7-32-4105. Duties of chief of police. (1) It is the duty of the chief of police:
     (a) to execute and return all process issued by the city judge or directed to him by any legal authority and to attend upon the city court regularly;
     (b) to arrest all persons guilty of a breach of the peace or for the violation of any city or town ordinance and bring them before the city judge for trial;
     (c) to have charge and control of all policemen, subject to such rules as may be prescribed by ordinance, and to report to the council all delinquencies or neglect of duty or official misconduct of policemen for action of the council;
     (d) to perform such other duties as the council may prescribe.
     (2) The chief of police has the same powers as a constable in the discharge of his duties, but he must not serve a process in any civil action or proceeding except when a city or town is a party.

     History: En. Sec. 4785, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3254, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 5037, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 5037, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-810.