Section 7. Court costs; collection of fines, costs, and forfeitures. 
Be it further enacted, that the city judge in all cases heard or determined by him for offenses against the corporate laws and ordinances shall tax in the bill of costs the same amounts and for the same items allowed in courts of Justices of the Peace for similar work in state cases, and in addition shall add thereto one dollar ($1.00), as a tax on same; in lieu of the state tax. The city judge shall certify to the chief of police, for collection, all fines, costs, and forfeitures imposed by him for offenses against the laws and ordinances of the city. It shall be the duty of the city judge to receive and receipt for all money paid on fines, costs, and forfeitures imposed by the judge and he shall render a monthly report to the City Council of all fines and costs collected and all assessed and uncollected. The city judge shall enforce the collection of fines, costs, and forfeitures imposed by him by execution in the same manner as do Justices of the Peace and clerks of courts of record. (As amended by Priv. Acts 1972, ch. 416, sec. 21, Priv. Acts 1995, ch. 55, sec. 2 and Priv. Acts 2014, ch. 55, sec. 1)