Upon the request of the mayor, the board of aldermen of the town of Loreauville shall appoint an attorney who shall be designated as court magistrate and who shall serve at the pleasure of the mayor and who may be designated from time to time by the mayor to serve in his stead as the presiding officer over the mayor's court. Whenever the magistrate is so designated by the mayor to preside over the mayor's court, he shall exercise the powers and the authority of the mayor over said court. The magistrate shall receive a salary fixed and paid by the board of aldermen.
La. R.S. § 33:441.21