[Adopted 8-3-1964; amended in its entirety 6-17-1996]
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WHEREAS, § 9-183 of the
Connecticut General Statutes, as amended, provides that the number
of Justices of the Peace for each town shall be equal to 1/3 the number
of jurors to which such town is by law entitled; and
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WHEREAS, by law, the Town of Wilton
is entitled to 96 jurors; and
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WHEREAS, there is no need for the
election of 32 Justices of the Peace in the Town of Wilton; and
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WHEREAS, § 9-183 of the
Connecticut General Statutes, as amended, provides that the Town may,
by ordinance, provide for the election of a lesser number of Justices
of the Peace for such town; and
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WHEREAS, Connecticut General Statutes
§ 9-183(a) provides that the Town may, by ordinance, amend
a special act, charter or ordinance to provide for the number of Justices
of the Peace to be selected in 1996 and quadrennially thereafter which
shall not be less than 15 nor more than one-third (1/3) of the number
of jurors to which the Town is, by law, entitled.
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NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that,
until further action by the legislative authority of this Town, the
number of Justices of the Peace for this Town be and same is fixed
at 15.
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Editor's Note: See also Ch. 2, Charter, § C8-4C.
