Kansas Statutes 13-514. Aid in enforcing laws; mobs; call for militia; forfeiture by person refusing to obey call
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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 13-514
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
The mayor is hereby authorized to call on every male inhabitant of the city over eighteen and under fifty years of age to aid in enforcing the laws and ordinances of the city, and in cases of necessity to call out the militia within the city to aid in the suppression of any riot or unlawful assembly or in the enforcement of any ordinance; and any person who shall not obey such call shall forfeit to the city a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, which shall be recovered in an action in the name of the city in any court of competent jurisdiction.