1895 private laws – Ch.85 Sec.38

That the mayor of said town is hereby constituted an inferior court, and as such shall, within the corporate limits of the town, have all the powers, jurisdiction and authority of a justice of the peace, to preserve and keep the peace, to issue process, to hear and determine all causes of action which may arise upon ordinances and regulations of the town, to enforce penalties by issuing executions upon adjudged violations thereof, and to execute the by-laws, rules and regulations made by the commissioners. The mayor shall further be a special court within the corporate limits of the town, to arrest and try all persons who are charged with a misdemeanor for violating any ordinance of the town; and if the accused be found guilty he shall be fined, at the discretion of the mayor or court, not exceeding the amount specified in the ordinance or ordinances so violated; or at the discretion of the mayor or court trying the same, such offender may be imprisoned not more than thirty days in the common county jail. If the accused is dissatisfied with the judgment of the mayor or court, he may appeal in a like manner as prescribed for appeal from judgments of a justice of the peace.