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Sec. 27. Cityjudge. <br /> <br />There shall be a magistrate of the corporation court known as the city judge who shall be appointed by the city council to serve for <br />a term of two years He may be removed by the city council at any time for incompetency, misconduct, malfeasance, or disability, <br />He shall receive such salary as may be fixed by the council from time to time. In the event of failure of the city judge to act for any <br />reason the mayor shall act in the place and stead of the city judge (and in the event of a vacancy, until a city judge is appointed <br />by the council to fill the vacancy), The mayor, while acting as city judge, shall receive no compensation, All costs and fines <br />imposed by the corporation court, or by any court in cases appealed from judgments of the corporation council, shall be paid into <br />the city treasury for the use and benefit of the city. <br /> <br />Editor's note: Subsequent to adoption of this Charter, the state law was amended so as to change the terminology from <br />"corporation court" to "municipal court". See Government Code § 29.001 et seq. <br /> <br /> <br />