CHAPTER 7. 1. That the inhabitants of that portion of the county Corporate of Essex contained within the territorial limits hereto- fore embracing the township of Franklin, in the county of Essex, are constituted and declared to be a body politic and coporate in law by the name of the Town of Nutley, and shall be governed by the general laws of Government. 2. That the territorial limits of said town shall be co- Boundaries. incident with the territorial limits of the present town- ship of Franklin, in the county of Essex, and which are more particularly defined in the act of the legislature of the state of New Jersey entitled "An act to set off from the township of Belleville, in the county of Essex, a new township to be called the township of Franklin," ap- proved February eighteenth, one thousand eight hun- dred and seventy-four (Pamphlet Laws 1874, page 191), as follows: beginning at the Passaic river in the divi- sion line between lands of William H. Conover and lands of Joseph W. Hancox, and thence running a westerly direction in a direct line to the northeasterly corner of lands belonging to the estate of Thomas Van Winkle, deceased, and thence along the northerly boundary of said land to the Bloomfield township line, thence along the line of Bloomfield to the line between Essex and Passaic counties, thence easterly along the Passaic county line to Passaic river, thence southerly along Passaic river to the place of beginning. Annexed to Proviso. CHAPTER 8. An Act to consolidate with and annex to the city of Newark, in the county of Essex, the territory embraced within the bounds of the township of Clinton, in the county of Essex, provided a majority of the votes cast in the said township upon the question of such annexation and consolidation shall be in favor thereof, and to provide for the submission of the said question to the voters of said township. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. There shall be and hereby is annexed to and made 2. This act shall take immediately. CHAPTER 9. An Act empowering boards of chosen freeholders of the several counties of this state to acquire additional accommodations for holding the several courts of such county and authorizing sessions of such courts to be held therein. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: commodations courts. 21-1 39v-480 1. The board of chosen freeholders of any county in Additional acthis state, upon the written request evidenced in the for county manner hereinafter set forth, of the justice of the supreme court, presiding in the judicial district of which said county forms a part, may either purchase land and erect a building thereon, or lease such land and building, at any other place in the county other than where the present county seat is now located, such place to be designated in said request, for the purpose of holding therein any of the courts of said county, which the judges of said courts may desire; provided, however, that if the Proviso. said board shall purchase such real estate, it shall not expend a sum exceeding thirty thousand dollars for the purchase thereof, and the entire equipment and furnishing thereof with suitable furniture; and if said board shall acquire such property by lease, such lease shall not exceed the term of twenty years, or the annua! rental of twenty-five hundred dollars, which rental shall be payable monthly. "tice of supreme 2. Before any land or building shall be so acquired, Action by jus the said justice of the supreme court shall file with the court. clerk of said county, his request in writing signed by him, in which he shall designate the location of such building, and the building, if he shall deem it advisable, to acquire an existing building; and if he deem it advisable to acquire a building to be thereafter built, he shall also file with and annex to his said request, the plans and specifications of such building, the cost of procuring said plans and specifications to be paid by the said county; in all cases he shall specify in said request the total amount of money to be expended in the acquiring of such property; and in case of leasing shall specify the annual rental and the term of years of such lease. 3. After said board shall acquire such accommodations Powers and it shall be lawful to hear, try and determine, either with or without a jury, any motion, causes, actions, proceedings or other business of any kind whatsoever, either civil or criminal, pending in said courts, that the judges of said courts may desire, and that whenever any of said. courts are in session at any of said places so to be fur jurisdiction. Where hearings held. Proviso. Selection of jury. Production of prisoner. If leased; rental. nished, they shall have, use, possess and exercise in all respects, and to the full extent the jurisdiction and powers which the said courts now use, possess and exercise when sitting in the court house at the county seat of said county, and the clerk of said court, the sheriff and other officers and the parties, jurors and witnesses shall attend. 4. Whenever any statute directs that any notice, application, matter or proceedings of any kind or nature whatsoever shall be heard at the court house at the county seat of said county, or on the first day of any stated term of any of said courts, the same shall be heard at said place and time, unless the court or judge before whom the same is pending shall at such time, or future date, postpone and adjourn the hearing thereof, to the said place so to be acquired by virtue of this act; provided, that by and with the consent of all parties interested, such notice, application, matter or proceeding may be originally noticed or brought on for hearing at such acquired place. 5. When said courts shall desire to try a case at said place so to be acquired, before the court and a jury, the sheriff of said county shall bring with him for use at said trial, the names of the jurors, written upon the slips of paper prescribed by law, and he shall have in said. court room a box for the jurors' names, similar to the one in use in the court house of said county, and that he shall select the jurors of any jury from said box, in the same manner as now prescribed by law. 6. Upon the trial of any defendant in custody under a criminal charge, the sheriff of said county shall cause the said defendant to be brought to the place where such trial is to be held, and keep him there subject to the order of the court, and for so doing, the said sheriff shall be paid the actual amount of the expenses incurred by him for the transportation of himself or other person in charge of said defendant, and the said defendant, and also the further sum of three dollars per day for his services. 7. If said board shall lease premises, the amount of the rent shall be assessed and collected in the same manner as s other moneys for the use of said county are assessed and collected. bonds issued. 8. If said board purchase such land and erect a build- If purchased; ing thereon, it shall raise the necessary funds thereof by the issuance of bonds of said county, pledging the credit, faith and property thereof for the payment thereof, in not less than twenty years from the date thereof, which said bonds shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding four and one-half per centum, payable semi-annually, and in no case shall said bonds be sold at less than par. 9. In the absence of such written request of said jus- Referendum. tice, the legal voters of every county may, by ballot cast at any general election for members of assembly, or at any election in such county whereat members of the board of chosen freeholders are elected, express their assent or dissent to the acquiring of such additional accommodations; such ballot shall have printed in black ink on it, either the words "For acquiring additional accommodations," or the words "Against acquiring additional accommodations," and no other words, figures or designation; it shall not be an official ballot, and may be furnished by any one interested; if used at an election where official ballots are required by law, they shall be distributed to the voter by the election officers along with all other ballots, and shall be voted and cast in the official envelope with any other ballot the voter may be entitled to vote, and shall be received and counted in the same manner as are other ballots cast at said election; if used at elections where official envelopes are not required, then such ballot may be cast in the same manner as other ballots are cast, and in the same manner as any other ballot may be legally voted at such election; if the number of ballots, having upon them the words "For acquiring additional accommodations," cast at such election exceed the number of ballots having upon them the words "Against acquiring additional accommodations," then the said justice of the supreme court, in addition to the other requirements of this act, may Additional request, in writing, the board of chosen freeholders to requirements. |