The city council shall appoint a qualified resident as city judge. Such person must be a qualified voter under the laws of the state. The first city judge so appointed shall serve until the newly elected city council elected at the April 1962 elections is sworn. Thereafter, the city council shall appoint a city judge to serve for a period of two (2) years, unless earlier removed by the city council. In the absence or temporary disability of the city judge, the city council shall appoint some person to perform the duties of the city judge during such absence or disability. Such person so appointed, while acting as city judge, shall have the same powers and perform the same duties as the city judge.
(Ordinance 6, sec. 2, adopted 3/13/1962)
(a) 
Appointment.
The clerk of the municipal court shall be appointed by the city council.
(b) 
Duties.
The clerk of the municipal court shall keep minutes of the proceedings of the court, issue all process and generally perform all the duties of the clerk of a court as prescribed by law for a county clerk insofar as the same may be applicable.
(Ordinance 6, sec. 3, adopted 3/13/1962)
The municipal court of the city shall have jurisdiction within the territorial limits of the city, in all criminal cases arising under the ordinances of the city, and shall also have jurisdiction concurrently with the justice court of the precinct in which the city is or may be situated, in all criminal cases arising under the criminal laws of the state in which punishment is by fine only and where the maximum of such fines may not exceed the maximum amount of municipal fine pursuant to V.T.C.A., Local Government Code section 54.001, and arising within the territorial limits of the city.
(Ordinance 6, sec. 4, adopted 3/13/1962; Ordinance adopting Code)
The municipal court shall hold no terms, but shall be deemed at all times open for the transaction of business, but each defendant shall be entitled to at least one day's notice of any complaint against him if such time be demanded. The city judge shall compel the attendance of persons accused before him for any violation of law or ordinance, and shall compel the attendance of witnesses by subpoena, or attachment, in the same manner as is or may be provided by law in trials before a justice of the peace, and shall preserve order and decorum during the session of his court.
(Ordinance 6, sec. 5, adopted 3/13/1962)
The municipal court shall have a seal having engraved thereon a star of five points in the center, and the words "Municipal Court, Daisetta, Texas," the impress of which shall be attached to all proceedings except subpoenas issued out of such court, and shall be used to authenticate the official acts of the city judge where he is authorized and required to use the seal of office.
(Ordinance 6, sec. 6, adopted 3/13/1962)
All prosecutions for violations of law or ordinances of the city shall be commenced in the municipal court of the city by complaint, setting forth specifically, and within a reasonable certainty, the particular act or omission with which the defendant is charged. Such complaint shall be signed and sworn to by the person making the complaint.
(Ordinance 6, sec. 7, adopted 3/13/1962)
When any complaint shall be filed as is provided for in this article, the city judge shall issue his warrant of arrest, which shall be executed by the chief of police or any policeman of the city in a like manner as similar process in justice court may be executed by the sheriff; provided that nothing herein shall be construed as to prevent the chief of police or any policeman of the city from making arrests without warrant for any violation of any law or ordinances of the city, when committed in his presence or view, or in any contingencies in which a sheriff or other officer of the state would by the laws of the state be permitted to make such arrest.
(Ordinance 6, sec. 8, adopted 3/13/1962)
In all cases of a misdemeanor, the party charged before the municipal court shall be entitled to a trial by jury in the same manner and form as provided by law before a justice of the peace. When an application is made for a jury in the trial of a case, the city judge shall direct the chief of police or any policemen of the city to summon six disinterested parties or persons who are qualified voters in the city, to act as jurors, to serve. Any person so summoned who shall fail or refuse to attend without good cause shown may be fined by the court in any sum not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00), for the use of the city.
(Ordinance 6, sec. 9, adopted 3/13/1962)
The city judge shall have power to punish all persons guilty of contempt of court to the same extent and under the same circumstances as the county court. He shall have the power to take recognizances, admit to bail and forfeit recognizances and bail bonds, under the rules and regulations as now govern the taking and forfeiting of the same as in the county court.
(Ordinance 6, sec. 11, adopted 3/13/1962)
Any person who, upon conviction, shall fail or neglect to pay any fine or cost imposed under any law or ordinance for any breach or violation of the same, shall be committed to jail or to work on the streets of the city until such fines and costs are paid, and the decree of the court shall in all cases be presumed to include such commitment on failure, refusal or neglect to pay same. Every person so committed to work on the streets of the city shall be required to work under the supervision of the chief of police. For such labor, such person shall be allowed three dollars ($3.00) per day, exclusive of board, which amount shall go towards paying such fine and costs. In case of the refusal or failure of such person to work he shall forfeit all pay he would otherwise receive. For periods of confinement, such person shall be allowed two dollars ($2.00) per day, towards paying such fine and costs.
