Douglas Island news., 1903-08-05
Ordinance No. IS.
MUNICIPAL COURT, POLICE DEPARTMENT,
 CHAIN GANG, sc.

The City of Douglas does ordain as follows:
 SEC l. A Municipal Court is hereby estab. lished for the City of Douglas, which shall be presided over by the Municipal Magistrate who shall have exclusive Jurisdiction of all violation of the City Ordinances and may ls- sue summons, warrants of arrest, grant bail, try, fine. or commit to prison any often. der, in accordance with the provisions or such ordinances. In default of paying fne defendant may be imprisoned until the hne be satisfied in proportion of one days inn prisonment for every S2.OO fine. Sald court shall have exclusive jurisdlction or aIi InlSr demeanors committed within the Clty or Douglas and shall have and e%erciSe all the criminal Jurisdiction and powers of a Jus tice's Court as the same are designated ana defined by the criminal laws of the District of Alaska, Said court may admlnlster all oathS required by law; when sentence ot i'm prisonmeut is passed upon any offender the Municipal Magistrate may include Tn such judgment that such offender shall be subject to labor under the custody of the Marshal ot the City. The Municipal Magistrate shall keep a record of the proceedings in the Mu- nicipal Court, receive and pay monthly to the City Treasurer all moneys collected by plicate therefor one of which he shall file with the City Clerk, and he shall render quarterly detailed account ot all lines lm- posed and all monies collected by him, to the Common Council.
 PROCEDURE IN MUNICIPAL COURT.
 SEC. ,. Action in the Municipal Court shall be commenced and prosecuted to a final de- termination and judgment therein, and en- forced III the manner provided by Chapter 4z of Title ?, of An act to define and punish crime in the District of Alaska, and to pro, vide code of criminal procedure for said District" enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Stat states oI America and approved March 3d, lS99, when applicable and not herein otherwise pro- Tided. ~
 TRIAL BY JURY.
 SEC. 3. In trial or proceeding for the vi; olation of City Ordinance, the trlal Snall be by the court and without jury, unless the defendant on demanding Jury shaIl ue. posit in court sum sufficient to pay the per diem of such jury for one day, and on each additional day of said trial shall make de- posit in court of sum sufficient to pay the jury for such day, which sum the court ShaL pay to the jury at the time they render their verdict, provided that jury shall consist or six men having the Qualitications of jurors aS provided by the laws ot the DlStrlct or AT aska.
 APPEALS TO DISTRICT COURT.
 SEC. 1. Appeals may be taken from judg,. ment of conviction given in the Municipal Court to the District Court, for the District of Alaska, except when the same IS given on a plea of guilty" in the manner and form prescribed in Chapter 4S, of Title ?, of an act "To define and punish crime in the District of Alaska and to provide code of criminal procedure for said district" enacted by the Senate anu House of RepresentatlVes or the United States of America, and approved March Sd 1899.
 CRIMINAL CONTEMPT.
 SEC. ,. Any person who shall willfully disO- bey any process or order issued by said court or who willfully refuses to be sworn aS wit ness or who so sworn shall refuse to answer any material question, shall be guilty or con tempt of court and may be punished by me not to exceed S20000 or by Imprisonment not to exceed % days in the city jail, or both Any 6iSorderly, contemptuouS or lnsolent behavior committed during the sitting ot said court. or any breach of the peace, noise or other disturbance, tending to interrupt the proceedings of said court, shall be deemI ed contempt of court, and may be .punlsniea by fine or Imprisonment, us Tn thls Secuoh hereinbefore provided.
 MAGISTRATES SALARY.
 SEC. 6. The salary of the Municipal MaSiS- trate is hereby fixed at Sf5OO per mouth, pay able monthly, out of the City Treasury Gen eral Fund. Out of such salary the Munlcl- pal Magistrate shall procure suitable quar- ters for court room, the City of Douglas furnishing the same and providing necessary stationery and blanks.
 QUALIFICATIONS OF MAGISTRATE.
 SEc T. The Municipal Magistrate, before entering upon his duties shall take and sup scribe an oath before the city clerk, to faith fully perform the duties of his office, which oath shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk for the City of Douglas. and he shall execute bond to the City of Douglas in the amount of S1, ,OGO, which bond shall be ap- proved by the city council, and filed with the city clerk.
 PoLIcE-THE1R DUTIES AND POWERS.
 SEC. s. There shall be and is hereby organ: ized a Police Department of the City of Douglas, to consist ot the following othcerS and members, viz: The marshal of said city who is hereby constituted eX-otticio Chief of Police and who shall be appointed by the common council, and whose salary, shall be fixed by the common council and may be