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SECTION 8. PROSECUTIONS• That all prosecutions in the said
Court, whether under an ordinance or under the provisions of the Penal
and
Code shall commence, "IN THE NAP,T .AND .BY AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF. TEUS,"/ conclude
" AGAINST THE PEACE A-0 DIGNITY OF THE STATE", and where the offence
is covered by an ordinance, the complaint may also conclude as "con—
trery to the said ordinance, if and all such prosecutions in said Court
shall be conducted by the City Attorney or his deputy, but the County
Attorney of ruilliamson County , Texas, may if be so desires, also
represent the ;;tate of Texasin such prosecutions, but in all such cases,
the said County Attorney shall not be entitled to receive any fees or any
ccnpensation whatever for said services, and in no case shall the County
Attorney have the power to .dismiss any prosectuion pending in said Court,
unless for reasons filed and approved by the Recorder of said Court.
SECTION 9. COSTS A14D FINES. All costs and fines imposed by said
Court in said City in any prosecution therein shall be paid into the
City Treasury of said City for the use and benefit of the said City.
In all cases the Recorder or Judge of the corporation Court may waive
the costs and assess the penalty in any case by a fine only; or the
Recorder or City Judge may assess the costs against the defendant as
hereinafter provided.
SECTION 10. COSTS. There may be taxed and collected, in the
case of conviction from each defendant, in the Corporation Court of
said City, the following; items of cost, namelys
Each complaint, .25 cents
Each bond, .50 cents
Each subpoena, for one witness, .25 cents; for each additional
nurie in such subpoena, .10 cents
^ach continuance, .20 cents
Administering oath without certificate, .10 cents
Docketing cause, .10 cents
Administering oath with certificate, .25 cents
Ordering jury for jury trial, .50 cents
Jury fee , in jury trial 43.00
Each final judgment entered, .50 cents
Each other order entered, .25 cents
Each commitment 11.00
Making and certifying the entries on docket and filing same
with original papers, in event of an appeal, 4:1.50
Taxing costs, .10 cents
Each arrest, 41.00
Summoning jury, .50 cents
Each commitment or release executed, 41.00
Taking and approving and returning bond, 41.00
Attorneys fee in a conviction on plea of guilty , X5.00
Attorneys fee on plea of not guilty, $.10.00