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LAWS OF NEW JERSEY.
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of said borough shall have power by or
dinance or resolution to grant or allow
such fees or compensation TO the several
officers OF said borough as TO them snatl
seem necessary and proper; pr DIVIDED
that the mayor shall not receive a salary
exceeding three thousand dollars pc,
annupi for the performances OF MS oinclai
duties other than the tees which apper-
tain to his office as a justice of the peace;
that the members OF council SNAIL not De
paid, directly or indirectly. any comPen-
sation for the performances of their official
duties; the fees OF the assessor and col
! lector TO be as now provided by law.
"a. And be it enacted, That the said
| council shall and may make impose
hues and penalties against all persons
who shall offend against the bylaws auu
ordinances of said council: and the mayor
Of said borough is hereby constituted 2
court of record to take co9nizance OF al
offences against such bylaws and ordi-
nauces and punish all offenders against
the same by fine not exceeding nifty dol
lars or i'm prisonment not exceeding
thirty days in the Jail Of such borough
or the county Jail or both, together with
the costs Of conviction; aud 1t shall and
may be law for the said mayor, GU
complaint made on oath or Affirmation
of an offence committed against the
said bylaws. and ordinance. n
on conviction thereof to issue his
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man of said borough, commanding him.
In case any offender or offenders be SEN
fenced to imprisonment. to convey him,
her or them to the Jail aforesaid. there TO
remain until the term OF Imprisonment
shall have expired and the costs OF con-
vic5iou shall be paid; n in case the
| offender or offenders shall be ~adjudged
10 pay a fine, then 1t shall and may be
lawful for the said mayor to issue an
execution to the borough marshal or any
policeman Of said borough, commanding
him to levy and make such fine and costs
of goods and chattels of said offender or
offenders, and the said borough marshal
or policeman is hereby authorized and re-
quired TO execute the process Aforesaid;
That the jailer of the county III which
such borough Is situate shall receive and
safely keep all such offenders as shall be
committed to the Jail of said county by
the mayor of said borough for the term
of his, her or their imprisonment as ex-
pressed in the warrant OF commitment,
and all the expenses OF keeping said
offenders In said Jail shall be borne and
paid by the county.
%. And be it enacted, That the assessor
shall assess and the collector collect the
taxes in the same IA as the asses
sors and collectors of townships in this
state are required by law to assess and
collect: and in case of the nou-payment OF
taxes the aid collector shal procee TO
enforce the collection thereof as now re-
CURED by law of township collectors in
this state.
26. And be it enacted, That the COM
m~issioners of appeal in cases of tsxations
shall meet annually on the fourth Tues
day OF November, to hear and determine
ali complaints of unjust taxaJion; they
snail sit from 10 O'Clock in the forenoon
until, five O'Clock in the afternoon. or
longer If found necessary to dispose of all
cases submitted to them for considera-
ton, and shall give public notice OF the
time and place of such Intended meeting
In any newspaper printed in the county.
il any there be, at least ten days previous
to such assembling, aud by hand bills
posted in i've of the most public places in
said borough.
27. And be 1t enacted, That it shall be
the duty of the mayof of such borough to
see that the laws of the state and the or
dinances of the borough are faithfully
executed in such borough, and TO recon-
mend to the council such measures as he
NAV deem necessary or e~xpedient for the
welfare of the borough; he hall mBintain
peace and good order In the borough.
and shall have power TO suppress all riots
and tumultuous assemblies, and cause to
be arrested on his view, without process
or warrant, and to commit for trial all
persons violating. or whom he has reason
TO believe have violated the laws of this
state or the ordinances of the borough; he
shall have authority, on complaint made
TO him on oath or affirmation, TO eau
any person or persons to be brought be-
fore hin for any breach of the peace or
| violation OF any law of this stats COM
mitted within said borough, OF for dis
turbing the public tranquility in the
borough. and shall require such offender
or offenders to enter into recognizance or
commit them to the county jail to answer
the charges before the county court; he
shall be entitled to the same fees and
possess the same power. authority
and jurisdiction that is by law vested
in justices of the peace OF the
several counties of this state
In both civil and criminal causes; the bor-
ough marshal and policemen of said bor-
ough shall execute, anywhere in the
county in which said borough is situated,
all and every process issued by said
mayor in of the authority con-
ferred, aud shall have power to arrest
and take into custody, without warrant,
any offender or offenders against the by
laws and ordinances of said borough, and
to confine the said offender or offenders
in q place provided by said Council until
a hearing can be had before the mayor or
one of the justices of the peace of said
county; provided. that such hearing shall
be held within twenty-four hours. unless
Sunday should intervene; n such case
within forty-eight hours after the arrest
of the offender or offenders; that said Dor
ough marshall shall possess the same
powers, take the same obligation, per-
form the same duties. be subject to the
same penalties. aud receive the SAME fees
as any constable of any township ia this
State.
q. And be it enacted, That for the pur-
pose of laying out, grazing or improving
the streets or sidewalks of "a borough
Incorporated under this act, or for the ex
tinguishment of fires, IL shall aud may
be lawful for the council of said borough,
upon obtaining the written consent OF
persons representing half or more OF
the value OF the taxable propert in said
borough as represented by the duplicate
of the borough assessor. to borrow such
sum or sums of money, IN the name Of
The borough, as may be necessary to carry
out and complete the laying out, grading
or improvement of any streets, sidewalk
or sidewalks in said borough or for thu
extinguishment of fires. and to securt
the payment thereof by the issuing o
bonds or other instruments, under tn,
common sea- of the borough and sigma
ture of the mayor attested by the clerk
said bonds not to run for a longer period
than twenty years from he date thereof
and to bear interest at 4 rate not exceed
} ing the legal rate.
90 And be it enacted, That when tn
council of any borough shall issue bond
as herein provided, it shall and may b
lawful for the said council to order ant
cause to be assessed and raised by ial
. every year c sum Of money, Ia add
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