The mayor shall be the chief executive officer of the council, he shall recommend such measures as he may deem needful for the welfare of the city. The expense of maintaining any person committed to the jail of the county by him, except that it be to answer an indictment or under the provisions of section two hundred and twenty-eight of chapter fifty of the amended code of this state, shall be paid by the city. But the mayor shall not receive any money belonging to the state or individuals, unless he shall give the bond and security required of a justice of the peace by chapter fifty of the said code, and all provisions of said chapter relating to money received by justices shall apply as to like moneys received by the mayor. The mayor shall have power, when authorized by a proper ordinance of the city, in case of an offender upon whom a fine has been imposed and who neglects or refuses to pay the same, to sentence such offender to work out the amount of the fine imposed, together with the costs of the maintenance of such offender from day to day, by compelling him to labor without compensation upon any of the public works or improvements undertaken by the city; he shall receive such computation per day, to be fixed by the council, as is allowed laborers regularly, until such fines, costs, and costs of maintenance shall have been fully paid; provided, that no person shall be compelled to labor as aforesaid for more than thirty days for any one offense.
Appeals shall lie from the judgment of the mayor to the circuit court of Tucker County, under regulations prescribed by law.