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'rr�r <br />BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF BATESVILLE, ARKA14SAS <br />ORDINANCE NO.,� <br />AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR PARTIAL COMPENSATION <br />OF THE CITY ATTOR14EY, FOR CHANGING THE METHOD PRESENTLY USED <br />IN THE COURTS OF ASSESSING FEES, DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND <br />OTHER PURPOSES. <br />WHEREAS the General Assembly of the State of <br />Arkansas has provided by law that the city attorney may <br />receive as part of his compensation for all prosecutions <br />tried by such city attorney for violations of ordinances of <br />a city and for all prosecutions tried by such city attorney <br />for violations of state laws committed within the corporate <br />limits of a city, the same fees as are allowed prosecuting <br />attorneys in criminal cases, and <br />WHEREAS, the city attorney must in such instances <br />perform the same work as the prosecuting attorney, and <br />WHEREAS, the prosecuting attorney's office has <br />been receiving such fees, and further <br />TMEREAS, this will not cost the city any addi- <br />tional money but provides for simply a different method of <br />disbursing fees that have been collected in criminal cases, <br />clow Therefore <br />