Jurisdiction of the city for police purposes.
Section 7
SEC. 7. Jurisdiction of the city for police purposes.—The jurisdiction of the City of Dumaguete for police purposes shall extend throughout its territorial jurisdiction and also to six miles from the shore of Dumaguete City and over a zone surrounding the City on land of three miles in width; and for the purpose of protecting and insuring the purity of the water supply of the city, such police jurisdiction shall also extend over all territory within the drainage area of such water supply, or within two hundred meters of any reservoir, conduit, canal, aqueduct or pumping station used in connection with the city water service. The city court of the City of Dumaguete shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the Court of First Instance of Negros Oriental and the municipal courts of the respective municipalities to try crimes and misdemeanors committed within the said zone of three miles in width, within said drainage area or within said spaces of two hundred meters. The Court first taking jurisdiction of such an offense shall thereafter retain exclusive jurisdiction thereof. The police force of the several municipalities concerned shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the police force of the City of Dumaguete for the maintenance of good order and the enforcement of lawful ordinances throughout said zone, area and spaces but any license that may be lawfully granted within said zone, area or spaces shall be granted by the proper authorities of the municipality concerned, and the fees arising therefrom shall appertain to the treasury of the municipality concerned and not to that of the City of Dumaguete.