CHAPTER V
Powers and Duties of Officers

Section 19. Mayor.

The mayor shall appoint the committees provided for under the rules of the council. He/she shall sign all approved records of proceedings of the council. He/she shall have no veto power and shall sign all ordinances passed by the council within three days after their passage; and for failure of the mayor to sign any ordinance within such time after the passage of the same by the council, the ordinance shall automatically go into effect 30 days after its passage by the council. Upon approval by the council, the mayor shall endorse all bonds of officers of the city and all bonds for licenses, contracts, and proposals.

Section 20. Municipal Judge.

The municipal judge shall be the judicial officer of the city. He/she shall hold within the city a court known as the municipal court for the city of Rainier, Columbia County, Oregon. Except on nonjudicial days, the court shall be open for the transaction of judicial business. All areas within the city shall be within the territorial jurisdiction of the court. The municipal judge shall exercise original and exclusive jurisdiction of all crimes and offenses defined and made punishable by the ordinances of the city and of all actions brought to recover or enforce forfeitures or penalties defined or authorized by an ordinance of the city. He/she 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/her to bail pending trial, to issue subpoenas, to compel witnesses to appear and testify in court on the trial of any cause before him/her, 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 the 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. Trials in the municipal court of cases of violation of city ordinances shall be had without juries, unless the defendant demands a jury and shall deposit in court a sum sufficient to pay the per diem of each juryman for one day’s duty in accordance with the standards prevailing in the justice of the peace courts of the state of Oregon, unless the defendant is indigent whereas the fee will be paid for accordingly. Nothwithstanding this section, the council may transfer some or all of the functions of the municipal court to an appropriate state court.