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 Strasburg
 Code of Ordinances
 Part I. CHARTER

  § 6. Powers, etc., of mayor and councilmen as justice of the peace in civil matters; police judge.  

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  • The mayor and councilmen of the town shall be clothed with all the powers and authority of a justice of the peace in civil matters within the corporate limits of the town and one mile beyond. The council shall have the authority, however, by a majority vote to designate and appoint any person residing within the County of Shenandoah, or who maintains his principal place of business in said county to be the police judge of the town, and who shall hear and dispose of all violations of the ordinances of the town within its corporate limits and one mile beyond the corporate limits, and of all criminal cases within said territory and which are within the jurisdiction of such trial officer. Such trial officer shall be provided with a place within said town to be used in the trial of such cases and the administration of such office, and he shall hold office at the pleasure of the council, and he shall subscribe to such oath of office as other officers of the town subscribed to. All trials held in pursuance to this section shall be held and conducted as criminal cases are heard and tried by the trial justice and state courts, and appeal shall be to the circuit court of Shenandoah County. The fees in connection with such cases shall be the same as the fees provided by law for trial justices, and all such fees, and all fines imposed by such trial officer, shall be collected by him and paid into the treasury of the town, unless said town by ordinance directs some other disposition thereof. The council may from time to time pass such ordinances as may be necessary to give this section proper force and effect and prescribe rules of procedure, collection of penalties, costs, et cetera, and provide for a clerk of such court and the proper records and supplies therefor.

    (Acts 1946, ch. 17)

    Editor's note— The above section is rendered obsolete by Code of Virginia, tit. 16.1, which establishes the current court systems for the state.

(Acts 1946, ch. 17)

Editor's note

The above section is rendered obsolete by Code of Virginia, tit. 16.1, which establishes the current court systems for the state.