<​Ordinance when in force​> Sec. 14. All ordinances passed by the city council shall within one month after they shall have been passed, be published in some newspaper printed in the , or certified copies thereof be posted up in three of the most public places in the .

<​How proven​> Sec. 15. All ordinances of the may be proven by the seal of the corporation, and when printed or published in book or pamphlet form, purporting to be printed or published by authority of the corporation, the same shall be received in evidence in all courts or places without further proof.

<​City council to act as justices of peace​> Sec. 16. The mayor and aldermen shall be conservators of the peace within the limits of said , and shall have all the powers of justices of the peace therein, both in civil and criminal cases, arising under the laws of the State; they shall as justices of the peace within the limits of said , perform the same duties, be governed by the same laws, give the same bonds and security as other justices of the peace, and be commissioned as justices of the peace in and for said by the Governor.

<​Jurisdiction of mayor​> <​Appeals​> <​Municipal court​> <​Proviso​> <​May grant writs​> Sec. 17. The mayor shall have exclusive jurisdiction in all cases arising under the ordinances of the corporation, and shall issue such process as may be necessary to carry said ordinances into and effect, appeals may be had from any decision or judgment of said mayor or aldermen, arising under the ordinances, to the municipal court, under such regulations as may be presented by ordinance. Which court shall be composed of the mayor or chief justice, and the aldermen as associate justices, and from the final judgment of the municipal court to the circuit court of , in the same manner as appeals are taken from the judgments of justices of the peace: Provided, That the parties litigant shall have a right to a trial by a jury of twelve men in all cases before the municipal court. The municipal court shall have power to grant writs of in all cases arising under the ordinances of the city council.

<​Terms of court​> Sec. 18. The municipal court shall sit on the first Monday of every month, and the city council at such times and place as may be prescribed by ordinance. Special meetings of which may at any time be called by the mayor or any two aldermen.

<​Marshal to execute process​> <​Duties of marshal​> Sec. 19. All process issued by the mayor, alderman, or municipal court shall be directed to the marshal, and in the [p. 55]