The Police Judge shall be ex officio a justice and a conservator of the peace, with authority to issue process for all offenses committed within the police jurisdiction of the City of Dunbar, of which a justice of the peace has jurisdiction under the State statutes, and for all violations of any City ordinances, and shall have charge of and preside over the Police Court of such City; and may commit persons charged with felony or misdemeanor to jail or take bond for their appearance before the grand jury of the circuit, intermediate or criminal courts of Kanawha County; he shall keep an accurate record of all his judicial proceedings in said Court, showing the style of each case, which record shall be indexed and numbered. It shall be his duty to hold a session of his said Court, at least twice each week. Before trying any person charged with any violation of any ordinance he shall issue his warrant, specifying the offense or violation charged; he shall render judgment in any case as the law of the State or the ordinance of the City applying thereto may require; he shall also have the power to issue executions for all fines, penalties and costs imposed by him and he may require immediate payment thereof, and in default of such payment, may commit the person in default to the jail of the County of Kanawha or some place of imprisonment in said City, if there be one, until the fine and penalty and costs shall be paid or satisfied, to be employed during the term of imprisonment, as hereafter provided, but the term of imprisonment in any such case shall not exceed thirty (30) days, and in all cases where a person is sentenced to imprisonment or to the payment of a fine of ten dollars ($10.00) or more, such person shall be allowed an appeal from such decision to the intermediate court of said Kanawha County upon the execution of an appeal bond, with surety deemed sufficient by the said Police Judge in a penalty double the amount of the fine and costs imposed by him, conditioned that the person proposing to appeal will appear before the intermediate court of Kanawha County on the first day of the next term thereof to answer for the offense wherewith he is charged and not depart thence without leave of the Court and satisfy all costs and fines imposed against him; and in no case shall judgment for a fine of less than ten dollars ($10.00) be given by the Police Judge, if the defendant, his agent or attorney, object thereto. If such appeal is taken, the warrant of arrest, the transcript of the judgment, the appeal bond and other papers of the case shall be forthwith delivered by the said Police Judge to the clerk of the said intermediate court, and the court shall proceed to try the case as upon indictment or presentment and render such judgment, including that of cost, as the law and the evidence may require.
The expense of maintaining such persons committed to the jail of the county by such Police Judge shall be paid by the City. The Police Judge shall account for and pay over the amount of all fines collected by him weekly to the Treasurer of the City and shall make monthly reports thereof, and all other matters pertaining to his office to the Council of said City.