The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1895-06-04

time, a majority of those present may deem
proper and the inhabitants of the respective
townships shall be liable to pay their Just proper
ton of the debts of said township of Delran; and
majority Of the persons comprising the township
committee Of said two townships shall constitute
quorum, and may proceed to make said division,
and the decision of majority of those present
shall be final and conclusive; provided, that it
shall be lawful to adjourn said meeting to such
time and place within either of said townships AS
majority of those assembled as aforesaid may
think proper.
8. And be it enacted, That nothing contained in
this act shall be construed to impair the rights
OF the said township Of Riverside in and its Just
proportion OF the surplus revenue of the general
government and the interest thereon.
g. And be it enacted. That this act shall take ef-
feet Immediately.
Approved February 20, 1895.
CHAPTER CLXu
An Act to abolish the inferior courts of common
pleas, courts of oyer and terminer and general
jail delivery and courts of general quarter SEES
sions Of the peace and to establish in their place
county court in each of the counties of this
state, and to provide for and define the jarisdie-
ton, powers and duties of such county courts.
l. be 1t enacted by the Senate and General As
sembly of the State of New Jersey, That the in
ferioT courts of common pleas, courts of oyer and
terminer and general jail delivery and courts OF
general quarter sessions Of the peace IN the sexeral
counties Of this state be and the same are hereby
abolished, and that county court be and the
same is hereby established in each of the counties
Of this state, to be known and designated as the
(name of county, county court, and which shall be
court Of record, with the jurisdiction. powers
and duties hereinafter stated and defined, and the
common seal of the county shall be the seal of the
county court therein.
q And be it enacted, That the legal voters of
each of the counties in this state having popula-
ton exceeding fOrty-seven thousand inhabitants
according to the census of the year one thousand
elght huhureq ana ninety snail, AZ the next eec-
ton for members of the general assembly, elect
one judge to hold the county courts hereby estab-
lished therein; that said voters of each of the
other counties in this state shall Jointly elect
judges to hold said county courts therein as Follows
namely, said voters of Atlantic and Ocean coun-
ties shall elect one judge; said voters of Glouces-
voters of Cumberland and Cape May counties
shall elect one Judge; said voters of Hunterdon
and Somerset counties shall elect one Judge and
said voters Of Sussex and Warren counties shall
elect one judge.
8. And be it enacted That said judges shall be
county or counties in and for which they are
elected respectively; they shall be members of the
bar Of this state, and shall be commissioned by the
governor and hold Office for the term of five years
from and after the first day of December next
their successors shall be elected for terms of five
years at the election for members of the general
assembly held next before the expiration of each
term and in case any vacancy shall occur more
than thirty days preceding any such election, the
governor shall appoint and commission a Judge
9ualiied as Aforesaid. to hold office until the frst
day of December following such appointment and
if any vacancy shall occur within such period of
thirty days, such appointment and commission
shall expire on the first day of December in the
year next following, and the successors of the
judges SO appointed shall be elected at the cleo
tion for members of the general assembly next
preceding the expiration of the term for which
they shall have been appointed; each judge, be-
fore entering upon the duties of his office, shall
take and subscribe an oath to support the consti-
tuition of the State of New Jersey and of the
United States, and to faithfully and impartially
perform all his official duties as such Judge, ac-
cording to the best of his ability and understand
ing which oath shall be administered by justice
OF the supreme court, and filed in the office Of the
secretary Of state; and no judge elected or ap
pointed under this act shall be allowed to practice
in any of the courts OF the county or counties in
which he is elected or for which he may be ap
pointed.
4. And be it enacted, That the annual salary of
the judges elected in counties containing more
than two hundred thousand Inhabitants according
to the then next preceding state or national
sus shall be seven thousand and five hundred dol
lars the annual salary of each of the other judges
of said county courts shall be follows. namely,
judges elected in counties having between one
hundred thousand and two hundred thousand in
habtaDts according to such census, shall receive
the sum of five thousand and five hundred dollars
in counties having between eighty thousand and
one hundred thousand inhabitants, according to
such census, five thousand dollars; in counties
having between seventy thousand and eighty thou
sand Inhabitants, according to such census, four
thousand five hundred dollars; and in counties
having between forty-seven and seventy thousand
inhabitants according to such census, four thou
sand dollars and judges elected by the voters of
two counties jointly shall be paid at the same rate
according to the aggregate population Of the
of such counties shall pay in proportion to the
number of its inhabitants according to such CEN
sus provided, that the judges elected in two
counties when the aggregate population thereof
according to such census is not more than forty
seven thousand, shall be paid the sum Of three
thousand dollars annually such salaries shall be
paid by the collector treasurer of the respective
counties in equal moHthly payments, and shall be
in lieu of all fees and other compensation whatso-
ever, and shall not be changed during the term for
which any judge shall have been elected or APP
pointed and all fees which are now by law di-
vided among or paid to the judges or to any judge
of he nrfG al cd oil nat
hereafter be taxed or collected.
