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===Section 104.===
The council shall elect a city physician for the term of two years who shall perform such duties as the council may prescribe, for such compensation as the council may fix.
==The police court.==
===Section 105.===
The judicial power of the city shall be vested in a police court, which shall keep a record of the proceedings, and the officers thereof shall be a judge and a clerk. The clerk shall be appointed by the mayor as provided herein, and shall hold his office for a term of two years. The mayor shall act as judge without extra compensation until such time as the city may determine to create a recorder, as now provided by law, the council taking the place of the board of commissioners in the statutes governing this matter.
===Section 106.===
Said court shall have jurisdiction in all cases of violation of municipal ordinances occurring within the corporate limits of the city, as provided by ordinances of city, and shall impose penalties therefor consistent with the city ordinances and the statutes of the State, with the necessary power to carry into effect the jurisdiction given. If bonds be required of the accused to appear and answer, said court shall have the power to order the bond to be taken in such sum as it may direct. Persons arrested under a charge of crime must be presented to the court for trial within twenty-four hours after arrest, unless Sunday intervenes.
===Section 107.===
In all cases of drunkenness or disorderly conduct, in addition to imposing a fine, said court may hold the offender to bail in a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars to keep the peace, or to be of good behavior for any length of time not exceeding six months, or the court may impose a fine without holding to bail. Should the offender fail to give bond, or fail to pay the fine, he shall be forthwith committed, and shall be kept in custody until bail be given, or until the time fixed by the judgment shall have expired, and the fine be paid or satisfied by labor, as provided by law.
===Section 108.===
In the trial of cases arising under the ordinances of the city, the proceedings and practice of the court shall be such as may be determined by the ordinances of the city. Subject to these limitations, the judge of said court shall have authority and power to adopt rules and regulations for conducting the business of said court, and to enforce the same by process of contempt. He shall have all the powers necessary to try the cases under his jurisdiction. He may administer oaths, and shall be a general conservator of the peace.
==Judge of the police court.==
===Section 109.===
The mayor shall be the judge of the police court until the council deem it expedient, and does create a recorder, as now provided by law.
===Section 110.===
Said judge shall devote the necessary attention to the duties of said court.
===Section 111.===
When from any cause the judge of said court shall tail to attend and hold court, the mayor ''pro tem'' of the city shall act as judge ''pro tem'' for said court, and the judge ''pro tem'' shall have the same rights, powers and duties as the regular judge has, and the judge ''pro tem'' shall not receive from the city any additional compensation for service in said court. In the absence of the mayor and the mayor ''pro tempore'', the chairman of the board of public safety shall act as judge of the police court.
===Section 112.===
The judge of said court shall never hold his court out of the room provided by the council as a city court room unless said room can not be used.
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