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In all suits and prosecutions arising under the Charter and ordinances of the City of Southgate, the right of appeal or certiorari from said Court to the Circuit Court for the County of Wayne, or to any other court having jurisdiction, shall be allowed to the parties or any or either of them, and the same recognizance or bond shall be given as is or may be required by law in case of appeal or certiorari from justice court in analogous cases.
Said Municipal Judges shall enter or cause to be entered in the docket kept by them, the title of all suits and prosecutions commenced or prosecuted before them for violation of the Charter and ordinances of the City, and all the proceedings and the judgment rendered in such case, and shall itemize all costs taxed or allowed therein. They shall also enter or cause to be entered the amounts and dates of payment of all fines, penalties and forfeitures, moneys and costs received by them or the Clerk of the Court on account of said suit or proceedings. Such docket shall be submitted by the Municipal Judges at all reasonable times to the examination of any person desiring to examine the same, and shall be produced by the Municipal Judges to the Council of the City whenever required. They shall also maintain a civil docket of all proceedings before them and shall cause all entries to be made therein in the same manner as herein provided for the criminal docket. Failure of the presiding officer of the Court to make provision for the maintenance of such dockets shall constitute misconduct in office.
Until otherwise changed by Charter amendment, the Municipal Judges shall receive a salary of four thousand five hundred dollars ($4,500) per annum.
The compensation provided for the Municipal Judges, by Charter, shall be in lieu of all fees, costs and charges, both in civil and criminal cases, to which the presiding officer might be entitled but for the provisions of this section, except those for the performance of marriage ceremonies and for administering oaths in matters not connected with suits and proceedings in said City. The Judges shall be required to devote such time to the duties of their offices as will at all times keep their dockets current with pending legal matters, and shall not permit a backlog of cases, either civil or criminal, to accumulate. They shall conduct at least one night session of Court each month. The Municipal Judges shall not be required to devote full time to the duties of their offices and shall be allowed to carry on their respective legal practices, but shall be prohibited at all times from, either directly or indirectly, privately practicing in the Municipal Court of the City of Southgate.
All the provisions of the general laws of the State of Michigan in relation to the fees chargeable in the several proceedings in the justice courts in townships shall apply to said Court, except as such fees may be modified by the City Council, and shall be collected for the use and benefit of the City of Southgate. The Council shall by ordinance establish and fix the fees and costs which may be taxed by the Court in all civil matters and in all cases for the violations of the Charter or City ordinances and in such criminal cases which will not be inconsistent with the general laws of the State. The Council shall by ordinance also fix and determine the fees to be paid the Constables for the service of criminal and civil process. Such ordinance shall be originally enacted within ninety days after the effective date of this Charter.
(a) Civil cases. All fees in civil cases shall be collected by the Court and turned over to the City Treasurer within thirty days after the receipt thereof and shall be credited to the General Fund of the City.
(b) State criminal cases.
(1) All fees and costs in State criminal cases shall be charged and presented to and audited by the Board of Supervisors of Wayne County, in the same manner and amounts as provided by law in the cases of justices of the peace in townships, and upon allowance by said Board, shall be paid monthly by said County to the City Treasurer for the use and benefit of the City and shall be credited to the General Fund of the City. The expenses of prosecution before the Court for violations of criminal laws of the State and in punishing the offenders shall be paid by the County of Wayne.
(2) All fees, costs, penalties and forfeitures imposed by the Court in State criminal cases shall be paid over by the Court to the County Treasurer within thirty days after the receipt thereof.
(c) Charter and ordinance violations. All fines, costs, penalties, forfeitures and moneys collected or received by the Court on account of violations of any provisions of the Charter or ordinances of the City shall be paid over by the Court to the City Treasurer within thirty days after the receipt thereof and shall be credited to the General Fund of the City.
(d) Failure to comply. Failure of the presiding officer of the Court to comply with the provisions of this section shall constitute misconduct in office.
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