Section to be amended. Convicts to be conveyed to state prison. CHAPTER CCXXX. A Further Supplement to an act entitled "An act regulating proceedings in criminal cases" (Revision), approved March twenty-seventh, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That section ninety-six of the act to which this a supplement be amended to read as follows: 96. And be it enacted, That every person sentenced to hard labor and imprisonment under the laws of this state, for any time not less than six months, shall within twenty days after such sentence be transported, at the expense of the state, by the sheriff of the county where such conviction may be had or by his lawful deputy, to the state prison and there delivered into the custody of the keeper of said prison, together with a copy of the sentence of the court ordering such punishment and of the taxed bill of costs of prosecution against such offender, certified under the hand and seal of the clerk of the court where such conviction was had, and said person so delivered to And sately kept. the keeper of said prison shall be safely kept therein until the time of his or her confinement shall have expired and the fine or fines and cost of prosecution be paid or remitted, or until he or she shall be otherwise discharged according to law; and every person sentenced For less than six to imprisonment for any time less than six months shall be confined in the common jail of the county where the conviction was had, or the county workhouse, or the county penitentiary, in the discretion of the court, and there safely kept until the term of his or her confinement shall expire and the fine and costs of prosecution be paid, or until he or she shall be discharged by due course of law. months, in county jail, or County workhouse or penitentiary, 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 17, 1893. CHAPTER CCXXXI. A Supplement to an act entitled "An act to establish in this state boards of health and a bureau of vital statistics, and to define their respective powers and duties," approved March thirty-first, anno domini one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven. justice, &c. issue a warrant. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of When police the State of New Jersey, That all police justices, recorders, authorized to justices of the peace and all other magistrates are hereby authorized on complaint founded on information and belief, supported by oath or affirmation of any officer or agent of the state board of health or of any local board of health that there is in any dwelling house, store, stable or any building of any kind whatsoever any nuisance affecting health or any person sick of any contagious or infectious disease, or any condition of contagion or infection which may have been caused by any one recently sick of any such disease in such dwelling house, store, stable or any other building, to issue a warrant directed to the sheriff of the county within which such complaint shall be made, or to any constable, marshal, police officer or to any officer or agent of such board of health, directing him, them or any of them to search in such dwelling Search to be house, store, stable or other building for such nuisance made. affecting health; or for any person sick of any contagious or infectious disease, or for any condition of contagion or infection which may have been caused by anyone recently sick of any such disease in such dwelling house or other place as aforesaid, and if such nuisance be found, to abate the same; and if such sick person be found to deal with him according to law and the ordinances of such board of health; and if such condition of contagion or infection be found to exist, to destroy the same by means of proper disinfection. 2. And be it enacted, That the officer to whom such made. To whom return search warrant shall be directed shall make return of his proceedings thereunder to the court or magistrate by which or whom such warrant may be issued. Who are directed to assist officers. 3. And be it enacted, That the sheriff of the county and all constables, marshals and police officers of any county, city, borough or town, or such of them as shall be required are hereby directed if required by any officer to whom such warrant may be directed, to be present and assist in the execution thereof. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 17, 1893. Section to be amended. Pleadings to be courts, &c. CHAPTER CCXXXII. An Act amendatory of an act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act relative to the jurisdiction and practice of district courts in this state,' approved March twenty-seventh, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two," which amendment was approved March eleventh, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That section three of said act, as amended, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: 3. And be it enacted, That the pleadings to be filed in filed as in circuit said district courts in any suit where the debt demanded, or damage claimed, actually exceeds the sum of value of two hundred dollars, shall be the same as those in the circuit courts of the several counties of this state, and the practice of such circuit courts, also, in so far as applicable, shall apply to said district courts in such cases, excepting, however, cases where there may be some express provision of law providing otherwise, and the declaration in any such suit shall be filed within ten days after the return day named in the summons, and the plea of demurrer of the detendant shall be filed within ten days after the time. limited for filing the plaintiff's declaration; and each succeeding pleading, until the cause is at issue, shall be filed within ten days after the time limited for pleading by the opposite party; and every cause when at issue shall be noticed for trial within twenty days thereafter, and at least five days' notice of trial shall be given by the plaintiff and served in the same manner as in the circuit courts of the several counties of this state; and if the plaintiff shall neglect to notice his cause for trial within said time, judgment shall be awarded for the defendant as in case of a non-suit, with costs, unless the court allow further time; and the costs to be taxed in any such cause shall be the same to the attorney, court, clerk and sheriff as are taxable in the circuit courts of the several counties in this state; provided, however, that Proviso. in case the plaintiff shall upon or within ten days after the return day of the summons file his declaration and serve a copy thereof on the defendant or his attorney, the defendant shall plead or demur thereto within ten days from the date of such service, and in default thereof the plaintiff may have judgment in the same manner that judgment by default is rendered in the circuit courts of the several counties of this state; and judgments by default in other cases for want of or failure to file plea or demurrer within the time above limited therefor, may be had and taken by the plaintiff in said district courts in the same manner as in such circuit courts. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 17, 1893. Additional upon common council, &c. CHAPTER CCXXXIII. 6 A Supplement to an act entitled An act in reference to cities of the fourth class," approved April sixteenth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, and to give the governing body the power to improve any of the streets or avenues therein at the expense of the city at large, and to provide for the payment of the same. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of powers conferred the State of New Jersey, That in addition to the powers conferred by the act to which this is a supplement, it shall be lawful, and the common council or other governing body empowered by the provisions of the act to which this is a supplement is hereby empowered and authorized to improve, pave, drain, curb, elevate or depress any street or avenue under its charge and control or any part or section thereof, at the expense of the municipality at large, whenever and in any case in which said common council or governing body shall deem it for the general interest of the municipality so to do. To provide by ordinance to improve, pave, &c. 2. And be it enacted, That whenever it shall appear to said common council or other governing body that it shall be to the advantage of the municipality at large to improve, pave, drain, curb, elevate or depress any street or avenue, or part or section thereof, said council or governing body is empowered to provide by ordinance what particular street or avenue, or part or section thereof, shall be so improved at the general expense of the municipality at large, and shall further provide the specific kind or quality of improvement that is to be done, and shall further provide for letting the contract for such improvment to the lowest and best bidder for said work. 3. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for said comknown as "Street mon council or other governing body of such city to bonds." pledge the credit of the city for the payment of any ex Authorized to issue bonds improvement |