In the discharge of his duties and in the trial of cases, the Municipal Judge shall follow the rules prescribed by law for criminal proceedings before a magistrate of the State. The Municipal Judge shall keep a record of all warrants issued by him of all persons arrested and brought before him and of all trials, fines or sentences imposed or judgments entered by him in a permanent book to be known as the Municipal Court docket. A record of all entries made in such docket shall be signed by the Municipal Judge on the date of such entry.
(1976 Code Sec. 11-7)