This act shall be known as the city court act of the city of
Newburgh. (L. 1948, c. 569)
There is hereby established and there hereafter shall be in
the city of Newburgh a local court of inferior civil and criminal
jurisdiction. It shall be known as the "City Court of the City of
Newburgh." The jurisdiction of the court and the practice and procedure
therein shall be as prescribed by this act. (L. 1948, c. 569)
The following words used in this act shall have the meaning
defined in this section, unless otherwise apparent in the text:
(a) "Court" means the city court or a judge thereof.
(b) "County" means the county in which the court is located.
(c) "Judge" includes a judge or acting judge of the court.
(d) "Chief judge" includes the city judge if there be only one.
(e) "Clerk" includes the chief clerk, the deputy clerk or assistant clerk
of the court.
(f) "Rules" mean the rules duly adopted pursuant to section forty-one
of this act.
(g) "City council" refers to the body exercising the chief legislative
function of the city government. (L. 1948, c. 569)
The court shall consist of one judge who shall be the city judge
of said city and who shall be a magistrate and shall be possessed
of all the powers of a magistrate, now or hereafter conferred by law.
(L. 1948, c. 569)
The salary of the judge, from the date this act shall take effect
and during the unexpired elective terms of the present city judge,
shall be at the rate of seven thousand five hundred dollars per annum
and thereafter shall be fixed by the local legislative body and shall
not be increased or diminished during the elective term of said judge
and shall be paid in the same manner as the salaries of other city
officers are paid. (L. 1948, c. 569; amended L. 1958, c. 15)
The court shall have the power to punish for contempt conferred
upon courts of record by the judiciary law. (L. 1948, c. 569)
The judge shall appoint a clerk, a marshal and all other employees
provided for by this act. The judge shall supervise the employees
and may remove any such employee at his pleasure. The clerk and marshal
shall be officers of the court. (L. 1948, c. 569)
The local legislative body shall fix a reasonable compensation
for all the employees of the court. If the marshal is compensated
by salary, he shall account for and pay over the fees which he receives
in like manner as the clerk.
Before entering upon the discharge of his official duties, each
employee shall take the oath of office prescribed by law and file
it in the office of the city clerk.
The clerk and marshal of the court shall execute and file in
the office of the city clerk a bond, in an amount fixed by the local
legislative body, to be approved by the judge and conditioned for
the faithful performance of their duties. (L. 1948, c. 569)
The court shall have an official seal to be furnished by the
city upon which shall be engraved the words "City Court of the City
of Newburgh. Seal." (L. 1948, c. 569)
The local legislative body shall provide suitable rooms, light,
heat, furniture, necessary books and supplies for the use of the court
and shall provide for the payment of the salaries and compensation
of the judges and employees of the court and for whatever may be necessary
for the transaction of its business. (L. 1948, c. 569)
The court shall be open for the transaction of business each
day in the year, except Sundays and legal holidays, and upon those
days for such purposes as are provided by law. (L. 1948, c. 569)