In the discharge of his duties and in the trial of cases the Municipal Judge shall follow the rules prescribed by law for criminal proceedings before a Justice of the Peace of the State of West Virginia. The Municipal Judge shall keep a record of all warrants issued by him, of all persons arrested and brought before him, and of all trials, fines or sentences imposed or judgments entered by him in a permanent book to be known as the Municipal Court docket. A record of all entries made in such docket shall be signed by the Municipal Judge or one filling his office on the date of such entry.