The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-09-06

| aACl4Otl N ~ lie SAN PCAiSSa hAp - -
the said police justices thereoS ~ gAl2sS
have, all the powers, authority .en5 iris
diction of the court of two iusttceS %
the peace, and ofO the justices OF tn
peace in and for the several mites
of this state, except such as are con-
ferred upon the said justices of the ps9ce
by the following acts:an act nreHiea
An Act constituting courts for N tr4ai
of small causes approved Niatcl t~eatl
seventh. one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-four, and the various supple
ments thereto; an act entitled An ACT
CONCERNING landlords and tenants, ao-
proved March twenty-seventh, one thous,
and. eight hundred and seTenty-fobf,aha
the varions supplements thereto; an ACT
entitled AN act for the relief of credi-
tors against a~bsconding ard absent Dep
tors approved March twenty-seyenth,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy
four and the various supplements there
to; AN act concerning forcible entiles
| and etainers," approved April sixteenth,
one thousand eight hu md ffers ana lor'y-
5. And be it enacted, That nc person
tried in said court shall be entitled 10 a
trial by jury. except in all suits Tor the
arising under section five of an act en-
titled AN act concerning dlsorderly
| persons" and under an act entitled An
act for the maintenance OF bastard chill
dren."
6. And be it enacted, That it shall be law
full for all commitments, wits n otnef
process of said courts either to be signed by
the Judge thereof or to be tested In the name
of the said Judge and signed by the clerk OF
! the said court, and the said clerk shall have
authority to take any complaint or COM
plants, or affidavit or afidavlts to be used
in said courts respectively, and to aamlnlS-
| ter any oath or affirmation proper to be ad-
ministered in said courts, and In the absence
of the Judge to adjourn the court from tlme
| to time, and by the instruction OF the Judge
to receive in the judges absence a verdict OF
any Jury, and that the dockets OF said courts
shall be kept by the respective clerks there
| of. and the papers and records of said courts
| shall be filed by them, and be and remain IN
their custody, to be delivered to their re-
| spective successors; and that the sald CLERKS
shall nave all the power and authority APP
pertaining bv law to clerks of courts of
| records, and may take bail i'll any cause that
said courts have power to near and deter
mine.
z. And be it enacted, That in all cases
when a complaint shall be made IN SAID
courts a summon or warrant may issue
thereon in the discretion of the judge there
of: if a summons is issued it shall, as near as
may be, be served and returned in the same
manner as In courts for the trial of small
causes; if any trial OF examination before
any of the said courts shall be adjourned,
the Judge or 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 il u defendant
who has been duly summoned shall not APP
pear on the return day or on the day when
such cause shall be tried, the said cause may
be heard and determined in his absence, and
if a commitment shall be issued, it shall be
lawful for the defendant to be taken into
custody under the said commitment in the
same manner as under a warrant, II to be
delivered to the keeper of the county jail as
directed in the said commitment.
s. And be it enacted, That if any person
shall be convicted III any of said courts, it
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 con-
viction 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 convlc-
ton, which conviction nay 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.
9. 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 acts of his said deputy
10. And be it enacted, That it shall be
lawful for a 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 i'll the place and stead of such judge, and
the judge or justice SO sitting shall have the
same powers md authority as the judge of
said court.
II. 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 employe of said city or said board,
whose duty it shall be to enforce said ordi-
nance. and taken before any of said courts
in said city. when the case shall be summar-
iy heard and disposed 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 the violation of such
ordinance, and in default of the payment of
the said fine the defendant shall be commit
ted to the county Jail for any number of
days the said judge may determine, not ex-
ceeding 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 man
ner that other officers of such cities are
paid.
10. And BIZ it enacted, That where no
work house exists in such cities, commit
ments may be made to the Jail OF the county
in which such city is situated.
IA. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect Immediately.
Approved May II, 1894.
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