5. And be it enacted, That the justices of the
judges to be elected or appointed in pursuance of
this act, shall be judges of the county courts and
any county court may be held by any Justice OF
the supreme court or by any judge of any of the
county courts or BY any such Justice and Judge sit
ting together the clerks Of the several counties
shall be clerks of the county courts therein, re-
spectively, and shall be entitled to the fees
as have been payable heretofore for similar ser
vices, and the sherffs, coroners elisors. and
stables of the several counties of this state, for
the time being, shall be the ministerial officers OF
the county courts held within their respective
counties, and shall execute all writs, orders and
processes issuing out Of said courts and to them
directed and delivered, and make true return
thereof according to the command of the same,
and they shall be entitled to the same fees as here
tofore for similar services.
g. And be it enacted, That the county courts in
the several counties in the state shall have jurs-
dictiOn and cognizance of all crimes, misdemean-
ors and offenses whatsoever which by the laws of
r
sentabe nature, and which have been or shall be
committed, done OF attempted within the counties
respectively, and of causes of civil and penal ac-
ton arising therein; and the said county courts
shall have, and they and each of them are hereby
invested with and may exercise all the jurisdic
ton, powers and authority heretofore conferred
upon or lawfully exercised by any and all of the
courts mentioned in the first section of this act
both by way of original Jurisdiction and on ap-
peal and for the purpose of properly hearing and
determining the matters and causes of action COM
mtted to said county courts in and by this act
and facilitate the administration by said courts
of the laws applicable to such matters and causes
of action it shall be lawful for said courts to pro-
coed in the manner and according to the methods,
rules and practice heretofore provided established
and prevailing in any Of the courts hereby abOl-
ished until such methods of practice shall be
changed by rules, as provided in this act or other
wise, according to law; and all proceedings and
acts had and taken before such county courts shall
be of the same validity, force and effect as If the
same were had and taken prior to the passage of
this act before the several courts of oyer and ter
miner and general jail delivery and general quar-
ter sessions of the peace, and the courts of com
mon pleas in the several counties OF this state and
every Judge of a county court shall have and may
exercise all the rights and powers which have
heretofore been vested in or exercised by any
Judge or law Judge president or presiding judge
or BY the Judges of any of the said courts acting
sitting together, and shall perform all the duties
heretofore imposed on or required of any such
Judge or Judges provided, that justice of the
supreme court shall preside at the trial OF any
or Indictment for a crime punishable
by death.
T. And be it enacted, That whenever any per-
son shall be charged upon oath or affirmation with
any ofense cognizable before such county courts,
and the person so charged shall, in writing signed
by him or her. and addressed to the prosecutor of
the pleas of the county, waive indictment and
trial by jury and request to be tried Immediately
before the county court of the county in which it
is charged that such ofense was committed, 1t shall
be the duty of the prosecutor to apply to the judge
of the county court such county to appoint spe-
cha session of such court for the purpose of trying
such person, and such judge is hereby authorized
to appoint such session and try the person so
charged for such Offense.
g. And be 1t enacted, That all proceedings of
whatever kind that shall have been commenced
before the first Monday of December next in any
of the courts abolished by this act shall, on said
Monday of December, be transferred TO and con-
tinued in the county courts of the respective coun
ties in which such proceedings shall have been
commenced and shall be proceeded with as if COM
menced originally in the county courts; and all
suits and proceedings that shall have been com
menced, and all orders and judgments that shall
have been made or entered in any of the courts
hereby abolished prior to the said Monday of De-
cember next, shall be continued and enforced by
said county courts as if originally made or entered
therein; and all records of said courts hereby
abolished, and all papers and documents on he in
the offices of the clerks thereof relating to said
courts to proceedings therein shall and after
said Monday of December. be taken, treated and
regarded records of the county courts respec-
lively, and the same or copies thereof may be GER
titled or exemplihed by the judges and clerks of
said courts respectively in the manner provided or
required by law.
g. And be it enacted, That the judges of the
county courts respectively may adopt and settle
rules of practice in all matters not regulated by
statute for the government of said county courts
and of proceedings therein, and may, from time
to time, alter, repeal and modify the same as &C
casion may require.
10. And be it enacted, That the terms of the
county courts shall begin in each county at the
time and place of beginning the terms of the cir
cult courts therein, and they may adjourn from