The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-05-21
OF NEW JERSEY.



A Further Amendment to an act to amend
an act entitled An act 70 regulate aud
establish The compensation OF law or
president judges OF the courts Of com
mon pleas OF the counties Of this state"
passed May eleventh, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-six, and
amended May sixth, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-nine.
L. Be IL enacted by the Senate and Gen
eral Assembly Of the State Of New Jersey,
That the first section OF an act to amend
an act entitled IAN act to regulate and
establish the compensation OF law or presi-
dent judges OF the courts Of common pleas
OF the counties OF this state" passed May
eleventh. one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-six, and amended May sixth,
on thousand eight hundred and eighty
nine. be m the same Is hereby further
amended 50 as TO read as follows
l.. Be 1t enacted by the ma and Gen
eral Assembly Of the State Of New Jersey,
That tine law or president jud ges Of the
courts OF common pleas OF counties In
this state shall be paid an annual salary
In proportion to the population Of said
vided. that is TO say:-The annual salary
Of each law or president judge aforesaid
shall be fifteen hundred dollars In oun
ties where the population Is not more thai
thirty nine thousand; TIRES Thousand
dollars 10 counties where the population
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not more than ffty-nine thousand; forty
five hundred dollars in counties where
the population fs more than fffty- nine
thousand and not more h ~sixty-nine
thousand, forty-seven hundred dollars in
counties where the population is more
than seventy-nine thousand; f~orty-nine
hundred dollars Ia counties where the pop
lation Is more than se~venty-nine Thousand
and not more than eighty-nine thousand;
Il We thousand dollars In counties where
the population Is more than eighty-nine
thousand and not more than ninety niue
thousand; i've thousand two hundred
dollars In counties where the population
Is more b ni~nety-nine Thousand and
not more than one hundred aud niue
Thousand; five thousand six hundred dol
lars in counties where the population is
more than enc hundred n nine thou
sand and not more han one hundred and
fifty thousand; seven Thousand five hu n
dred dollars In counties where the popu-
lation is more than one hundred and fifty
thousand.
9. And be it enacted, That section two
OF said act be and the same Is hereby en-
acted so as to read as follows:
q And be IL enacted, That the annual
salary to be paid any or said judges under
section one OF the act as above amended
shall be based upon the total population
Of the county as ascertained n deter
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taken or to be taken, and the annual SAL
AIRY thus ascertained and determined shall
be paid each judge by the collector of the
county, In equal monthly payments, and
said salary shall pc IN lieu Of all fees.
IS. And be IL enacted, that section three
of said act be and the same Is hereby
amended so as TO read as follows;-
8 And be 1t enacted, That this act shall
only apply TO law or president judges OF
the courts of common pleas whose term or
Office shall hereafter commence or to
those now In office who may file their as
sent in writing, under their hands, to the
provisions OF this act in the office of the
clerk OF the county, the law or president
judge of which assents as above provided,
and In case any judge now Ia office shall
assent as above provided, the amount Of
his annua salary shall be ascerrained and
determined by the federal census Of the
year one thousand eight hundred and
ninety. and shall be paid to him under
the provisions of this act, from and after
the date OF fling his assent as aforesaid
by the collector of the county In equal
monthly payments.
4. And be 1t enacted, That all acts anu
parts Of acts inconsistent with the pro-
visions of this act be and the same are
hereby repealed.
D. And be il enacted, That this act shall
take effect Immediately.
Passed March ~, 1891.