The mayor shall appoint the committees provided by the rules
of the commission. He shall sign all records of proceedings approved
by the commission. He shall have no veto power and shall sign all
ordinances passed by the commission within three days after their
passage. After the commission approves a bond of a city officer or
a bond for a license, contract or proposal, the mayor shall endorse
the bond.
The municipal judge whether another city officer, a state court,
or another appropriate person, shall be the judicial officer of the
city; and the functions of the municipal judge and the municipal court
may be fulfilled by a state court when so appointed and designated
by the commission. He shall hold, within Clatsop County, Oregon, a
court known as the municipal court for the city of Warrenton, Clatsop
County, Oregon. The court shall be open for the transaction of judicial
business at times and at such places specified by the commission.
All area within the city shall be within the territorial jurisdiction
of the court. The municipal court shall exercise original and exclusive
jurisdiction of all offenses defined and made punishable by ordinances
of the city and of all actions brought to recover or enforce forfeitures
or penalties defined or authorized by ordinances of the city. The
court shall have authority to issue process for the arrest of any
person accused of an offense against the ordinances of the city, to
commit any such person to jail or admit him to bail pending trial,
to issue subpoenas, to compel witnesses to appear and testify in court
on the trial of any cause before him, to compel obedience to such
subpoenas, to issue any process necessary to carry into effect the
judgments of the court, and to punish witnesses and others for contempt
of court. When not governed by ordinances or this charter, all proceedings
in the municipal court for the violation of a city ordinance shall
be governed by the applicable general laws of the state governing
justices of the peace and justice courts, or by the general laws of
the state governing the state court designated or appointed by the
commission.
The auditor shall serve ex officio as clerk of the commission,
attend all its meetings unless excused therefrom by the commission,
keep an accurate record of its proceedings, and sign all orders on
the treasury. In the auditor's absence from a commission meeting,
the mayor shall appoint a clerk of the commission pro-tem who, while
acting in that capacity, shall have all the authority and duties of
the auditor.