The Jersey City news., 1892-06-14

Justices shall keep his said docket Mt the
police court room wherein his court Is
located aud held and said dockets snail
he there at all times open to the. inspec-
tiou of the mayor board of aideIm n or
the governing body or board of such city,
but snail he under the control of the
board OF a 'dermen of sucn city.
i6. Aud ue it enacted, That such police
justices shall also carefully file anu pre-
serve. each in his own court room. all
complaints and other papers of whatever
description, in or relating to any suit in
srituted before them, during all the time
they shall respectively continue in office;
and said complaints and other papers
shall be and remain The sole property OF
such city, and each of such police justices
shall, on demand, deliver up all SAID COM
plHihts and other papers of whatever de-
scription, together with his docket, 10 the
person VINO shall at any time be appointed
To succeed him as police Justice; said po
lice justices shall nlso respectively keep at
the places of hplding their said courts
true ana complete daily account, iu the
form Of cash account, of all tnelr re-
ceipts for fiues, penalties, fees and costs,
which accounts shall be az all times open
TO examination of the mayor and fiuance
committee of the beard of al iermen or
audi or; aiiti such cash accounts shall be
Kept in a suitable book or books, which
said book or books shall be ana remain
the sole property of such city, and shall
also be delivered by said police justices to
the person appointed to succeed them i'll
office res pectiyely.
II And be it enacted, That the justices
holding the police courts under this act
in any second class city In this state shall
have power and are hereby au tncrzsd TO
appoint in and for each of the police
courts OF Said cities CLERK, whose duty it
shall be to attend the seseious of the CO urt
and to the organizations. trials and pro-
ceedings had therein; such clerk shall.
under the direction of the court, keep Il
brief record of all matters which shall
come before the same; he shall, unless
otherwise expressly directed by law, re-
ceive all fees ami penalties imposed in the
court to which he shall act aud shall ac-
count for and pay he same over to the
proper officers or authorities with forty
eight hOus after his receipt thereof; he
shall keep record of all such fines and
penalties and of the disposition thereof in
books to he provided for that purpose by
the board hereinafter named. and shall
perform such other duties and services as
the conrt or the justice OF Judge aforesaid
may require; he shall receive salary of
nine hundred dollars per aunuu, to be
paid in the same manner as now provided
for by law for the payment of city officers;
he shall be required to enter into Il bond
to the said city In the corporate name in
the sum of three thousand dollars, with
proved of by the board or body of such
city having control of the finances there
of, conditioned for the faithful perform
ance of his duties, which bond shall be
renewed annually; every such clerk ap-
poiNed as aforesaid shall hold Office for
the term of five years unless sooner re-
moved for by such police justices.
IS. And be 1t enacted, That the police
justices appointed under this act in case
of inability to act from sickness or other
cause shall have power at his own ex-
pense to designate justice of the peace
of said county in which SUCH city is situ-
ate to act in his place and stead, and.
while so aching. shal, have the same
powers of such police justices.
10. And be 1t enacted, That such police
justice shall also have power to take
recognizances of bail in all criminal
cases where complaints ara made before
him, except in cuses of manslaughter or
murder.
20. And be it enacted, That al acts and
parts OF acts. general. special or local, in
consistent with the provisions of this act
be and the same are hereby repealed, aud
this act snail be public act aud shall
take effect Immediately.
Passed March S, 1892. A'