The justice courts of the respective counties or county courts shall have original jurisdiction of any prosecution or suit brought under authority of this chapter, or of any violation of any ordinance duly enacted by the commission. However, from each decision or judgment, whether from a fine or imprisonment, there shall be allowed an appeal, and such appeals and trials shall be had as now provided by law.Codes, 1942, § 6047-12; Laws, 1960, ch. 173, § 12; Laws, 1962, ch. 193, § 11; Laws, 1981, ch. 471, § 51; Laws, 1982, ch. 423, § 28, eff. 1/1/1984, or, with respect to a given county, when the county appoints a justice court clerk pursuant to § 9-11-27(3); Laws, 1991, ch. 522, § 5, eff. 7/1/1991.
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