[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Middlesex 12-29-1948 by Ord. No. 166. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Officers and employees — See Ch. 68.
Salaries and compensation — See Ch. 96.
A Municipal Court of the Borough of Middlesex is established, as of January 1, 1949, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 264 of the Laws of 1948, as amended and supplemented.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See now N.J.S.A. 2B:12-1 et seq.
The name of the Municipal Court shall be the "Municipal Court of the Borough of Middlesex."
The Municipal Court shall have a seal which shall bear the impress of the name of the Court.
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord. No. 1400; 7-23-2013 by Ord. No. 1831]
There shall be a presiding Municipal Magistrate of said Municipal Court, who shall be in charge of the overall administration of the Municipal Court and who shall hear cases and do other normal duties which are inherent as part of the duties of the Magistrate. There may, in the discretion of the Council, be a second Municipal Magistrate of said Municipal Court who shall assist with the case load and who shall perform such other duties that may be assigned to him or her by the presiding Municipal Magistrate. The presiding Municipal Magistrate and second Municipal Magistrate, if any, shall be nominated for appointment by the Mayor, subject to approval of Council. The presiding Municipal Magistrate and second Municipal Magistrate, if any, shall serve a term of three years from the date of their appointment and shall until their successor, if any, is appointed and qualified.
The Municipal Magistrate shall receive an annual salary to be fixed by the Salary Ordinance, to be paid in the same manner as the salaries of other municipal officers are paid, and which shall be in lieu of all fees, costs and any other allowances whatsoever.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 96, Salaries and Compensation.
The said Municipal Court and the Municipal Magistrate thereof shall have, possess and exercise all the functions, powers, duties and jurisdiction conferred by the provisions of Chapter 264 of the Laws of 1948, as amended and supplemented, or by any other law.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 2B:12-1 et seq.
[Amended 8-8-1967 by Ord. No. 465; 9-9-2014 by Ord. No. 1856]
The Court Administrator shall be appointed by the Mayor and Council to serve the Municipal Court at such salary as may be provided by ordinance pertaining to salaries.
[Amended 8-8-1967 by Ord. No. 465; 9-8-2015 by Ord. No. 1880]
The Municipal Court shall be held in the Borough Hall. The Municipal Magistrate shall sit on each Monday from 5:00 p.m., prevailing time, until the calendar is completed and at such other times as the business of the Court may require subject to the rules adopted by the courts of New Jersey.