CHAPTER 4
PROCEDURE

ARTICLE 1. PENALTY

SECTION:

§6300:    General Penalty Provisions; Confinement In City Jail

§6300 GENERAL PENALTY PROVISIONS; CONFINEMENT IN CITY JAIL

Except where a different penalty or punishment is prescribed by any ordinance of this City or by any law of this State, every offense declared to be a misdemeanor or public offense by the ordinances of this City shall be punishable by imprisonment for not exceeding six (6) months, or by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment. Imprisonment shall be in the City jail of the City unless confinement in the County jail is requested by the police authorities of the City. (Ord. 305, §1, adopted 1930; amd. by Ord. 572, §1, adopted 1965)