The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-07-23
CHAPTER CXL.

Approved March "a. 1899.
CHAPTER CXL.
An Act to amend aud supplement an act
entitled IAN act concerning cities of he
first LASS in this state, and constituting
police courts in such cities, aud provid-
Ing for the appointment OF police JUS
tlces of said courts. and defining the
jurisdiction. powers and duties of such
police justices. and abolishing ull other
police courts and police justices iu such
Cities" approved March sixteenth, one
Thousand eight hundred and ninety
onc.
/. Be it enacted by the Senate and
General Assembly of the State of New
Jersey. That section two OF the act which
this act supplements and amends he
amended so us to read as follows:-
2. And be 1t enacted. That said courts
shall be courts Of record, and have off,
Cial seals, and all persons shall be amena-
BILE TO. punishment for contempt of said
courts in the same manner as In other
courts Of record In this state having power
to punish for contempt of court, aud the
three police justices of said courts IN each
city shall make such rules as shall be ne
cessary for the orderly conduct of the
business and proceedings of the said
courts. which rules shall be approved by
and subject to the revision of tthe presi-
dent judge of the court OF common pleas
OF the county In which such city is stu
ated.
2. And be it enacted. That section nine
of the said act be amended so as to read
as follows:
9. And be il enacted, That the board of
police commissioners of each UGH city
where said police courts are established
shal provide suitable rooms for the
transaction of the business of such courts
and procure suitable furniture therefor,
aud such. books and stationery rs may be
necessity, aud shall designate the police
officers to attend the sittings of such
courts and preserve order therein.
8. AID be 1t enacted, That the names
of said courts shall hereafter be the first,
second aud third crimlna court, respec-
lively. of the city in which they are estab-
iished. and the police justices of each of
said police ourts shall hereafter be, and
be designated, the judges of said criminal
courts III said cities.
4. And be it enacted. That said courts
shall have. possess and exercise, in addi-
ton to the powers, authority and juris-
diction which the said police courts and
have all the powers, authority and juris-
diction OF the court of two justices OF the
peace, and OF the justices OF the peace in
and for he several counties of this state.
except such as are conferred upon the
said justices Of the peace by the following
t'6 al dS CAtAtAOO "A dCu COueU.UuLllR
courts for the trial OF small causes" APP
proved March twenty-seventh, one thou
sand eight hundred and seventy-four, and
the various supplements thereto; an act
entitled AN act concerning landlords
aud tenants" approved March twenty
seventh, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-four, and the various supple
ments thereto; an act entitled "An act
for the relief Of creditors against an-
scondtng and absent Debtors" approved
March twenty-seyenth, one thou
sand eight hundred and evenly
four. and the varions supplements
thereto; an act entitled IAN act concern
iuk forcible entries and d~etainers,n ap-
proved April sixteenth. one Thousand
eight hundred and forty-six; and all
other civil matters.
5. And be it enacted, That no person
tried In the aid courts shall be entitled
to a trial by Jury, except in all suits for
arising under section five of an act en-
titled A act concerning disorderly per-
son." and under an act entitled can act
for the maintenance Of bastard chill
dren.
g.. And be It enacted. That it shall be
lawful for all conn itmenrs. writs and
other process of said courts either to be
signed by the judge thereof or to be
tested in the name of the said Judge aud
signed bv the clerk of said court, aud the
said clerks shall have authority to take
any complaints or affidavits to be MS ID in
said courts respectively. and to admins
ter any oath or affirmation proper to be
administered In said courts, aud, in the
abseuce of the judge. to adjourn the
court to the following day, and by the In
struction of the judge to receive in the
judges absence the verdict of any jury:
aud that the dockets of said courts shall
ue kept by the respective clerks thereof,
n the papers and records Of
said courts shall be filed by. them and be
u remain in their custody, to be deiiv-
cred to their respective 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.
z. And be 1t enacted, That In all cases
When a complaint shall be made in said
courts a summons or warrant may issue
thereon in the discretion of the judge
thereof; If a summons Is issued it shall,
as near as may be. be served aud returned
In the same ann as in courts for the
trial OF small causes; IL any trial or ex-
animation befur. auv of said courts snail
be adjourned. the judge or clerk thereof
may take bail to the state Of New Jersey
that the defendant Shall appear ia said
court ut the time to which the said trial
or examination is adjourned. aud not de-
part the said court without leave: and
that il a defendant who has been duly
summoned shall not appear on the rsturn
day or Oh the day when such cause shall
be trled,,the said cause may be heard and
determined IN his absence: and IL a COM
mitfnent shall be issued, it shall be law
full for the defendant 10 be taken into
custody under the said commitment in
the same manner as under q, warrupt,sa.td
to be- delivered to the keeper WNthe
county Jail az. directed in tha said conn
mitmenF.
s. Aud be it enacted, That If any person
shall be convicted In any of said courts it
shall be sufficient for the con viction TO
set out the name of the defendant, the
number of the section aud the title OF the
statute OF ordinance under which the con-
viction is had. the nanes of the witnes .es
sworn. aud a HIST Of the exhibits produced
ar the trial, aud a statement thai the de-
tend mt was convicted. with the date of
sucn conviction, which conviction may he
signed by the ju 'gs of such cour. or
tested in the nsine of the judge anil
signed by the clerk thereof under the seal
OF snch court.
8. And be IL enacttd d. That the Judge oil
any of a courts may. at the reqne.t of
the clerk thereof. designate u writing u