| Show MAYORS AS magistrates UNDER a recent date A subscriber 10 writes from cedar city and propounds the following questions will you kindly inform me through the columns of your valuable paper if it is necessary for the mayors of cities to te be commissioned by the governor when the charter under which the mayor is elected does not authorize him to act as a magistrate have mayors any right to assume the functions of a magistrate unless authorized zed to do so by the act incorporating their city the answer to both questions is yes yea A mayor ought to co nave have a commission which serves as prima facie evidence of his right to perform the duties of his office no matter whether or not the charter chartek of the city specifically requires him to be commissioned under a general law of the territory the mayors and aldermen of all incorporated corp orated cities are made justices of the peace and have authority to sit as courts in trials for misdemeanors and as committing magistrates in cases of felony |
