303.08 TRAFFIC TICKETS; ARRESTS.
   The Chief of the Police Department is authorized and directed to supply police officers with tags which shall be used for the purpose of giving notice to owners, chauffeurs and drivers of motor vehicles and other vehicles where there are any violations of the traffic laws and rules of the Police Department, that such owner shall appear before the Judge of the Police Court, designating the date and time thereof; provided, however, that this provision shall not interfere with the rights of policemen to arrest on view for crimes and misdemeanors, which power is given by laws and ordinances now in existence.
(1961 Code Sec. 303.07)