Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1911-06-23
ton 3 of this ordinance.

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may be admitted to bail by giving
bonds with security, to be approx
ed by the police Judge, and if he
cannot act, then by the city mar
shall, in such sum as he may specify.
The bond shall be conditioned that
the ~defendent will appear at the
time named therein, before the po-
lice court and answer to the charge
for which he has been arrested. The
bond shall be filed in the police
court, and if the defendant fails to
appear at the time mentioned in the
bond, the police Judge may declare
the bond forfeited.
Section Z. Any person arrested
for the violation of a town ordinance.
in lieu of the bond mentioned in the
proceeding section, may deposit
with the police Judge, or city mar
shall, such sum as may be specified
by him. who shall give to the per-
son arrested a receipt for the money
S o deposited in lieu of bail; if the
person depositing the money al-
pear before the police court at the
time of the first setting thereof af-
ter the money was so deposited, the
said money shall be returned to the
person depositing it, but if he fail
to so appear, the police Judge shall
declare the deposit forfeited to the
town and cause the same to be paid
into the town treasury.
Section 8. Any person TO u d
guilty of a violation of any town or
dinance of the town of Cut Bank,
which is punishable by fine, the po-
lice judge rendering judgment that
the defendant pay a fine, may also
direct that he be imprisoned in the
town Jail until the fine be satisfied.
III the proportion of one days i'm
prisonment for every two dollars of
the fine. If the defendant is i'm
prisoned he may also be sentenced
to preform labor upon the streets or
other labor that the city may have
to be done. In all cases where a
fine is imposed the police Judge shall
issue a warrant of commitment for
the number of days the defendant
is to be confined in pursuance of
this section.
Section 8. When a fine imposed
by the police Judge for the viola
ton of a town ordinance be paid in
money, he shall issue a receipt
therefor in triplicate on blanks to
be furnished him by the city clerk,
one receipt to be given to the per-
son paying the fine, another to ac-
company the police judges monthly
report to the town council, and the
other to remain in the police court
as part of its record.
Section 10. The police Judge
shall make out and file in the office
of the town clerk, monthly, a report
of the number of cases tried. the
persons convicted, the fine and costs
imposed, and whether the same has
been paid, the number of days any
person convicted has been sentenced
to confinement in the town Jail, by
the police Judge, and before filing
the same, he shall pay over to the
town treasurer all moneys received
in payment of fines and fo%rteitures.
and make a receipt therefor, which
receipt shall be attached to the re-
port filed with the city clerk.
Section IL. All proceedings in
the police court shall be conducted
in the same manner as are trials in
criminal cases before Justices of the
peace under the laws of Montana.
and all persons tried before the no.
lice court shall have the same reme-
dies and rights of appeal as now are
or may hereafter be prescribed by
law in criminal cases before Justices