The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-06-11

therefor such fees as may be provided
by ordinance.
Article v.
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT.
Section l. Be it further enacted,
That the Recorder of Spring Hill IS
hereby vested with full power and au"
thority to try all offenses for violation
of the ordinances of the town, and is
also hereby vested with concurrent
jurisdiction with Justice of the Peace
in cases of the violation of the Grim
inai laws of the State of Tennessee,
and he shall be allowed the same fees
for like services as are allowed by raw
to Justices of the Peace, and such ad-
ditional fees and compensations for
other service as may be prescribed
by ordinance of the Board OF Mayor
and Aldermen. Said court shall have
power and authority to preserve order
and to punish contempt by fine or i'm
prisonment.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That
in the absence, INCOMPETENCE, or 9TH
er disability of the Recorder the May
or is herbey authorized to act in his
stead, or to appoint some suitable per-
son, who shall be vested with the same
powers as the Recorder when so act
ing.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That
in all cases a person convicted before
the Recorder of Spring Hill shall have
the right of appeal to the Circuit court
of Maury county as from a Justice of
the Peace.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That
all process issued from said Recorders
Court shall run in the name of Spring
Hill" Subpoenas issued from said
court may be served in any county in
this State by any executive officers
thereof under the same rules govern
ing like process issued from the courts
of record in this state.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted. That
the Marshal Of Spring Hill or any po-
liceman may, upon view, arrest any
person who may be guilty of viola
ton of any ordinance of the town or
any offense against the State of Ten
nessee, and he is empowered to serve
process of any kind issued by the Re-
corder's Court and to serve process in
matters issued by any JUS
tice of the Peace within the town.
For all such service the Marshal be
entitled to receive the same fees as
are allowed by law to the Sheriffs |
and Constables for like service. The |
Board of Mayor and Aldermen may
provide additional fees or compensa- |
ton for such other special work as I
may be imposed by this Act or ordt- |
nance upon the Marshal.
Sec 6. Be it further enacted. That |
all the misdemeanor statutes of Ten |
nessee are herby made the laws of the |
hereby created, and in a
violation of said statutes within the
corporate limits which impose a penal
ty of both fine and Imprisonment or il
alone shall be punished
by a fine of not less than two nor
more than fifty dollars.
Article VI.
Section 1. Be 1t further enacted,
That the Board of Mayor and Alder
men shall have the power and author
lty to assess property for taxation and
to levy and collect taxes, ad valorem
and privilege, for corporation purpos-
es upon merchants and all taxable
privileges within said town and upon
polls and property--real, personal. and /
the limits OF the town I
not exceeding in the total levy for
ali general purposes in any one year
one and one-half per cent of the total
assessment of said property for cor
poration purposes for that year; pro-
vided, the Board of Mayor and Alder
men may adopt the assessment made
Tor state and county purposes, in
which event the Board of Mayor and
Aldermen shall cause a transcript to
be made (under the direction of the
Recorder) of the books of the regular
Tax Assessor of the state and county
axes, so far as the same may apply
70 the property mentioned in the pre-
,eding section, and such transcript
shall be made as early as practicable
after the adjournment of the County
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