The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1895-04-30
ESTABLISHED 1879.

ESTABLISHED 1879.
: provement shall be located upon any lands Other
than public highways or streets, and such land OF
= any easement, right estate therein, shall bs
. necessary for the construction of said sewer and
appurtenanees, then it shall be lawful for any sucl
municipality aforesaid to acquire the said land
. by purchase, or by condemnation; and in any case
condemnation proceedings are necessary, the1
!, shall award the owner or owners Of such land iusi
compensation therefor, and for the damages sus-
tanned by said land owner, over and above anv
special benefits derived from said sewer and shall
add the amount of such compensation to the cost
OF building or constructing such sewer and works
before liking the compensation In any case, such
governing body shall notify the owner or owners
OF the land sought to be taken for the purpose
aforesaid, to the end that such owner or owners
may have full opportunity to be heard upon the
question of the value of such land; the award of
compensation shall be final, unless such governing
BODY reconsider the same and make new award,
or unless said owner or owners within twenty days
after notice of the amount fixed as compensation
Ior said land SHALL on two days notice to such gov
ernlng body, apply to the circuit court of the
county wherein such improvement is located for
the appointment of three disinterested freeholders
residing in such county, to review the assessment
for the value of the land to be taken and damages
sustained thereby. whose report shall be made to
said court within twenty days from and after their
appointment and upon the confirmation by said
court of such report and assessment for DAMAGES
so made as aforesaid by said freeholders the same
shall be final and conclusive, unless either party
shall, within ten days after confirmation of said
report, appeal to the circuit court of the county
winch rs hereby invested with full power to direct
an issue and try such appeal by jury, and to make
such order as may be necessary therein; such
award shall bear interest at the rate of Eve per
eentum per annum from the date Of making the
same until paid.
And be it enacted. That the money for such i'm
provement as aforesaid may be raised by any such
municipality by sale of improvement certificates
or temporary loans, OF by the bonds OF such muni-
cipality. the issue and sale whereof for the pur-
pose OF this act are hereby authorized.
g. And be it enacted, That this act shall be deem
ed a public act and shall take effect Immediately.
Approved March 6, 1895
CHAPTER xCyIII.
A Supplement to an act entitled can act to pro-
vide for the appointment OF police justices in
cities Of the first class" passed MAY eighteenth
| one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.
] l. Be it enacted by the Senate and General As
sembly of the State of New Jersey, That the
courts established by the act to which this act is
supplement- shall be courts Of record and have
official seals, and that all persons shall be amend
able to punishment for contempt of said courts in
the same manner as in other courts of record of
TINS state having power to punish for contempt of
court; and the said courts shall hereafter be desR
mated as the first and second criminal courts re-
spectvely of the city in which they establish
ed, and the police justices of each of said courts
shall hereafter be, and be designated. the indees
or SAID criminal courts of said city; and the
judges Of said courts in each city shall make such
rules as shall be necessary for the orderly conduct
OF the business and proceedings of the said courts
which rules shall be approved by and be subject
to the revision of the president Judge of the court
Of common pleas Of the county in which such
city is situated.
2. And be it enacted That the board of police
commissioners in such city where said courts are
established shall provide suitable rooms for the
transaction of the business Of such courts, and
procure suitable furniture therefor and such book
and stationery as may be necessary, and shall
designate the police officers to attend the sittinRs
OF such courts and preserve order therein.
