1889_private laws_184_18
CHAPTER 183 An act to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of : Marion, county of McDowell. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
That the mayor of said town is hereby constituted an inferior court, and as such shall, within the corporate limits of the town, have all the power, jurisdiction and authority of a justice of the peace to issue process; to hear and determine all causes of action which may arise upon the ordinances and regulations of the town; to enforce penalties by issuing execution upon any adjudged violation thereof; and to execute the by-laws, rules and regulations made by the aldermen. The mayor shall further be a special court within the corporate limits of the town to have arrested and to try all persons who are charged with a misdemeanor for violating any ordinance of the town, and if the accused shall be found guilty he shall be fined at the discretion of the court or mayor not exceeding the amount specified in the ordinance so violated, or imprisoned at the discretion of the court or mayor not exceeding the length of time specified in the ordinance or ordinances so violated.