Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1914-10-01
ARTICLE XII.
 Police Court.

| SoCtlOn l. There shall be and is | hereby established in the City of Yu-
 ma, a municipal court to be known
 and designated "The Police Court of | the City of Yuma, Yuma County, State
 of Arizona" which court shall always | be open except on non-judicial days, and on such non-judicial days it may transact such business within it's juris dictiOn as is authorized by general law to be transacted by courts of Justice of the Peace relative to busi-
 ness within their jurisdiction.
 Section 2. Said court shall, within the territorial limits of said city, have
 and exercise jurisdiction as follows: (a) It shall have and exercise eX- elusive original jurisdiction of all pro- ceedings of criminal nature for the
 violation of any ordinance of said
 city; and of every action of a civil
 nature for the enforcement of a pen
 alty, or the recovery of a penalty or
 forfeiture imposed by any ordinance
 of said city for violation thereof, or
 for neglect to perform any duty by
 any ordinance imposed; and of every
 action for the collection of any li- cense-taX or penalty due from any per son to said city and required to be
 paid, or which is due and collectible under the ordinances of said city.
 (b) Appeals may be taken to the Superior Court of Yuma County, State of Arizona, on the judgments and or derS of said police court in all cases in which appeals now or hereafter may be taken to said Superior Court from the Justices Courts.
 Section 3. The city recorder shall be ex-officio police judge. He shall hold office during his term of office as recorder or until his successor is appointed or elected and qualified, unless removed from office as in this Charter provided.
 Section 4. The City Council shall provide the said court with a proper court room and all dockets, blanks ana stationery necessary for the transac- tlon of the business of said police court. All fines, penalties and tee. collected by the judge in the course and performance of his duties shall be paid to the city treasurer on the first day of each and every month and l money so paid by the police judge may by ordinance of the council be apportioned to any particular fund and shall thereafter be used in accordance with such ordinance. Upon the sick ness or disability of said police judge he may cause to act in his place any qualified Justice of the Peace of the County of Yuma.
 Section ,. The Chief of Police shall attend or assign a police officer for attendance on said court to preserve order therein and to enforce it's or ders and serve it's process.
 Section 6. For the proper carrvine out of the jurisdiction, vested in said city magistrate, he shall be entitled and authorized, to issue and cause to be served, any and all writs and pro- Cesses, and he shall have full authori- ty to hear and determine all matters properly coming before him and com ing within his jurisdiction herein spe- cified. The writs and processes to be used by said magistrate shall be | similar to those used by Justices Of | the Peace in cases of similar Lature, l and proper record shall be kept of tke | issuance of writs and processes and | returns and of any and all other ac- tlons taken relative thereto, and the actions of the court thereon The | police of the City of Yuma are hereby | and directed to execute 1 and serve any and all writs and pro- i resSes issued out of said police court 1 by said judge, and proper return shall i be made by such officer to the same extent as is required of constables and sheriffs in the service and exc chtion of similar papers.