§ 33. Bail commissioners.

The City Council shall have authority to appoint from such of the qualified voters of the city not more than five persons, who shall, when appointed, be called bail commissioners, whose respective terms of office shall begin on the first day of January succeeding their respective appointments and shall continue for four years thereafter.

All said bail commissioners, if appointed, shall each, at all times, have the same authority and power as the judge of the municipal court to issue search warrants and warrants of arrest for violation of the criminal laws of the state and penal ordinances of the city, and each of said bail commissioners shall at all times have power and jurisdiction within the said city to admit to bail persons charged with crime in all cases where the courts of record or the judges thereof are authorized to admit to bail; but none of said bail commissioners shall issue any such warrants nor admit any persons to bail after any court of record having jurisdiction in the matter, or the judge thereof, or the judge of the municipal court of the city, has acted upon the application for such warrant or bail nor while the application for such warrant or bail is pending before such court or judge.

The council shall have authority by ordinance to provide such rules and regulations governing the work and duties of the said bail commissioners as it may deem proper and shall fix the fees and compensation of such bail commissioners as it may deem proper.

(Acts 1942, ch. 167, p. 209; Acts 1970, ch. 9, p. 10)

(Acts 1942, ch. 167, p. 209; Acts 1970, ch. 9, p. 10)