CHAPTER XV.
POLICE JUSTICE.
Sec. 212. Election, term of office, etc.
The Council shall elect a qualified person to the office of Police
Justice, who shall hold office for two years and until his successor
be elected and qualified, unless sooner removed from office.
Sec. 213. His jurisdiction and powers.
The Police Justice shall have and possess all the jurisdiction
and exercise all the powers and authority in all criminal cases of
the Justice of the Peace of the city, and his jurisdiction shall extend
one mile beyond the corporate limits of the city. He shall
also have jurisdiction of and try all violations of the city ordinances,
and inflict such punishment as may be prescribed for a
violation of the same. He shall have authority to issue his warrant
for the arrest of any person or persons violating any of the
city ordinances, acts or resolutions of the city; it shall be his
duty specially to see that peace and good order are preserved,
and persons and property are protected in the city; he shall have
power to issue executions for all fines and costs imposed by him,
or he may require the immediate payment thereof, and in default
of such payment he may commit the party in default to
the city jail until the fine and costs be paid, for a period, however,
not exceeding ninety days. (Charter, Sec. 31.)
Sec. 214. Appeals.
An appeal may be taken from the judgment of the Police Justice
in imposing penalties for infraction of the city ordinances,
to the Corporation Court. (Charter, Sec. 16.)
Sec. 215. Terms of court.
The Police Justice shall hold his court daily except Sunday, in
the court room provided for that purpose in the City Hall and if
from any cause he shall be unable to act, he shall appoint any
other justice of the peace, or any of the aldermen of the city, to
discharge the duties of the Police Justice prescribed herein during
such inability, and who shall be paid for such services by the
Police Justice at the same rate per diem as such Police Justice
receives. (Charter, Sec. 31.)
Sec. 216. Accounting of fines.
The Police Justice shall keep a record of all fines, forfeitures,
fees and costs imposed, arising or collected in the administration
of his office, which he shall report monthly to the City
Treasurer, except that all fines collected for offenses committed
against the State shall go to the literary fund, as provided by
law. (Charter, Sec. 31.)
Sec. 217. Removal from office.
The Police Justice shall be removed from office by the Mayor
upon proof of malfeasance or misfeasance in office as provided
for in section 30 of the charter.
Sec. 218. Salary, etc.
The Police Justice shall receive a compensation for his services,
to be fixed by the Council, which shall not be increased or decreased
during the term for which he is elected, but said compensation
shall not be less than two hundred dollars nor more
than six hundred dollars per annum. He shall receive no fees
for his services as such Police Justice, but all such fees shall be
covered into the city treasury. (Charter, Sec. 31.)
