The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1894-07-11
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tion duties and powers
/ Re it enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly of the State OF New Jersey, Ihao
police courts in the cities OF the ilrst class IN |
This state shall be courts of record and have |
official seals, and all persons shall be amen,
able to punishment for contempt OF salu
court in the same manner as In other courts |
of record of this state having p wer to pun
ish for contempt of court ; and the ponce |
Justices of said courts in each city shall make
such rules as shall be necessary for the order
ly conduct of the business and proceedings OF
the said courty, which rules shall b approved
by and subject to the revision OF the presf-
dent Judge of the court of common pleas OF
the county in which such city is situated.
q And be it enacted, That the board OF
police commissioners in such city where said
police courts are established shall PROVIDE
suitable rooms for the transaction of the
business of such courts and procure suitable
furniture therefor and such DOCKS ana sta-
sionary as may be necessary. and snail deslR-
nate the police officers to attend the slttlngs
of such courts and preserve order therein.
8. And be it enacted, That the said courts
shall hereafter be designated as the first ana
second criminal court respectively OF tne
city in which they are established, and the
police justices of each of said police courts
shall hereafter be and be designated the
Judges of said criminal courts or said city, :,
T. And be il 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 now have, all the powers, author
ity and jurisdiction of the court of two JUS
tees of the peace, and of the justices of the
peace in and for the several counties of tins
state, except such as are conferred upon the
said justices of the peace by the following
acts IAN act constituting courts for the trial
of small causes" approved March twenty
lseAenth, one thousand eight hundred and
lseventy-four, and the various supplements
thereto an act entitled " An act concerning
landlords and tenants approved March
and seventy-four. and the various supplements
thereto: an act entitled " An act for the re-
lief of creditors against abseonding and absent
debtors" approved March twenty-seventh'
and the various supplements thereto; an act
entitled . An act concerning forcible entries
and detainers,e approved April sixteenth, one
thousand eight hundred and f0rty-siX; and
all other civil matters.
said courts shall be entitled to a trial by jury,
except in all suits for the violation of city Or
dinances, and in cases arising under section
five of an act entitled An act concerning dis
orderly persons and under an act entitled
" An act for the maintenance OF bastard chill
6. And be il enacted, That it 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 name OF the said Judge and signed
by the clerk Lof the said court and the said clerk
shall have authority TO take any complaint or COM
plaints or affidavit affdavits to be used in said
courts respectively, and to administer any oath or
affirmation proper to be administered in said courts
and in the absene of the judge to adjourn the court
"
Judge to receive in the judges absence verdict of
any jury and that the dockes of said court shall be
kept by the respective clerks thereof and the papers
and records OF said courts shall be filed by them and
be and remain in their custody be deliveredto 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 ease that said courts have power tohear and
determine
7. And be it enacted, That in all cases when COM
plant shall be made in said courts summons or
ya mt may iaaup N of he
Judge thereof; If summons is issued it shall, as
near may be, be served and returned in the same
manner as in courts for the trial of small causes II
any trial or examination before any Of the said
courts shall be adjourned the judge clerk thereof
may take bail to such city In which said court is
established that the defendant shall appear in said
court at the time to which the said trial or exam-
nation is adjourned, and not depart the said court
without leave; and that If a defendant who has
been duly summoned shall not appear on the ret1rn
day on the day when such cause shall be tried,
the said cause may be heard and determined in his
absence and If commitment shall be issued 1t shall
be lawful for the defendant to be taken into custody
under the said commitment in the same manner as
under a warrant, and to be delivered TO the keeper
of the county jail as directed in the said commit
ment.
g. And be IL enacted That If any person
shall be convicted in any of said courts 1t
shall be sufficient for the conviction to set out
the name of the defendant, and 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 a list
of the exhibits produced at the trial and a
statement that the defendant was convicted.
with the date of such conviction, which con
viction may be signed by the judge of such
court or tested in the name of the Judge and
signed by the clerk thereof under the seal of
such court.
8. And be it enacted, That the Judge of any
OF said courts may, at the request of the clerk
thereof, designate in writing a 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 act of
his said deputy.
TO- And be IL enacted That it shall be lawful
for Judge of any of said courts to sit as
Judge of any other of said courts and any
duly qualified Justice OF the peace at the
request of the judge of said court may sit in
the place and stead of said judge, and the
Judge or justice SO sitting shall 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 said cities,
or of any board of such city, may be arrested
by any police officer of such city or by any
employee of said city or said board, whose duty
it shall be to enforce said ordinance, and taken
before any of said courts in said city, when
the case shall be summariy heard and dis
posed of without the filing of any pleadings
and if the defendant shall be found guilty the
judge of said court may impose upon him a
fine not exceeding the penalty prescribed for
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 deter
mine, not exceeding in number the number of
dollars of the fine so imposed.
IL And be it enacted, That the salaries of
police justices and clerks of police courts shall
be PAYABLE monthly in the same manner that
other officers of such cities are paid
49, And be it enacted, That where no work
house exists in such cities, commitments may
be maye to the jail of the county in which
IA. And be it enacted. That this act shall
take effect Immediately.
Approved May II, 1884,