2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 19, 1872. Citizenship restored. CHAPTER CCL. An Act for the relief of Samuel V. Heins, of the township of Morris, in the county of Morris. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That Samuel V. Heins, of the township of Morris, in the county of Morris, be, and the said Samuel V. Heins is hereby restored to all his rights, liberties, privileges and franchises as a citizen of the state of New Jersey. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 19, 1872. Official newpapers. CHAPTER CCLI. A Further Supplement to an act entitled "An Act to incorporate the city of Hoboken." 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That hereafter the common council of the city of Hoboken shall designate two newspapers, "both of which shall not be of the same political party," one of each political party, which shall publish the proceedings of the council and board of education of said city, and such matters and things as are now required to be published by the charter of the city of Hoboken, or by any amendment thereof or sup- 2. And be it enacted, That sections twenty and twenty. Repealer. one of supplement to an act entitled "An Act to incorporate the city of Hoboken," approved March twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, and which supplement was approved April sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, be and the same are hereby repealed. 3. And be it enacted, That all acts or parts of acts incon- Repealer. sistent with the provisions of the foregoing act are hereby repealed. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 19, 1872. CHAPTER CCLII. A Further Supplement to an act entitled "An Act to establish the Long Branch Police, Sanitary and Improvement Commission," approved April eleventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. ers may ap po lice Justices. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That it shall be lawful for the Long Commission. Branch commissioners to appoint two police justices, each of two whom shall give bond to said commissioners, in the sum of two thousand dollars, with freehold security, to be approved by said commissioners, and shall have and exercise, within the jurisdiction of said commissioners, the same power, and receive the same fees, as justices of the peace in this state; the courts held by said police justices shall be courts of record, and said police justices shall have full power to cause Powers. to be kept all ordinances that may be made by said commis . Marshals em powered to sioners, and all recognizances in criminal cases, taken by or before either of said justices, shall be sent forthwith to the court of general quarter sessions of the peace of the county of Monmouth. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the a rest persons. marshals to preserve peace and good order, and they are hereby empowered to arrest any person violating any ordinance or regulation of said commissioners and forthwith bring such person or persons before either of said police justices who are hereby authorized and required to hear and investigate the charges preferred, which in all cases shall be preferred under oath or affirmation, and taken in writing before said justice and on conviction said justice shall impose such punishment as to him shall seem just and proper, and in accordance with the ordinances and regulations of said board of commissioners, and shall enforce the same by his warrant of commitment, directed to any marshal, commanding him to convey the offender to the common jail of the county of Monmouth, therein to remair and be kept and be dealt with as is provided for in said ordinances and regulations and until such fine and costs are paid. Jailor to re ly keep ofiend ers. 3. And be it enacted, That the jailor of the county of ceive and safe Monmouth, for the time being, shall receive and safely keep all such offenders as shall be committed to the jail of said county by either of said police justices for the term of imprisonment expressed in the warrant of commitment, the expenses of keeping offenders so committed for transgressions such as may not be crimes or misdemeanors, by the laws of this state, shall be borne and paid by the said commissioners; and in the case of offenders committed for crimes or misdemeanors, the expenses shall be paid as in cases of other offenders in the county of Monmouth. Actions to reCover penalties. 4. And be it enacted, That in all actions for the recovery of any penalties created or imposed by the Long Branch commissioners, the record of the said commissioners shall be received as conclusive evidence of the passage of all ordiPublication of nances recorded therein; and the publication of said ordinances for two successive weeks in one newspaper printed and published at or near Long Branch, in Monmouth county, shall in all cases be presumed to have been made, unless the contrary is proved. ordinances. Plice justices my issue Wilts. 5. And be it enacted, That each police justice may, in all matters and causes pending before him, award and issue writs of subpoena ad testificandum in any county of this state. lice Justice. cess. 6. And be it enacted, That every police justice shall be Powers of po empowered, on oath or affirmation or affidavit, made according to law, and filed in his office, that any person or persons has or have been guilty of the violation of any of the ordi nances passed by the Long Branch commissioners, to issue a May Issue proprocess, either in the nature of a warrant or a summons, against the person or persons so charged, which process shall, - when in the nature of a warrant, be returnable forthwith, and when in the nature of a summons be returnable in not less than five days nor more than fifteen days; that such process shall state what ordinance the defendant or defendants named therein has or have violated, and that on the return of such process, or at any time to which the justice shall adjourn the same, the said justice shall proceed to hear testimony and to determine and give judgment in the matter without the filing of any pleadings; and that the justice shall, if judgment be rendered against the detendant, forthwith issue execution against the goods and chattels and person of the defendant or defendants; provided, that nothing herein contained shall Proviso. prevent the enforcement of the ordinances in the manner herein before provided. be issued un 7. And be it enacted, That no warrant, or process in the No warrant to nature of a warrant, shall be issued by a police justice against less upon oath any person or persons, for the violation of any ordinance or regulation, unless upon oath or affirmation made before and filed with said justice, establishing to his satisfaction, by one or more particulars therein mentioned, that such process is necessary to secure the due enforcement of such ordinance. appeal. 8. And be it enacted, That every person against whom Persons may judgment may be obtained under this act shall have the right of appeal, in common with the Long Branch commissioners, to the higher courts, as in case of civil suits before justices of the peace. serve all pro 9. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the mar- Marshal to shals to serve all processes issued by a police justice, and re cesses. turn the same in the same manner, as near as may be, as processes issued by justices of the peace are returned; said marshals shall be entitled to receive the same fees for serving said processes as constables are entitled to for like services. 10. And be it enacted, That copies of any ordinances or of Certified coany proceedings of the Long Branch commissioners, or of dence. nies to be evi Actions and proceedings, any papers filed in their office, certified under the corporate seal of the said commissioners and the hand of their clerk, shall be evidence of the same facts as the books of record of said ordinances and proceedings or papers filed as aforesaid, in all courts and places. 11. And be it enacted, That all actions and proceedings how regulated before a police justice, under the provisions of this act, shall, except as hereinbefore provided, be regulated by the provisions of and conducted in the manner prescribed in and by an act entitled "An Act constituting courts for the trial of small causes," and the various supplements thereto. 12. And be it enacted, That upon the trial of any issue or upon judicial investigation of any fact, to which issue or investigation The Long Branch Commissioners" may be a party, or in which they may be interested, no person shall be deemed an incompetent judge, justice, witness or juror by reason of his being a taxpayer within the limits of the jurisdiction of the said "The Long Branch Commissioners." 13. And be it enacted, That whenever application shall be made to the Loug Branch commissioners by ten or more freeholders resident within the jurisdiction of said commissioners, for the purpose of laying out any road, street or avenue, or altering, widening or straightening any existing road, street or avenue within the limits of their jurisdiction, the said commissioners shall, in the first place, if they approve of said application, cause a map to be made of the improvement applied for, which said map shall distinguish each lot or parcel of land through which said improvement may run or extend; and after said map shall have been filed with the clerk of said commissioners, they shall, as soon thereafter as may be, appoint five disinterested freeholders, who, or a majority of them, after taking an oath or affirmation to discharge the duties required of them under this act according to the best of their skill and understanding, shall make an assessment of damages which will, in their opinion, be sustained by the owner or owners of such lands and real estate as may be necessary to be taken for such purposes, and shall assess said damages as equitably as may be, upon the owner or owners of lands and real estate in or upon or in the neighborhood of said road, street or avenue which, in the opinion of said freeholders, or a majority of them, will be benefited by such laying out, altering, widening or straightening of the same; and the said freeholders, or a majority of them, shall make report |