(Ordinance 6, sec. 12, adopted 3/13/1962)
The city judge may, for good cause shown, grant a new trial to any person convicted before him for any violation of law or ordinance of the city.
(Ordinance 6, sec. 14, adopted 3/13/1962)
In all cases where the defendant is convicted in the municipal court, he shall be entitled to an appeal to the county court of Liberty County, Texas, and notice of appeal shall be given in open court and shall be noted on the docket of the city judge. Whenever the defendant shall desire to appeal, he shall file with the city judge a bond with good and sufficient security in double the amount of the fine and costs imposed on him, to be approved by the city judge and payable to the city, conditioned that he will prosecute his appeal with effect and will pay such fines and costs as shall be adjudged against him by the county court, as well as other costs that may have been adjudged against him in the municipal court. All appeals shall be perfected within ten days after the date of conviction, on the order of the city judge overruling the defendant's motion for a new trial, and such appealed cases shall be transmitted to the county court in the same manner as appeals from the justice court.
(Ordinance 6, sec. 15, adopted 3/13/1962)
The city judge, when he has good cause to believe that an offense against any of the ordinances of the city has been or is about to be committed, may issue subpoenas or attachments for witnesses, and may examine witnesses in relation thereto, and if it shall appear from the statement of such witnesses that an offense has been committed or any offense against the state law has been committed of which the municipal court has jurisdiction, the city judge shall reduce or cause to be reduced the statement of such witnesses to writing, and cause the same to be sworn to by such witnesses, whereupon the city judge shall issue his warrant for the arrest of such offenders, which warrant shall be returnable before the city judge at such time as may be directed by the city judge, and the offender shall be tried according to the laws and ordinances of the city.
(Ordinance 6, sec. 16, adopted 3/13/1962)
Any witness summoned under the provisions of the preceding section who shall fail or refuse to appear and make a statement of facts under oath shall be guilty of contempt of court and may be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00), and may be attached and imprisoned until he makes such statement.
(Ordinance 6, sec. 17, adopted 3/13/1962)
The proceedings before the municipal court shall be governed by the same rules which are prescribed for the justice of the peace under the laws of the state insofar as they are applicable. All prosecutions in such court, whether under an ordinance or under the Penal Code of the state, shall be commenced in the name of the State of Texas, and shall conclude against the peace and dignity of the state, and where the offense is covered by ordinance the complaint may also conclude as contrary to such ordinance.
(Ordinance 6, sec. 19, adopted 3/13/1962)
All prosecutions in the municipal court shall be conducted by the city attorney or his deputy. If there is no city attorney, or deputy, or if the city attorney should be absent, sick or unable to act from any cause, then the county attorney shall conduct all prosecutions in the court until such time as the city attorney shall be qualified and able to act. In case of necessity, the mayor shall have authority to appoint any competent attorney to conduct any proceedings of any kind in court, but his appointment shall be only temporary.
(Ordinance 6, sec. 20, adopted 3/13/1962)
Warrants or other process issued by the city judge shall be directed to the chief of police or any policeman of the city, but in case of the absence or inability of such officers, such process shall be directed to any peace officer within the city or county, and shall be executed by such officer.
(Ordinance 6, sec. 21, adopted 3/13/1962)
When the party for whose arrest a warrant is issued by the city judge cannot be found in the city, the same may be executed within the limits of Liberty County, Texas, by the chief of police or any other proper peace officer of the city, or by any peace officer of Liberty County, and may be executed anywhere in the state under the same rules governing warrants of arrests issued by a justice of the peace.
(Ordinance 6, sec. 22, adopted 3/13/1962)
The city judge shall have power to issue any process necessary to require the attendance of any person as a witness in any case pending before the municipal court. Persons failing or refusing to obey any such process may be fined in any sum not exceeding twenty dollars ($20.00), and shall forthwith be attached. If such witness appears in the municipal court and fails or refuses to testify, he shall be guilty of contempt of court, and may be fined in any sum not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00) and, in addition thereto, may be imprisoned in the city prison until he testifies as required.
