The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-03-13
An Ordinance

ESTABLISHING MUNICIPAL COURT IN THE
CITY OF PALATKA, AND PRJYlDING
THEREFoR.
Be 1t ordained by the Mayor and city council
OF the city Of Palatka:
SECTION THAT municipal court be and is
hereby established In and for the said city of
Palatka Florl la, for the trial of all ofenses
against the municipal ordinances Of said city.
The Judge OF said court shall be elected by the
city council of said city each year soon after
any general election of said city as practicable,
whose term Of ONCE shall be one year and until
his Successor shall have been elected and quail
fhed. ANY qualified eector Of said city, twen-
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 salary
OF two hundred dollars per year as his cOmpen-
satiOn, which shall be paid by said city by
mvnthly 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 otsatd 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
ordnance or ordinances of said city, and all
suth cases shall be tried by said Judge, or per-
son acting In his place, in summary manner.
In case of sickness, absence or other disability
70 act of the municipal judge, the mayor OF 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.
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 ssessed against them,
indefault 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
them, conditioned to appear before the court 10
which the caseis appealed, and TO abide by and
to perform the judgement thereof
SIC. 3-The clerk of the city council shall be
the clerk of the city court, and shall keep
dodket upon which shall be entered all causes
frlad I'm raid court; said dOckBt shall show
appropriate enteries thereon, the style of each
cause, the nature OF the offense, the judgment
OF the court, the amount the lines and costs,
the Satisfaction of the judgment, whether by
payment of fines and costs or cOmntttal, 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 4-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
01lcer.
SEC 5LThe clerk shall return and file with
the clerk OF the appellate court, within three
days, tho papers in all cases appealed, and
he shall endorse on the warrant in each case
the of the witnesses on behalf of the city.
SEC. Gall persons arrested for the violation
OF any ordinance, or for any municipal misde-
meanor committed within the city limits, or on
she 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 Sc
curity for their appearance before the court,
bat no such bond or security shall be Tor less
amount than Ave dollars, nor more than two
hundred and nifty dollars.
SEC. lit 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 onenses
with which they are charged, the names OF the
wisnesses in the respective cases, and the bonds
aud other security of those VINO may nave
been released, II auy there be.
SIC Sin all cases where the parties accused
have been released upon bond or other securi-
" II they fall to appear, the city court SHAH
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
lssue a fieri facias to the chief OF pO-
lice, who shall execute the same in man
ncr provided by law, relative to the duties
Of aheriffs OF the state Of Florida, In leNying
aud making sale under writs OF execution or
like process.
NC. s-The city court shall have authority to
nrC4erVe order aud decorum, and snail Do ln-
vested with the same powers 70 that end, by
mo and Imprisonment, as are Incident TO courts
0f record In the state of Florida.
sac. l0-Upon complaint made by ahhdaytt to
the Judge Of said court, by any policeman OF
said city or other person, that any Ofrense,
which said court has Jurisdiction TO try and
determine, has been committed within said city
llinlts or upon any city property outside OF said
limits, said municipal Judge may issue his
Harrant IN the usual form, making it returna-
HIe before himself. Upon the return OF the
mArrant with the accused, tho said Judge shall
nf0ceed TO hear, try and determine the cause
forthWith or shall adjourn the same 70 some
|1tfer day of his court. All such trials and
1r,secufions shall be upon afndavit and war
4ant as aforesaid, but tt shall not be necessary
Is procure snch warrant before making arrest,
H1ere IL should not be convenient or prac-
fItAhle 10 do so, or where an immediate arrest
Incones necessary in order W better promote
liz public Interests.
eRc. 1.-THE municipal Judge or acting munl-
Etnal Judge shall keep docket book, in which
10 shall enter the title OF every case brought
111lore him, the time the first process was Is
sued, the service and return thereof, all ad-
fturnments, the time and manner of the trial,
a. other disposition Of the case, the judgment