The mayor has the power and jurisdiction and shall exercise the functions formerly exercised by a justice of the peace, but only for the preservation of peace within the corporate limits and the trial of offenses against the town ordinances.Acts 1901, ch. 64, § 21; Shan., § 2023a45; Code 1932, § 3676; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 6-2525.
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