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• • • 2188 LA\VS OF FLORIDA the trial of all offenses against the laws of the City, and it shall be his duty to see that the ordinances are faithfully executed and the orders of the Council duly observed and enforced. He shall be Judge of the Municipal Court and shall have power by his warrant to have brought before him any person or persons charged with the violation of the ordinances. He shall have power to require the attendance of witnesses for and against the accused; to administer oaths, to take affidavits and to inquire as to the truth of all charges preferred; to decide upon the guilt or innocence of the accused, and to fix by sentence the penalty prescribed by ordinance, and to enforce the same; to pardon and release persons convicted by him, and to have and exercise all the powers incident and usual to the enforcement of his jurisdiction; and he shall also have the power to punish for contempt of Municipal Court to the extent of a fine not exceeding One Hundred Dollars or imprisonment not exceeding thirty days, or both such penalties in his discretion. Provide'l, how- ever, that the City Council, with the written consent of or at the written request of the Mayor, shall have the power to elect by a ma- jority vote, a suitable person who shall preferably be a duly licensed and practicing attorney at law of said City, and who shall also be a qualified elector therein, to be Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Vero Beach, and when so elected said Judge shall have the same powers and duties as this Act confers upon the Mayor as such Judge, and upon the election of such Judge the authority of the Mayor as such Judge shall cease, except during the absence or sickness of such Municipal Judge, when the Mayor of said City shall be acting Judge of the Municipal Court of .aid City. The City Council shall fix the compensation of such Judge and the term of office of such Judge, when elected as herein provided, shall expire on the date of the term of the office of the incumbent Mayor. Section 20. The City Council shall have authority by ordi- nance to provide for taking cash security for appearance before the Mayor's Court for any person or corporation accused of violating a City ordinance and for the forfeiture thereof in default of such appearance. Section 21. The Mayor shall have power to suspend any officer, except Councilmen, for misconduct in office, or neglect of duty re- porting his action in writing, with reasons therefor, to the next regular meeting of the Council, for its approval or disapproval. Notice of such suspension and the reasons therefor shall be given - in writing to the suspended officer by mailing the same to his last known address, and the said suspended officer shall have