(Ordinance 6, sec. 23, adopted 3/13/1962)
A person arrested for violation of any ordinance of the city, or for the violation of any law of which the municipal court has jurisdiction, may be admitted to bail upon executing a bond, payable to the city, with sufficient security to be approved by the city judge or the chief of police, or a cash bond in an amount to be determined by the city judge or the chief of police, conditioned that he will appear upon a day and at an hour therein named, before the municipal court, to answer for the violation of the ordinance or law of which he is accused, and there to wait at his trial, and shall appear from day to day and from time to time until the case is finally disposed of. Such bond shall be turned over to the city judge and filed in his office.
(Ordinance 6, sec. 24, adopted 3/13/1962)
Whenever a person is bound by a bond as mentioned in the preceding section of this article and his name shall be called at the door of the courtroom on the day designated in such bond, or anytime during any day thereafter, when the case shall be reached on the docket, and he shall fail to appear, the forfeiture of such bond shall be taken.
(Ordinance 6, sec. 25, adopted 3/13/1962)
(a) 
A surety bond shall be forfeited in the municipal court in the same manner as in the court of a justice of the peace, but no final judgment shall be entered against the parties to such bond until such parties have been served a writ of scire facias requiring them to appear or show cause in ten days after the service of such writ why judgment nisi should not be made final against them.
(b) 
A cash bond shall be forfeited as prescribed by the preceding section of this article. When such bond is forfeited, the cash held under such bond shall be paid into the city treasury in the same manner as money derived from fines under the provisions of section 2.04.033 of this article.
(Ordinance 6, sec. 26, adopted 3/13/1962)
The city judge shall keep a docket in which he shall enter the proceedings, trials and examinations for criminal offenses had before him, which docket shall show:
(1) 
The style of the action;
(2) 
The nature of the offense charged;
(3) 
The date of the issuance of the warrant and the return made thereon;
(4) 
The time when the examination and trial was had, and if the same was a trial, whether by jury or by himself;
(5) 
The verdict of the jury, if any;
(6) 
Judgment of the court;
(7) 
Motion for new trial, if any, and the action of the court thereon;
(8) 
Notice of appeal, if any; and
(9) 
The time when and the manner in which the judgment was in force.
(Ordinance 6, sec. 27, adopted 3/13/1962)
At each term of the district court of Liberty County, Texas, the city judge shall file with the clerk of the district court a certified transcript of the docket kept by him, as required in the preceding section, of all criminal cases examined or tried by him since the last term of the district court, and the clerk of such court shall deliver immediately such transcript to the foreman of the grand jury.
(Ordinance 6, sec. 28, adopted 3/13/1962)
The provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the state, now in force, regulating the amount of collection of jury and witness fees and for enforcing the attendance of witnesses in criminal cases tried before a justice of the peace, shall, so far as practicable, govern and be applicable to the trial of cases before the municipal court.
(Ordinance 6, sec. 29, adopted 3/13/1962)
The judge of the municipal court of the city shall have authority, and it is hereby made his duty, within his discretion, to require any person who shall file any complaint or information in the municipal court of the city, or any petition or complaint for the suppression of a nuisance, or who shall institute any kind of proceedings in the municipal court, either criminal or civil, to file in such court a good and sufficient cost bond, to be approved by the judge. In case such criminal prosecution or other legal proceedings shall fail or be dismissed, judgment shall be entered against the complainant and the sureties upon such cost bond for all costs incurred in such criminal prosecution or legal proceedings.
(Ordinance 6, sec. 30, adopted 3/13/1962)
Each person subpoenaed to appear as a witness to testify in each case pending before the municipal court shall be allowed a fee of one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) for each day actually attended, and a mileage fee of six cents ($0.06) per mile for each mile traveled going to and returning from the court, to be taxed and collected as costs.
(Ordinance 6, sec. 31, adopted 3/13/1962)
Jurors in a trial before the municipal court shall be entitled to the same fees for like attendance and service as is allowed by law for jurors before the justice court, to be taxed only whenever there is a conviction against the defendant, as costs.
(Ordinance 6, sec. 32, adopted 3/13/1962)
Fines that may be imposed or that may accrue under the ordinances of the city shall be in the same amount and collected as fines are collected in the justice court, except as otherwise provided in the ordinances of the city. All fines shall be paid into the city treasury.
(Ordinance 6, sec. 33, adopted 3/13/1962)
The city judge shall be compensated either by fees or by salary, as the council shall direct and in such amounts as the council may, from time to time, direct.
(Ordinance 6 adopted -/-/-)