Douglas Island news., 1903-08-12
Ordinance No. IS.
MUNICIPAL COURT, POLICE DEPARTMENT,
 CHAIN GANG, &C.

 The City of Douglas does ordain as follows:
 SEC. 1. 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 ot arrest, grant bail, try, fine, or commit to prison any otfen- der, in accordance with the provisions or such ordinances. In default of paying hne defendant may be imprisoned until the me be satisfied in proportion of one days inn prisonment for every S2.OO line. Sald court shall have exclusive Jurisdiction of al! mis. demeauorS committed within the City or Douglas. and shall have and exercise all the criminal Jurisdiction and powers of Jus ticeS Court aS the same are designated and defined by the criminal laws of the District of Alaska, Said court may aainlnlSter ; ail oathS required by law; when sentence of i'm prisoument 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 record of the proceedings in the Mu- nicipal Court, receive and pay monthly to the City Treasurer all moneys collected by him, and take said treasurer's receipt in du- plicate therefor, one of which he shall hle with the City Clerk, and he shall render quarterly detailed account of all fines im- posed and all monies collected by him, to the Common Council.
 PROCEDURE IN MUNICIPAL COURT.
 =. be commenced and prosecuted to q final de- termination and Judgment therein, and en- forced in the manner provided by Chapter ~ of Title 2, of An act to define and punlsh crime in the District of Alaska, and to pro, vide code of criminal procedure for Sald District" enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United states ot America and approved March Sd, lSiS' when applicable and not herein otherwise pro- vided.
 TRIAL BY JURY
 SEC. 3. In trial or proceeding for the vii olation of a City Ordinance, the trial shall be by the court and without jury, unless the defendant on demanding Jury shall 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 a sum sufficient to pay the jury for such day, which sum the court shall pay to the jury at the time they render their verdict, provided that jury shall consist ot six men having the qualifications of jurors as provided by the laws of the District of AL aSka.
 APPEALS TO DISTRICT COURT.
 SEC. 4. 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 @S, of Title ,, of an act "To define and punish crime in the District of Alaska and to provide a code of criminal procedure for said district" enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives ot 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 of con tempt of court and may be punished by fine not to exceed S2OO.OO or by Imprisonment not to exceed go days iu the city Jail or b0th Any GiSorderly. contemptuouS or lnsolent behavior committed during the sitting of said court. or any breach of the peace, noise or other disturbance, tending to interrupt the proceedings of said court, shall he deem ed contempt of court, and may be punished by fine or Imprisonment, as in this section hereiubefore provided.
 MAGISTRATES SALARY.
 SEC. 6. The salary of the Municipal MagiS- trate is hereby fixed at $500 per month, pay able monthly, out of the City Treasury Gen eral Fund. Out of such salary the Municl- 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. :. The Municipal Magistrate, before catering upon his duties, shall take and sub- 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 a bond to the City of Douglas iu the amount of S1,OCO, which bond shall be ap- proved by the city council and filed with the city clerk.
 PoLICE-THEIR DUTIES AND POWERS.
 SEC. S. There shall be and is hereby organ ized Police Department of the City of Douglas to consist of the following officers and members viz: The marshal of said city who is hereby constituted eX-oficio Chief of Police, and who shall be appointed by the common council and whose salary shall be fixed by thp common ppuncil md may he