Columbia Duties and powers ordinance (§ 15-47)

The municipal judge shall be a conservator of the peace. The judge shall keep a docket in which every case and proceeding therein commenced shall be entered and kept together with such other records as required. Such docket and records shall be records of the circuit court. The judge shall deliver such docket and records and all books and papers pertaining to such office to any successor in office or to the presiding judge of the circuit. The judge shall have the power to administer oaths and enforce due obedience to all orders, rules and judgments made by such judge, 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.