161.02 CONTEMPT POWER OF MAYOR.

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161.02 CONTEMPT POWER OF MAYOR.

The Mayor may punish for contempt persons guilty of the following acts and no others:

(a) Disorderly, contemptuous or insolent behavior towards the Mayor, tending to interrupt the due course of judicial proceedings before the Mayor;

(b) A breach of the peace, boisterous conduct or violent disturbance, tending to interrupt judicial proceedings;

(c) Willful resistance, in the presence of the Mayor, to the execution of a lawful order or process made or issued by the Mayor; and

(d) Failure to appear when scheduled for Mayor's Court.

(Ord. 1980-15. Passed 4-8-80.)

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