Any person arrested for the violation of a municipal law, in lieu of the bond mentioned in § 32.06 of this chapter, may deposit with the Town Judge or Marshal, such sum as may be specified by either of said officers, who shall give to the person arrested a receipt for the money so deposited in lieu of jail; if the person depositing the money appears before the Town Court at the time of the first setting thereof after the money was so deposited, the said money shall be returned to the person depositing it; but, if he or she fails to appear, the Town Judge shall declare the deposit forfeited to the municipality and cause the same to be paid into the treasury.
(Prior Code, § 2.16.070)