ARTICLE IV.
PRISONERS GENERALLY.

SEC. 13-30. PROPERTY OF PRISONERS - SEARCHING; RECORD OF VALUABLES.

   Whenever any person under arrest by any police officer of the city shall be confined in the city jail and before his confinement in the city jail, he shall be searched by any police officer or jailer or jail guard, and any articles or thing of value whatever shall be taken from the person imprisoned. It shall be the duty of the jailer or jail guard, whether day or night man, to make an itemized record of each article or thing of value whatever taken from the person of anyone so imprisoned, and it shall be the duty of the jailer or jail guard to sign the record as to each person imprisoned from whom any article or thing of value is taken. (Code 1941, Art. 113-1; Ord. 8175)

SEC. 13-31. SAME - DELIVERY TO CLAIMANT.

   If any person shall claim to be the owner of any article or thing of value taken from the person of any prisoner, the chief of police shall turn over and deliver the same to the person claiming it if in his opinion such person is the owner. (Code 1941, Art. 113-2; Ord. 8175)

SEC. 13-32. SAME - AUTHORITY TO SELL UNCLAIMED PROPERTY.

   In the event the true owner does not claim any property or article of value deposited with the chief of police as provided in this article and the same shall have remained in his custody for as long as four months from the time it was originally delivered into his custody, without being claimed or reclaimed by the owner, whether known or not, may be sold and disposed of at public auction, as provided in this article. (Code 1941, Art. 113-3; Ord. 8175)

SEC. 13-33. SAME - DELIVERY TO PURCHASING AGENT.

   The chief of police shall give to the purchasing agent of the city a list of all property subject to sale hereunder and shall thereafter deliver such property to the purchasing agent before the date of sale, and take a receipt from such purchasing agent showing in detail all property so delivered. (Code 1941, Art. 113-4; Ord. 8175)

SEC. 13-34. SAME - NOTICE AND MANNER OF SALE.

   Thirty days notice of time and place of sale of all property subject to sale as provided in this article shall be posted at the courthouse door at the county and at any regular entrance to the city hall and a copy thereof sent by registered mail to the last-known address of the owner, in the event the name of the owner is known to the purchasing agent, and thereafter such property shall be offered for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for each piece of property or assembled in lots, whichever in the discretion of the purchasing agent of the city shall offer the best price obtainable for such property. (Code 1941, Art. 113-5; Ord. 8175)

SEC. 13-35. SAME - DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS OF SALE.

   The proceeds of the sale provided for in the preceding section shall be deposited to the credit of the appropriate city fund. (Code 1941, Art. 113-6; Ord. Nos. 8175; 29645)

SEC. 13-36. SAME - CITY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES NOT TO PURCHASE AT SALES.

   It shall be unlawful for any police officer or other officer or employee of the city, either directly or indirectly, to purchase at such sale or in any manner acquire the ownership at such sale of any article or property taken from a city prisoner. (Code 1941, Art. 113-7; Ord. 8175)

SEC. 13-37. USE OF FORCE TO RESTRAIN PRISONERS.

   The chief of police, or any police officer, may, in order to restrain or control prisoners, use such reasonable force as does not amount to cruel or unusual punishment. (Code 1941, Art. 112-1; Ord. 8154)