[CC 1970 §19-5; Ord. No. 932 §1(j), 4-18-1978; Ord. No. 1993, 6-2-2020]
A. 
The Rock Hill Municipal Court shall be presided over by a Municipal Judge who shall be appointed by the Board of Aldermen. The Board of Aldermen shall also appoint a Provisional Judge, who shall preside over the Rock Hill Municipal Court if the Municipal Judge is absent or is unable to act or if the office is vacant. If both the Municipal Judge and the Provisional Judge are absent or unable to act, or if both offices are vacant, the Presiding Judge of the St. Louis County Circuit Court shall appoint an eligible and duly qualified person to act as judge of the Municipal Court until such time as the absence, unavailability, or vacancy is resolved.
B. 
The Municipal Judge and the Provisional Judge:
1. 
Shall be appointed for terms of two (2) years;
2. 
Shall be residents of Missouri and licensed members of the Missouri Bar for at least five (5) years prior to appointment;
3. 
Shall be at least twenty-five (25), but not more than seventy-five (75), years in age; and
4. 
Shall hold no other office in the City of Rock Hill.
C. 
The Municipal Judge and Provisional Judge shall be part-time positions, and they shall receive compensation as determined by the Rock Hill Board of Aldermen. The Municipal Judge and the Provisional Judge may, within the requirements of the Missouri Supreme Court's Code of Judicial Conduct and any other applicable rule, hold other employment, and they shall be subject to the authority of the Missouri Supreme Court's Commission on Retirement, Removal, and Discipline of Judges.
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Editor's Note: Former Section 135.060, Absence of Judge, Procedure, was repealed 6-2-2020 by Ord. No. 1993. See now Section 135.050.
[Code 1955 §23-7; CC 1970 §19-7]
A. 
The Municipal Judge shall have the power to administer oaths and enforce due obedience to all orders, rules and judgments made by him/her within the scope of his/her authority. He/she may fine and imprison for contempt offered to him/her while holding Court, in the same manner and to the same extent as the Circuit Court.
B. 
The Municipal Judge shall have such other powers, duties and privileges as are or may be prescribed by the laws of the State, this Code and other ordinances of the City.
The Municipal Judge shall be a conservator of the peace. He/she shall keep a docket in which he/she shall enter every case commenced before him/her and the proceeding therein and he/she shall keep such other records as required. Such docket and records shall be records of the Circuit Court. The Municipal Judge shall deliver said docket and records and all books and papers pertaining to his/her office to his/her successor in office or to the presiding judge of the circuit. The Municipal Judge shall have the power to administer oaths and enforce due obedience to all orders, rules and judgments made by him/her, and may fine or imprison for contempt committed before such judge while holding court, in the same manner and to the same extent as a Circuit Judge.