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CHAPTER CHI.

OhAE1Gh Ol1t.
for the formation of borough commissions"
approved March seventh, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-two.
i. Be it enacted by the Senate and General AS
sennbly of the State of New Jersey, That all Dor
ough commissions which have been organized or
which shall be organized under the provisions of
said act shall have power to ordain and enforce
ordinances for the following purposes, in addition
to the powers granted by said act and the supple
ments thereto; for appointing policemen, regular
or special watchmeli and other subordinate oft-
GERS, and prescribing their powers, duties and
compensation; for the more effeetual suppression
Of vice and immortality; for preserving peace ard
good order; for restraining Migrants mendicunts
and street beggars for preventing, IstTRining or
suppressing any riots, routs, disturbances, disor-
DERBY assenblages or breaches of the peace in any
street. alley, house or place in said borough COM
mission, and may make and impose fines and pen
altes against all persons who shall offend against
the ordinances of said commission
2. And be it enacted. That the president of any
borough commission which mas been oTganizco OF
which shall be organized under the provisiohs of
said act, shall be justice of the peace ex-otfico,
and shall have all the powers and authority of
justice of the peace IN the state of New jersey
and the said president shall hold court which viii
be a court of record, and take cognizance of all
otfenses against the ordinances of the commission
Of which he is president and OF all forfeitures,
penalties, fines and ilnprisonmeilts laid to be
laid by the ordinances Of said borough commits
sion provided however. that the said president
shall not, by virtue OF his Office, be authorized to
ordinance for the recovery of penalty forfeit
ure fine, or for an assessment for taxes or dam
ages; and it shall be lawful for said president,
upon complaint made on oath or affirmation of
any offense committed against any Of the ordi-
nances of said borough commission or against
the laws of the state of New Jersey, to issue
his warrant to any policeman of saidA borough
commission, to apprehend said offender OF
offenders and bring him, her or them before
said president, and on conviction of said of
tense, to punish said offender or offenders by
fine imnriSOnmpuf both the
require, together with costs Of conviction which
costs shall be the same as those allowed justices
of the peace. and by his warrant directed to any
policeman of said borough commission, in case
the offender be sentenced to imprisonment, to
command that he, she or they be conveyed to the
common jail of the county wherein said borough
commission is situate, there to be confined until
the term of imprisonment she'll have expired and
until the costs of conviction be paid, or if said
offender be adjudged to pay fine, then there to
remain until said fine and costs of conviction be
paid, or to issue warraI< directed to any consta
BILE of the county wherein such borough com
mission is situate, commanding said officer to levy
and make such fine and costs of the goods and
chattels Of such offender; provided that any such
offender convicted as aforesaid may appeal for the
missioners, and the said commissioners may re-
NIT the whole or any part thereof upon such
terms as they may deem best to prescribe and i'm
pose; and the said policeman is hereby authorized
and required to execute the processes aforesaid,
and the jailer of the county in which said borough
commission is situate shall receive and safely
keep all Sucn 01enOerS as snail De cOmmityeu 70
the jail of said county by the president of said
borough commission for the term Of his, her OF
their imprisonment, as expressed in the warrant
of commitment. and all the expenses of keeping
such offenders in said jail shall be borne and paid
by the county provided, that all executions COM
manding the sale of the goods and ehattels of any
offender to make any fine, penalty or forfeiture,
shall be directed and delivered to constable of
the county
s. And be it enacted That it shall be the duty
of the president of every borough commission to
see that the laws of the state and the ordinances
of the borough commission are faithfully executed
in such borough commission he shall maintain
peace and good order in the borough commission
Of which he is president and shall have the same
power to suppress all riots and tumultuous or dis
orderly assemblages, and cause to be arrested on
his view, without process or warrant, and to com
NIT for trial all persons violating whom he has
reason to believe have violated the laws of this
state or the ordinances OF said borough commits
sion, or to require the offenders to enter into
recognizance to answer the charges as the justices
of the peace of this state now have
A. Aud be it enacted, That all acts and parts of
acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act
be and the same are hereby repealed and that
this act take effect Immediately
Approved March 26, 1886.