§ 5. Duties of Municipal Judge.

The municipal judge shall have full power and authority to enforce all process of said court and to punish witnesses for failing to obey subpoenas and to compel their attendance by process of attachment, and to punish all contempt of his court by fine or imprisonment, or both. He may require of all persons arrested for offenses committed in the City a bond or bonds for his or their appearance before said court, and no such bond shall be taken except it be executed by the person in whose behalf it is made with one or more good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the municipal judge and all bonds taken in proceedings in said court shall be payable to the City of Hitchcock. The municipal judge shall have power and authority to administer official oaths and affirmations and to give certificates thereof, and either the municipal judge or clerk of said court shall have full power and authority to issue subpoenas, writ of capias, search warrants, executions and all other process known to the law which justice courts are by law authorized to issue in similar cases.

(Amendment adopted by the electorate 4-12-75)