The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-05-22
OF NEW JERSEY.
BY AUTHORITY.


10. And be It enacted, That each OF the
police justices herein provided to be aD-
pointed. within ten days after their said
appointment, shall take and subscribe be-
fore an officer duly authorized by the
laws of this state TO administer oaths. the
usual oath or Affirmation taken by ofhcials
OF such city, aud shall file the same with
the clerk OF sucn city, and Immediately
t-hereupon such police justice shall
enter into bond with such city
with at least W good aud sufficient
sureties, being freeholder5 IN the city Tor
which he shall be appointed, in the sum
of five Thousand dollars, which bond snail
De in the form and be appointed as here
after provided, aud Immediately there
upon the term of Office of such police jus
tice shall commence, and ne shall be fully
qualified to proceed at once 10 the dis
charge and performance of the duties OF
his said Office of police justice OF such
city; that Immediately upon the expira-
ton of twenty days after this act shall
take effect, the Office of all other police
justices or special police justices. and all
police courts and all officers there
of. other han those provided for or
recognized by in this act in such
city, shall cease, determine and end, and
the offices of all sucn persons heretofore
holding the Office of police justice or
special police justice of or in any such
city, and all police courts therefore exist
ing therein, are hereby abolished, and
thereafter no other police justice or police
court shall exist or be recognized iu any
such city, except such as is or are pro-
vided for or recognized by in this act.
II. Aud be it enacted, That within
twenty lays after this act shall take effect,
each police justice or special police justice
of any such city. whose Office is by the
provisions of this act abolished or ter
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OF such city, all books, papers and dockets
relating to his said former Office or police
Justice or special police justice OF or in
such city, and such books. papers and
dockets so filed shall there remain as pub
lie records. aud the same may be used
aud certified as other records OF such city
by the clerk of the anne.
IL. Aud be it enacted. That the bond to
be entered into by such police justices
and their sureties as hereinbefore pro-
Vided, with the condition thereof, snail
be in the form following, that is to say
know all men by these presents, tnat
we, n. b., G.. ID. IN Il. +. OF the city of
--i in the county of ---a and state
of New Jersey, are held and firmly bound
unto (the corporate title of sucn city, in
the sum of five thousand dollars TO be
paid unto the corporate title of such
city to which payment, well aud truly TO
be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs,
executor and administrators, jointly and
severally, firmly by these presents, sealed
with our seals; dated the - day Of
in the year of our Lord, one thousand
eight hundred aud --; the condition
of this obligation is sUch that if the above
ounde A b.. shall well q truly exc
cute the office of police justice of the city
of -- in the county of --
aud state aforesaid, aud ia all
things touching and concerning said
office. shall well and truly,
faithfully and impartially, execute
aud perform the same according to law
as well with respect to all persons con-
cerned as the lthe corporate title of such
ethyl, aud at the expiration of his said
Office shall deliver to his successor in
office all the books. papers, records and
writings remaining in the same, or apper-
tanning thereto, then this obligation to
be void, otherwise to remain and be in
full force and virtue;' such Dond shall
be approved of by Two judges of the court
of common pleas of the county wherein is
situate the city for which such police
justice shall be appointed, aud when so
executed and approved of, shall be re-
corded in the clerks office of such county
n filed in the same, to be by such clerk
safely kept among the public papers OF his
Office; and in case any person appointed
police Justice for uch city as aforesaid, be-
fore he shall enter into the security afore-
SAID, shall perform anyof the duties requir-
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sueh offence forfeit and pay. for the use of
such city, one hundred dollars, to be sued
for and recovered by the mayor of such
city in which the offence was committed,
in an action OF debr, with costs Of suit,
in the corporate name of such city.
10. And be it enacted, That such police
justices OF such city shall pay,over daily to
the comptroller or corresponding chief
financial officer of such city, for the use
of the city, ali fees collected by them, re-
spectiveiy, which they shall receive from
any person or persons, or from the county
wherein such city is situate, or from the
. sheriff or county collector or other officer
Of such county, for any duties or services
by them respectively performed or rem
dered as police JUSTICE in any way during
all the time they shall respectively con-
tinue in Office; and such police justices
respectively shall use all lawful means
n make all lawful endeavors to collect
with all practical dispatch all such fees;
that all fines aud penalties, together with
the costs of suit for the violation OF ordi-
nances whereof complaint is made before
either OF said police justices shall be paid
to the justice before whom said complaint
is made, and his receipt therefor shall, on
the payment thereof, be a sufficient dis
charge of the same.
whom and for tine violation of what ordi-
nance or ordinances received, and what
judgments remain unpaid; and when
such written statements shall have been
audited bYethe auditor of accounts or
corresponding officer Of such city, said
police justices shall each without addi-
tional delay, pay over to the comptroller
or corresponding financial officer OF such
city, all moneys thereby appearing to be
due such city from such police justices
respectively, taking the receipt of such
comptroller or financial officer for the
amount so paid.
Is. And be it enacted, That such police
justices of such city shall keep a docket
leach having his own docket In which
they shall record all suits instituted be-
fore them for violation of ali ordinances
of such city passed or enacted by suca
city OF any board thereof, against whom
brought, and when. for the violation of
what ordinance. what proceedings were
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