The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-10-13

,hal Immediately cause to be published in a
ne wspaper Of general circulation
printed IN said town, if there be Que, and
il not, then by posting one at the front
door of the postoffice OF said town.
Sec. IS. MI warrants drawn on the treas
u r e m b 6 n d by h
e h a r a o. the board Of
trustees. and countersigned by the clerk,
stating the particular fund or appropria-
ton to which the same is chargable, and
the person to whom payable, and no mon
ey shall be drawn except as hereinafter
provided. All moneys received on any
special assessment shall be held by the
treasurer as a special fund to be applied
to the payment of the improvement for
which the assessment was made, and said
money shall be used for no other purpose
whatever unless to reimburse such corpor-
alton for money spent in such improve
ments.
Section 70. The books Of the town
treasurer shall be open to inspection to
any member of the board of trustees or to
any committee appointed by the board of
trustees to inspect the same at all ines.
His fees shall be four per cent of all mon
eys passing through his hands.
Police Judge.
Section II. The chairman of the board
of trustees shall nominate and with the adj
wise and consent of the board Of trustees
appoint any justice of the peace residing
in the town of tucumcari as police judge
within and for said town, The court over
which said police judge shall preside shall
be known as the police court of Tucumca-
ri and such court shall have the sole and
exclusive jurisdiction of the violation of
any and all ordinances of the town of Tu-
cumcari.
Section IS. The police judge of said
town shall, before proceeding to try any
person for the violation of any ordinance
of said town, cause complaint to be made
in writing, and warrant to issue to arrest
the person or persons described in said
complaint, and return to be made on said
warrant.
Section 70. All cases before saidp police
Judge shall be docketed in the name of
said town Of Tucumcari against the de-
PENDANTS and tried by said police judge
without a jury, and said judge shall enter
on SAID docket, in a plain ineligible man
ner, a minute of each step taken in such
case, and of particular costs assessed in
same.
Section 20. Judgment shall be entered in
each and every case of guilty or not guilty
of the oifense charged, and by said judg-
ment defendant or defendants shall be
discharged, fined or imprisoned. or fined
and imprisoned, as the case may be; and
where defendant is found guilty the cost of
such case shall be assessed against him.
and no cost shall be taxed otherwise; and
all judgments imposing a fine, except
where a fine and Imprisonment are both
imposed, shall be in the alternative of i'm
prisonment for a specified number of days
or until such fine and costs are paid, in de-
fault of immediate payment of such fine
and costs
Section Fl. Where judgment of guilty
shall be entered in any case before him,
said police Judge shall issue a commitmen
against the person of defendant; com
manding the marshal Of said town, in de
fault of immediate payment of such flint
and costs as may have been assessed, tc
commit the defendant to the town Jail Of
to such place of imprisonment as may b'
provided by the board of trustees for thu
> incarceration of town prisoners, subject Il
;, labor, in accor dance with the terms of salt
:. judgment and the ordinances of said town
Section 81. Whenever, in accordance
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