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ORDINANCE NO. 97
AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE AMOUNT OF COSTS IN CRIMINAL
PROSECUTION IN THE CORPORATION COURT AND PROVIDING
FOR THE ENFORCEMENT THEREOF BY IMPRISONMENT OF THE
DEFENDANT OR THE COLLECTION OF ALL COSTS AND FINES
IMPOSED BY THE CORPORATION COURT OF THE TOWN OF
COLLEYVILLE, TEXASj PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND
CONTAINING A SAVING CLAUSE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF COLLEYVILLE,
TEXAS:
I.
THERE shall be taxes and costs in each criminal prosecution
in the Corporation Court of the Town of COlleyville, Texas, the
following items:
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Executing Search Warrant
Executing Warrant of Arrest
Arrest without warrant
Summoning witnesses
Serving attachments
Taking and approving bond
Commitment
Release
Serving Capias Pro Finas
Summoning Jury
Mileage traveled in serving Criminal
Process and summoning and attaching
witnesses
Judge I s Fee
City Attorney's Fee
plea of Guilty 5.00
Plea of Not Guilty - Conviction where no appeal
is taken $ 10.00 provided the said Attorney is present and representing
the State, or is present and ready to represent the state at each
regular term of the Court.
$ 2.00
2.00
2.00
.75
1.00
1.50
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
each
. 07 if:
5..50
per mile
Where Several defendants are prosecuted jointly, and do not sever
on trial, only one Attorneyts Fee shall be allowed.
2.
IN cases where the Defendant is convicted, he shall be liable
for the amount of his fine and in addition thereto, the costs of court,
consisting of such fees provided in this ordinance as are applicable
to his casej and in the event of failure to pay his fine and costs.
execution shall issue therefor, or the Defendant shall be confined in
jail and shall be allowed a credit of $ 3.00 for each 24 hours he
shall remain in jail, and he shall be so confined until his fine and
costs are paid or until he shall have served such time as shall be
entitled him, at the rate of 5 3.00 per day, to credit for the full
amount of his fine and costs.
3.
ALL ordinances and parts of ordinances heretofore enacted that
conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
4.
EVERY section of this ordinance and every provision of each
section is hereby declared to be an individual section or provision
and the holding of any section or provision of any section to be void,
ineffective or unconstitutional for any cause whatsoever, shall not
be deemed to effect any other section or provision. The Town Counoil
hereby declares that it would have passed those parts of this
ordinance which are valid and omitted any parts which are uncon~
stitutional if it had known that such parts were unconstitutional
at the time of the passage of this ordinance.
5.
THIS ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect
from and after the date of its adoption.
ADOPTED this
day of May, A. D. 1957.
APPROVED:
MAYOR
ATTEST:
TOWN SECRETARY
2.