3. And be it enacted, That said courts shall
nave, 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, authority and iuris-
diction of the court of two justices Of the peace
ana OF the justices Of the peace in and for the
several counties OF this state, except such as are
conferred upon the said justices Of the peace BY
the Following acts: an act entitled An act con-
shutting courts for the trial of small causes ap-
proved March twenty-ssventh, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-four, and the various sup
corning landlords and tenants" approved March
twenty seventh, one thousand eight hundred amp
seventy-tour, and the various supplements thereto;
an act entitled can act Tor the relief OF creditors
against absconding and absent debtors" approved
March twenty seventh one thousand eight hum
dred and seventy-four, and the various supple
ments thereto an act entitled San iact concern-
ing forcible entries and detainerso approved
April sixteenth, one Thousand eight hundred and
4. And be it enacted, That no person tried in
said courts shall he entitled to trial by jury ex-
cept in all suits for the violation Of city ordinances
and in cases arising under section five Of an act
entitled IAN act concerning disorderly persons"
and under an act entitled Gan act for the main
.. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for
all commitments, Writs and other processes of said
courts either to be signed BY the judge thereof or
70 be tested In the name of the said Judge and
signed by the clerk of the said court and the said
or oesH sna nave authority TO take any complaint
In said courts respectively, and to administer any
oath or affirmation proper to be administered in
to receive in the judges absence the verdict Of
any jury, and in the absence Of the Judge to ad-
dOckets Of said courts shall be kent by The reo
spectve clerks thereof 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
respective successors; and that the said clerks
shall have all the power and authority appertain-
ing by Law to clerks of courts of record, and the
judge of said courts, or the clerk thereof in his
absence. may take bail in all cases except treason,
Conviction Of the offender shall be and remain in
the custody of such clerks as part Of the records
of said courts and it shall net be necessary to
take or keep any record of the evidence or testi-
mony taken the trial of any case in said courts.
6. And be 1t enacted, That in all cases when
complaint shall be made in said courts a summons
warrant may issue thereon in the discretion Of
the 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 except that the summons may be made re-
turnable in two days from its service If any trial
or 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 examination is
adjourned, and not depart the said court without
leave and that If defendant who has been duly
the day when such cause shall be tried the said
cause may be heard and determined in his abb
sence, and If commitment shall be issued, it shall
be lawful for the defendant to be taken into Gus
t0dy under the said commitment In the same man
ner under warrant, and to be delivered to the
keeper of the county Jail as directed in the said
T. And be it enacted, That if any person shall
be convicted in any of said courts 1t shall be suf
fcient 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
sworn and list of the exhibits produced at the
trial. and a statement that the defendant was con-
conviction NAV be signed by the Judge Of such
court or tested In the name Of the judge and
signed by the clerk thereof under seal Of such
court it shall not be necessary TO set forth in said
conviction the whole OF any part Of the testimony
upon which such conviction Is had.
g. And be 1t enacted, That the judge OF any or
said courts may at the request of the clerk there
Of, designate in writing deputy clerk, who shall
his name to all papers the said clerk being respOn
sible for all the acts of his said deputy.
9. And be it 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 power and authority as the
ID. And be it enacted, That any person found
violating any ordinance of any Of said Cities OF Of
any board of such city, may be arrested by any
police officer of such city OF by any employee OF
said city or said board whose duty it shall be to
enforce said ordinances and taken before any Of
said courts in said city, when the case shall be
summarily heard and disposed of by the judge Of
said court, without the filing of any peadings. and
if the defendant shall be found guilty the judge
of said court may impose upon him hne not ak
ceeding the penalty prescribed for the violation
of such ordinance, and in default 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 determine, not exceeding in number
the number Of dollars Of the fine 80 imposed.
IL. And be it enacted, That in all cases where
any person shall be convicted in said courts Of
having violated any of the provisions OF this act
! entitled IAN act concerning dsorderly persons
/ gRevision), approved April ninth, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy FIVE. Of the various
| sup lements thereto it shall and may be lawful
for the Judge before whom such person was con-
yicted TO commit such person to the work house or
common jail Of the county in which such person
may be convicted, for period not to exceed ninety
DAVIS or to impose fine of not more than thirty
dollars ON the person so convicted provided that
this section shall not apply to persons convicted
under the fifth section of said act.
12 And be it enacted, That in case any person
convicted in said courts shall have been committed
to the work house or common jail in default OF
yictio5 1t shall be lawful for the judge imposing
such fne or penalty to remit the whole any por-
tion thereof, and to discharge the person so COM
SON conyicted In said courts shall have been COM
mitted to the work house or common jail without
fine it shall be lawful for the judge before whom
such conviction was had, upon application lade
TO him for that purpose, TO order the person so
committed to be brought before him Tor a rehear-
ing and II on such Iehearng it shall appear to the
satisfaction of said Judge that the person so con-
victed should be discharged from further custody,
it shall be lawful for said judge to discharge said
person.
shall he Convicted in said courts Of keeping or
| maintaining dis0rderly house or house OF Ill
fame in violation of the provisions Of the ordt-
nances of the city in aud for which courts exist ~
shall be lawful for the judge to impose upon the
nerson so convicted the penalty prescribed in the