§ 28-1. Authority of mayor to try offenders.

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All fines, penalties, forfeitures and recoveries for violations of this Code or any ordinance of the city shall be determined and tried before the mayor of said city and shall be for the use and benefit of the city. In all cases when the mayor is regularly sitting for the trial of offenders against the laws and ordinances of the city, he shall in accordance with such laws and ordinances, impose a fine, penalty or forfeiture on any person for the breach thereof, and if such person shall not comply with and perform the judgment, imposing such fine, penalty or forfeiture, he shall be committed to the parish jail until duly discharged by operation of law, the time to be determined by the officer trying the offender.

(Code 1968, § 13-1; Ord. No. 11, § 1, 7-8-1906)

                    
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