[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Plainsboro 2-27-1950. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A Municipal Court for the Township of Plainsboro
in the County of Middlesex is established pursuant to the provisions
of N.J.S.A. 2A:8-1 et seq., as amended and supplemented.
The name of the Municipal Court shall be the
"Municipal Court of the Township of Plainsboro in the County of Middlesex."
The Municipal Court shall have a seal which
shall bear the impress of the name of the Court.
There shall be a Judge of the said Municipal
Court, who shall be appointed by the Township Committee and who shall
serve for a term of three years from the date of his appointment and
until his successor is appointed and qualified.
[Amended 3-11-1974; 4-10-1978 by Ord. No. 0-78-7]
The Judge of the Municipal Court shall receive
an annual salary to be established by ordinance of the Township Committee
and 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.
The said Municipal Court and the Judge thereof
shall have, possess and exercise all the functions, powers, duties
and jurisdiction conferred by the provisions of N.J.S.A. 2A:8-1 et.
seq., as amended and supplemented, or by any other law.
The Municipal Court shall be held in the place
designated by the Township Committee. The Judge shall sit at such
times as the business of the Court may require, subject to the rules
applicable to municipal courts.
