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Section 6.2. Jurisdiction.
The Municipal Court of the City of Battle Creek shall have original jurisdiction in all civil actions wherein the debt or damages claimed does not exceed the sum of one hundred dollars ($100), and concurrent jurisdiction in all civil actions wherein the debt or damages claimed does not exceed the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000), and shall have original jurisdiction in all actions of replevin wherein the value of the property involved does not exceed the sum of one hundred dollars ($100), and concurrent jurisdiction in all such actions wherein the value of the property involved does not exceed the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000).
Section 6.3 Election of Judges.
   (A)   At the general Municipal election in the year 1965 and every six (6) years thereafter there shall be elected one (1) Municipal Judge who shall be known as the presiding judge, whose term of office shall begin on the 4th day of July following his election to office, and who shall hold office for six (6) years.
   (B)   At the general Municipal election in 1961 and every six (6) years thereafter there shall be elected one (1) Associate Municipal Judge whose term of office shall begin on the 4th day of July following their election to office and who shall hold office for six (6) years.
   (C)   The City Commission may by ordinance provide that the existing part-time Associate Municipal Judge shall serve full time and may provide for additional Associate Municipal Judges on a part-time or full-time basis, said additional Judges to be appointed and elected, take office, and serve terms as provided in said ordinance, subject to the statutes of this State.
(Amended March 10, 2020)
   (EDITOR’S NOTE: Public Act 269 of 1933, which established Municipal Courts and Municipal Judges, expired and was repealed by Public Act 217 of 1990.)
Section 6.4. Qualifications.
The Judges of said Court shall possess the qualifications prescribed by Act 269 of Public Acts of 1933 of the State of Michigan, as amended and shall possess such other qualifications as are prescribed in this Charter for City Commissioners.
Section 6.5. Fees Collected for City.
All provisions of the general laws of the State of Michigan in relation to fees chargeable in civil proceedings shall apply to said Court and shall be collected for the use and benefit of the City of Battle Creek.
Section 6.6. Salaries.
   (A)   The Municipal Judge and each Associate Municipal Judge shall each be paid such salary as shall be fixed by the City Commission by resolution adopted at least sixty (60) days prior to the general Municipal election at which a Municipal Judge or an Associate Municipal Judge is to be elected. In the event the City Commission fails to adopt such a resolution within the time herein limited, the salary being paid to the then incumbent Municipal Judge or Associate Municipal Judge, as the case may be, shall be paid to the Municipal Judge or each Associate Municipal Judge, as the case may be, who is elected at such general Municipal election. The salaries of existing Judges shall be continued to the end of existing terms.
   (B)   The salary of the Municipal Judge and the salary of each Associate Municipal Judge shall not be increased or decreased during the term for which any such Judge is elected, or, in the case of vacancy, appointed.
   (C)   The compensation for such Judges shall be in lieu of all fees, costs and charges to which said Judges shall otherwise be entitled, except fees for the performance of marriage ceremonies and for administering oaths in matters not connected with suits or proceedings in the Municipal Court of the City of Battle Creek.
   (D)   Except as herein otherwise provided, the Municipal Judge shall be required to devote their entire time to the duties of the office. The Associate Municipal Judge shall hear all cases in which the Municipal Judge is disqualified, and shall hold court in the absence or disability of the Municipal Judge.
(Amended March 10, 2020)
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Public Act 269 of 1933, which established Municipal Courts and Municipal Judges, expired and was repealed by Public Act 217 of 1990.)
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