HomeMy WebLinkAbout1939-0016 - Ordinance - 05/04/1939ORDINANCE NO. 16
AN ORDINANCE TO SET UP CORPORATION COURT.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Col-
lege Station, Texas:
SECTION I. The corporation court shall be presided over by
a recorder who shall be elected for a term of two years.
S:::CTION II. The City Secretary shall serve ex -officio as
clerk of the Corporation Court. He is hereby authorized to
appoint a deputy.
SECTION III. The City Attorney is hereby authorized to
appoint a deputy.
SECTION IV. Any prisoner in the custody of the City Marshal
or any othe peace officer of the City shall be placed in the
County Jail of Brazos County, Texas.
SECTION V. In al.1 cases before the Corporation Court, ariz-
ing either under the ordinances of the City or the criminal
laws of the state, the defendent shall upon conviction or
pleading guilty, pay as costs the sum of $4.00 (four dollars).
SECTION VI. The rules to enforce the collection of all
costs and fines imposed by the Corporation Court, by execu-
tion against the property of the defendant or the imprison-
ment of the defendant, shall be the same as the rules pre-
scribed by law for judgments and their enforcements in
criminal cases in Justice Courts, as far as applicable.
SECTION VII. When not otherwise prescribed by law or
ordinance, the rules of pleading, practice, and procedure
prevailing and prescribed by law for Justice Couts shall
apT)ly to the Corporation Court, as far as applicable.
SECTION VIII. There shall be paid out of the municipal
treasury as fees to the recorder of the Corporation Court,
in cafes in which the defendant pleads guilty or is con,
victed, and pays the fine and costs, the following
amounts:
a. To the recorder $2.00 (two dollars)
Passed and approved this the 4th day of May, 1939 A. D.
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City ecretary
ORDINANCE NO.• 16
AN ORDINANCE TO SET UP CORPORATION COURT.
Be it ordained by the City- Council of the City of Col-
lege Station, Texas:
SECTION I, The corporation court shall be presided over by
a recorder who shall be elected for a term of two years.
SECTION 1I. The City Secretary shall serve ex -officio as
clerk of the Corporation Court. He is hereby authorized to
appoint a deputy.
SECTION III. The City Attorney is hereby authorized to
appoint a deputy.
SECTION IV. Any prisoner in the custody of the City Marshal
or any other peace officer of the City shall be placed in the
County Jail of Brazos County, Texas.
SECTION V. In all cases before the Corporation Court, aris-
ing either under the ordinances of the City or the criminal
laws of the state, the defendant shall upon conviction or
pleading guilty, pay as costs the sum of $4.00 (four dollars).
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SECTION VI. The rules to enforce the collection of all
costs and fines imposed by the Corporation Court, by execu-
tion against the property of the defendant or the imprison-
ment of the defendant, shall be the sante as the rules pre-
scribed by law for judgments and their enforcements in
criminal cases in Justice Courts, as far as applicable.
SECTION VII. When not otherwise prescribed by law or
ordinance, the rules of pleading, practice, and procedure
prevailing and prescribed by law for Justice Courts shall
apply to the Corporation Court, as far as applicable.
SECTION VIII. There shall be paid out of the municipal
treasury as fees to the recorder of the Corporation Court,
in cases in which the defendant pleads guilty or is con-
victed, and pays the fine and costs, the follow -i -ng 1�.�-�.,
amounts:
I
a-.-_To_the -recorder $2.00--(two--dollars)
Passed and approved this the 4th, day of May, 1939 A. D.
s/ J. H. Binney,
Mayor
ATTEST:
s/ Sidney L. Loveless
City Secretary
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