[Adopted 9-8-1971 by Ord. No. 13-0-71]
The Municipal Court heretofore established for the borough, and presided over by the Municipal Judge, is hereby continued.
The name of the Municipal Court shall be the "Municipal Court of the Borough of Wanaque in the County of Passaic."
The Municipal Court shall have an official seal which shall bear the impress of the name of the Court.
The Municipal Judge shall be appointed by the Mayor, with the advice and consent of the Council, for a term of three years from the date of his appointment and until his successor is appointed and qualified.
The Municipal Judge shall receive such annual salary as the Council shall, from time to time, fix by ordinance.[1] The salary shall be paid in the same manner as the salaries of other municipal officers are paid, and shall be in lieu of all fees, costs and any other allowances whatsoever.
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Editor's Note: See Ch. 43, Salaries and Compensation.
The said Municipal Court and the Municipal Judge thereof shall have, possess and exercise all the functions, powers, duties and jurisdiction which are or may be conferred by general law and the applicable rules of the Supreme Court of New Jersey.
The Municipal Court shall be held in the municipal building. The Municipal Judge shall sit at such times as the business of the Court may require, subject to the rules of the New Jersey Supreme Court applicable to municipal courts.