The Penn's Grove record., 1892-07-01
CHAPTER x
An Act respecting licenses in incorporated
boroughsts


An Act respecting licenses in Incorporated
bo~roughsas
l. Be IL enacted 10y the Senate and General
Assembly of the State of New Jersey. That
1t shall be lawful for the common council.
board OF aldermen. board of commissioners
or other governing board of any incorpor-
ated borough in this state. to make and estab-
lish ordinances for the following purposes.
viz: to license and regulate expressmen.
trucks hacks carr. omnibuses stages and all
other carriages and vehicles used for trans
portation of passengers baggage, merchan-
disc and goods aud chattels of any kind, and
to the owners and drivers of all such vehicles
and means OF transportation. also auction
GERS common criers. hawkers. peddlers. pawn
brokers, junk wagons. bath houses news
stands sweeps. scayengers. travelling and
other street shows street exhibitions. organ
grinders ~circuses. m-erry-Ro-rounds tobog-
gan slides theatrical performances plays,
exhibitions. concerts, skating Kinks itinerant
vendors of merchandise, medicines and RENE
dies. and also the place or premises in which
or at which the different kinds of business or
occupation mentioned herein are to be car
ried on or conducted. and to fix the rate of
compensation to be paid therefor, and to
prohibit all persons and places. and all vehi-
Giles unlicensed from acting. using or being
used in said capacities. and for such uses and
purposes. and to designate and locate stands
and places which hackmen, cart men and all
other persons engaged in the carrying of pas
sengers and merchandise shall be privileged
to occupy when soliciting business, and to
prohibit the occupying of other places for
such purposes and to fix and prescribe penal
ties for the violation of any such ordinance
Nv arINpapaaa ~ a.xr aaattu,x al4uazf a.d
that fees for such licenses may be imposed
for the purposes of revenues; provided. now
ever. that no person or persons shall be re-
quired to take out a license to sell any of the
| produce of his farm.
.. And be it enacted. That every justice of
the peace in any county is hereby empow-
cred. on oath or Affirmation made according
to law, that any person or persons has or
may nav violated any section of said ordi-
nance. OF any of the ordinances Of said board
in relation thereto, to issue process at the
suit of such municipality aforesaid in the
nature of a m for said penalty. which
shall be returnable In not less than one nor
more h ten entire days; such process shall
state what section or sections of the ordi-
| nance has been violated by the defendant or
defendants, and on the return of such pro-
| cess, or at any time to which the trial shall
hsve been adjourned, the said court. justi e
| of the peace or recorder shall proceed to hear
| the testimony. and to determine and give
/ Judgment in the matter without the filings
of any pleadings and a copy of the ordinance
or section of the ordinance alleged to have
been violated. certified under the hand of
the clerk of the board. shall be taken as full
and legal proof ofrthe existence of such ordi-
nance. and that all the requirements of law
in relation TO the ordaining. publishing and
making the same so as to make the same
regal and binding have been complied with,
unless the contrary be shown; and the said
court. Justice of the peace. police justice or
recorder shall give Judgment for the penalty
sued for and costs. IL the defendant be proven
guilty. and he may, at the request of the
plaintiff, forthwish issue execution against
the goods and chattels. and also against the
body Of the defendant or defendants without
any special order being made to that effect
for the mount of said penalty and costs.
and IL the same be not paid. and the officer is
unable to Ind sufficient goods and chattels
over and above such as are reserved by law
to satisfy said execution in full. then he shall
take the body of the defendant under said
execution and deliver him to the sheriff of
the county. who shall keep him in custody in
the jail of the county until he Is entitled to
release by operation of law. and no defend
ant against whom an execution shall be or
remain unsatisfed. after being taken into
custody. shall be entitled to any of the bene-
fits or privileges of any Of the insolvent laws
or acts of this state.
8. Andbe it enacted. That all acts and parts
of acts, inconsistent with this act be and the
same are hereby repealed.
4. And be it enacted. That this act shall
take effect Immediately.
Approved March q. 1897.