The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1892-07-13

l. Be it enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly of the state of New Jersey, That
section two of the act which this act supple
ments and amends be amended so as to read
D. And be it enacted That said courts shall
be courts of record and have official seals
ment for contempt of said courts in the same
manner as in other courts of record of this
state having power to punish for contempt of
court, and the three police justices OF said
courts in each city shall make such rules as
shall be necessary for the orderly conduct of
the business and proceedings of the said
courts, which rules shalt be approved by and
subject to the revision of the president Judge
of the court of common pleas of the county
in which such city is situated.
2. And be it enacted, That section nine of
the said act be amended SO as to read as fol-
lows:
g. And be it enacted That the board of
police commissioners of each such city where
said police courts are established shall pro-
vide suitable rooms for the transaction of the
business of such courts and procure suitable
furniture therefor, and such books and sta
tiOnery as may be necessary, and shall desig-
nate the police officers to attend the sittings
of such courts and preserve order therein.
3. And be it enacted, That the names of said
courts shall hereafter be the first, second and third
criminal court, respectively, of the city in which
they are established, and the police justices of each
of said police courts shall hereafter be, and be desig
mated, the judges of said criminal courts of said
cities
4. And be it enacted That said courts shall have,
possess and exercise in addition to the powers,
authority and jurisdiction which the said police
courts and the said police justices thereof may how
have, all the powers authority and jurisdiction of
the court of two justices of the peace, and of the
justices of the peace in and for the several counties
OF this state except such conferred upon the
said justices OF the peace by the following acts: an
act entitled "Au act constituting courts the trial
of small causes" approved March twenty-seyenth,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-fouI, and
the various supplements thereto; act entitled
IAN act concerning landlords and tenants" APP
proved March twenty-seventh, one thousand eight
hundred and seyenty-four, and the various supple
ments thereto; an act entitled IAN act for the re-
let OF creditors against ascending and absent
debtors,p approved March twenty-seventh,
thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, and the
various supplements thereto an act entitled "An
act concerning orcible entries and detainers" ap-
proved April sixteenth, one thousand eight hundred
and forty-six; and all other civil matters.
g. And be it enacted, That no person tried in the
said courts shall be entitled to trial by jury, except
in all suits for violations of city ordinances and in
cases arising under section Eve of an act entitled
An act concerning disOrdery persons" and under
act entitled "An act for the maintenance of bas
tard children"
e. And be it enacted That II shall be lawful for
all commitments, writs and other process of said
courts either to be signed by the judge thereof to
be tested in the OF the said judge and signed
by the clerk OF said court, and the said clerk shall
have authority to take any complaints aflidavits
to be used in said courts respectively, and to adj
minister any oath or affirmation proper TO be adj
ministered in said courts and in the absence of the
judge, to adjourn the court to the following day and
by the instruction of the judge to receive in the
judges absence the verdict Of any jury; and that
the dockets of said courts shall be kept by the re-
specye clerks thereof, and the papers and records
OF said courts shall be filed by them and be and re
main in their custody, to be delivered to their re-
spectve successors; and that the said clerks shall
have all the power and authority appertaining by
law to clerks Of courts OF record, and may take bail
in any cause that said courts have power to hear
and determine.
T. And be il enacted That In all cases when
complaint shall be made in said courts a summons
or warrant may issue thereon in the discretion of
the judge thereof: il summons is issued IL shall,
may be, be served and returned in the
same manner as in courts for the trial of small
causes: if any trial or examination before any OF
said courts shall be adjourned the judge or clerk
thereof may take bail to the state Of New Jersey
that the defendant shall appear in said court at the
time to which the said trial or examination Is adj
journed, and not depart the said court without
leave 4 and that If defendant who has been duly
summoned shall not appear on the return day or on
the day when such cause shall be tried, the said
cause may be heard and determined in his absence ;
and IL commitment shall be issued, it shall be law
full for the defendant TO be taken into custody under
the said commitment in the same manner as under
warrant and to be delivered to the keeper of the
county jail as directed in the said commitment.
8. And be 1t enacted, That If any person
shall be convicted i'm any of said courts it
shall be sufficient for the conviction to set
out the name of the defendant. the number
of the section and the title OF the statute or
ordinance under which the conviction is had
the names of the witnesses sworn, and list
of the exhibits produced at the trial and II
statement that the defendant was convicted
with the date of such conviction, which con-
victlon may be signed by the judga OF such
signed by the clerk thereof under the seal OF
such court.
g. And be it enacted. Tint the Judge of any
of said courts may, at the request of the clerk
thereof, designate In writing deputy clerk,
who shall have authority to act for the said
clerk and to sign his name to all papers, the
said clerk being responsible for all the acts of
his said deputy.
10. And be 1t enacted That IL shall be law
full for a Judge of any of said courts to sit as
Judge of any other of said courts at the re-
quest of the judge of said court, and the
Judge so sitting shalt have the same powers
and authority as the Judge of said court.
H. And be it enacted, That any person
found violating any ordinance of any OF sa Id
cities. or of any board of such city, may be
arrested byany police officer of such city or
by any employee of said city or said board
whose duty 1t shall be to enforce said ordi-
nance, and taken before any of said courts in
said city, when the case shall be sum narily
heard and disposed of without the filing Of
any pleadings. and If the defendant shall be
found guilty the judge of said court may i'm
pose upon him a fine not exceeding the PEN
atty prescribed for the violation of such ordi-
nance, and in default of the payment of the
said fine the defendant shall be committed to
the county jail for any number of days the
said judge may determine. not exceeding In
number the number of dollars of the fine 80
imposed
-. And be it enacted. That this act shall
take effect Immediately.
Approved March "A, 1902.