§ 29. Mayor's court.

Be it further enacted, that the mayor, and, in his absence, the mayor pro tem, and, in the absence of both, any one or more members of the council, may hold mayor's court for the purpose of trying offenders against the laws and ordinances of said city, and may exercise all the powers conferred by this charter upon the mayor, and may punish, for a violation of a law or ordinance of said city, by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, imprisonment in the city jail, or the county jail by permission of the county authorities, not exceeding fifty days, work on the streets or other public works under the supervision of the marshals of said city, not exceeding fifty days, one or more, or all of these, at the discretion of the trial court. While sitting as a court for the trial of offenders the said court shall have the power to punish for contempt by fine not exceeding fifty dollars, imprisonment or work in the manner already described in this section, not exceeding fifty days, one or more or all of these at the discretion of the trial court. There may be an appeal in any case from the mayor's court to council; the judgment therein may be reviewed by certiorari to the superior court of Camden County.

(1927 Ga. Laws (Act No. 236), page 1241, § 29)

Editor's note

The former mayor's court is now known as the municipal court. (O.C.G.A. § 36-32-1)