The Penn's Grove record., 1892-06-10

An act concerning certain cities of the
second class In this state and constituting a
police.court in such cities and providing
for the appointment of police justices of
such courts and defining the jurisdiction,
powers and duties of such police justice
and abolishing all other police courts, re-
corder courts and police justices in such
cities.
l. BE it enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That
there Shall be constituted in each city of the
second class in this state having a population
of fifty thousand and over one court, to be
designated a police court of the cities of the
second class in this state.
2. And be it enacted. That said courts shall
be courts of record and have Official seals,
and ali persons shall be amenable to punish
ment for contempt of said court in same
manner as in other courts of record of this
state having power to punish for contempt
of court; and licensed attorneys shall not be
necessary in prosecution or defence of any
suit or proceeding in such courts; that the
police justice of the police court of such
cities shall make such rules as may be neces-
sary for the orderly conduct and business
and proceedings of such court; the said rules
shall be approved by and subject to the re-
vision of the president judge of the court of
common pleas of the county in which said
city is situated.
8. And be it enacted, That the police justice
of said court shall be appointed by the gov
ernor by and with the advice and consent of
the senate; and shall continue in Office for
the fixed term of five years from the date of
said appointment and until their successors
are appointed and qualified; that in case of a
vacancy in any such office of police Justice
the governor of the state shall fill such va
cancy until the regular appointment to fill
the same is made, as h~ereinbefore provided.
and the person so regularly appointed as
herein provided shall hold his office for the
full term of five years from the date OF his
said appointment.
4. And be 1t enacted, That the police court
and police justice hereby constituted and
provided to be appointed in such cities of the
second class, shall be Instead, and shall take
the place of and be in lieu of any and all
other police courts or police justices, or re-
corders or special justices in any such city,
and the terms of office of any and all other
police justices. recorders or special police
justices, except those appointed under or
recognized by this act, shall be and are here
by terminated and ended upon the expira-
tion of twenty days after this act shall take
effect; that the police justices herein pro-
vided TO be appointed shall each receive and
be paid by such city an annual salary of two
thousand dollars, TO be paid monthly in the
same manner as now provided for by law for
other city officers.
5. And be it enacted, That the police JUS
tices herein provided to be appointed in such
city, shall have, possess and exercise all the
powers and authority In criminal matters
which are conferred upon justices of the peace
in and for the several counties of this state;
and for the purpose of recovering the penal
ty for violating any ordinance or regulation
of such city or any board of such city they
are respectively hereby empowered on oath
or affirmation, made according to law, that
any person or persons has or have been
guilty of any violation of any of the ordi-
nances or regulations of such city or of any
board of such city, to Issue process. at the
suit of such city, either in the nature of a
luminous or warrant, as to such police JUS |
tice may seem most advisable. against the