Providing the Administration and Enforcement of the Regulations Governing Traffic upon Public Streets, Establishing Traffic Engineer, A Traffic Bureau

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3. It shall keep an easily accessible record of all violations of which each person has been guilty during the preceding 12 months, whether such guilt was established in court or in the traffic violations bureau. 4. If a violator of the restrictions on stopping or parking under traffic ordinances of this city does not a ppear in response to a notice affixed to such motor vehicle within a period of 48 hours, the traffic violations department shall -send to the owner of the motor vehicle to which the notice was affixed a letter informing him of the violation and warning him that he will be hild responsible for the appearance of the offender and that in the event such letter is disregarded for a period of five (5) days a complaint will be filed and a warrant of arrest issued. 5. In the event any person fails to comply with a notice as provided in the preceding paragraph or fails to make appearance pursuant to a summons directing an appearance in the traf- fic violations department, or if any person fails or refuses to deposit bail as provided and within the time permitted by ordinance, the traffic violations department shall forthwith have a complaint entered against such person and secure and issue warrant for his arrest. Such de- partment shall not accept any fine or bail for such persons, but shall consider every such per- son entirely underthe jurisdiction of the court. Section 26. TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS DEPARTMENT TO KEEP RECORDS. -- The traffic violations department shall keep records and submit summerized monthly reports to the judge of the city court of all notices issued and arrests made for violations of the traffic ordinances of this city and of all the fines collected by the traffic violations department or the court, and of the final dis- position or present status of every case of violation of the provisions of the ordinance. Such records shall be so maintained as to show all types of violations and the totals of each. Said records shall be public records. Section 27, FORMS FOR NOTICES OF ARREST OR APPEARANCE. -- The board of Safety shall provide in triplicate serially numbered forms for notifying violators to appear and answer charges of vio- lating the traffic ordinances of this city and or the state traffic laws. Such forms shall be issued to and receipted for by the commanding officer of the traffic bureau or other person act- ing for him, according to serial numbers appearing on such forms. The commanding officer of the traffic bureau shall when necessary distribute such forms for notices of arrest to officers of the police department, who shall sign receipts therefor according to serial number. The command- ing officer of the traffic bureau or other person acting for him shall receive from and receipt for copies of such notices delivered by officers of the police department as provided for by this ordinance, and shall prepare monthly a statement showing by serial numbers the notices issued and the disposal of such notices by all officers of the police department. Such state- ment shall be a public record. All officers of the police department in making arrests for violations of the state traffic laws or traffic ordinances of this city shall issue in writing a notice of violation as provided for by this ordinance, whether the person charged with the violation is held in custody or re- leased. Section 28. CERTIFIED RECORD OF DISPOSAL OF FORMS OF NOTICE TO VIOLATORS. -- The clerk of the city court shall each month report to the board of public safety the number of notices of violations issued by officers of the police department, and the number of such notices presented by persons receiving them either to the traffic violations department or the city court. For this purpose the clerk of the city court shall make use of copies of such notices delivered by police officers as provided for by this ordinance. The report shall be certified as correct by the clerk of the city court and shall be public record. Section 29. EFFECT OF SWORN COMPLAINT.— Whenever any complaint charging a traffic law violation is sworn to by a police officer or other competent person, such complaint shall be accepted as conclusive evidence of the facts alleged therein in the absence of evidence to the contrary. It is the purpose of this section to permit the entering of a judgment upon the basis of a sworn complaint without requiring the appearance or oral testimony of the person so making such com- plaint, where the defendant makes no appearance or pleads guilty. 5.