gcls_citycode_1898_ 0037

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LAWS AFFECTING THE CITY OF GREENVILLE. 33

the accused; and the Mayor pro tempore shall have the
same powers. When the accused shall demand a jury,
the same shall be drawn in the same manner as provided
for in the Courts of Magistrates. The Chief of Police
or Marshal of the town, or such officer as the Mayor, In-
tendent or Mayor pro tempore may appoint, shall act as
Constable to prepare the jury list; and the complainant,
or some officer to be designated by the Mayor, Intendant
or Mayor pro tempore, is authorized to make the chal-
lenges allowed on the part of the prosecution.

SEC. 2. Whenever said Mayor, Intendant or Mayor pro
tempore shall find the party tried before him guilty of
violating an ordinance of said town, he shall have power
to impose, in his discretion, a fine or imprisonment in the
alternative, not to exceed the limits prescribed for such
violation by the ordinances of said city or town, and such
imprisonment may be accompanied with the additional
requirement of hard labor on the streets of said city or
town, under such regulation as by ordinances may be
established.

From all decisions of such Mayor, Intendant or Mayor
pro tempore any defendant feeling himself or herself
aggrieved shall have the right to appeal to the City or
Town Council, provided he give notice of such appeal
within twenty-four hours after sentence has been passed,
and to enter into bond to appear and defend before said
Council at a time to be specified in such undertaking. At
the trial of such appeal the Mayor, Intendant or Mayor
pro tempore shall preside, and the Aldermen shall sit as
a jury to try the facts. They may reverse, modify or
confirm any or all rulings or conclusions of the Mayor,
Intendant or Mayor pro tempore made or reached in the
first trial of the case.

SEC. 3. From all decisions of said Mayor, Intendant or
Mayor pro tempore, or City or Town Council, any part
in interest feeling himself or herself aggrieved, shall
have the right of appeal to the Court of General Ses-
sions for the county in which the trial is had : Provided,

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