
and shall be vested with like powers Of said
municipal Judge.
SEC. 2-Ail persons tried In said court who
shall be acquitted of the offenses charged
against them shall at once be discharged. All
persons convicted by said court shall forthwith
pay all fines and costs assessed against them,
In default whereof they may be committed.
Provided; That II such person shall appeal
within three days from the judgment of the
court, they shall be released upon entering into
bond, with good and sufficient surety, in double
the amount of nne and costs assessed against
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which the case is appealed and TO abide by and
70 perform the judgement thereof.
SEC. 3-The clerk Of the city council shall be
the clerk of the city court, and shall keep
docket upon which shall be entered all causes
tried in taid court; said docket shall show
appropriate entertes thereon, the style of each
cause, the nature of the Offense, the Judgment
Of the court, the amount OF the lnes and costs,
the satisfaction OF the Judgment, whether by
payment OF fines and costs or c0mmittal, or by
pardon or remission of the city judge. The
docket shall also show the names OF the wit
nesses examined In each case and the date Of
appeal, II granted.
SEC. All fines and costs shall be a part of
the revenue of said city, and shall be paid to
the city treasurer Of said city by the collecting
onncer.
SEC, 5-The clerk shall return and file with
the clerk of the appellate court, within three
days, the papers in all cases appealed, and
he shall endorse on the warrant In each case
the names of the witnesses on behalf of the city.
Sec. 6--All persons arrested for the violation
OF any ordinance, or for any municipal misde-
meanor committed within the city limits, or on
the property of the city outside of its limits
shall be Immediately confined In the jail or
house OF detention, and remain therein until
discharged or tried by the city court, unless
such persons shall give proper security for
their appearance before said court, In which
event they may be released. The chief of pO-
lice and the officers in charge OF the jail or
house OF detention shall have authority TO take
from the persons arrested bonds or other ST.
curiLy for their appearance before the court,
but no such bond or security shall be tor less
amount than t1ve dollars, nor more than two
hundred and fifty dollars.
SEC. tit shall be the duty of the chief of
police to report to the city court every day at
o'clock a, m. all arrests and cOmmittals that
may have been made during the preceding day
and night, the names ofthe accused, the ofIenses
with which thsy are charged, the names OF the
witnesses in the respective cases, and the bonds
and other security of those who may have
been released, If any there be-
SEC SIN all cases where the parties accused
have been released upon bond or other Securi
~, II they fail TO appear, the city court shall
enter up judgment upon said bonds or other
security for the full amount OF the penalty,
and the clerk shall, at the expiration OF one
day from the rendition of such judgment
issue a nert facias to the chief OF po-
lice, who shall execute the same in man
ner provided by law, relative TO the duties
81 sherins Of the state of Florida, In levying
and making sale under writs Of execution or
like process.
SIC. s-rne city court shall have authority to
preserve order aud decorum, and shall be In
1ne and tmprisonment as are Incident TO courts
pf record In the state of Florida.
Sac. lO-Upon complaint made by afiidavit to
The Judge Of said court, by any policeman OF
said city or other person, that any onense,
which said court has Jurisdiction to try and
determine, has been committed within said city
1imits or upon any city property outside OF said
limits. said municipal judge may issue his
warrant In the usual form. making IL returna-
bic before himself. Upon the return Of the
warrant with the accused, the said Judge shall
proceed to hear, try and determine the cause
forthwith, or shall adjourn the same TO some
other day Of his court. ALI such trials and
prosecutions shall be upon affidavit and war
rant as aforesaid, but IL shall not be necessary
. 10 procure such warrant before making arrest,
where Il should not be convenient or prac-
ticabIe TO do so, or where an immediate arrest
becomes necessary In order to better promote
the public interests.
sEc. 1.-THE municipal Judge or acting muni-
efpal Judge shall keep docket book, In which
he shall enter the title OF every case brought
before him, the time the first process was Is
sued, the service and return thereof, all ad-
1ournments, the time and manner OF the trial,
or other disposition OF the case, the judgment
and sentence, including the costs allowed, the
Dames OF all Witnesses sworn on the trial and
all other proceedings had by and before him In
each case, and he shall sign his name thereto
after rendering judgments
SIC. l9-All male persons imprisoned In the
City jail under sentence Of the municipal oaart