Public health laws.

  • New Jersey. Board of Health.
Date:
1907
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Credit: Public health laws. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Approved March 23, 1898. Duty of cer- tain officers. In case of judgment. Application of moneys recovered. Jersey or in the name of the local board of health of the town- ship, city, borough, town or other local municipal government within whose jurisdiction the penalty may have been incurred; it shall be the duty of any health inspector, registrar of vital statistics or member of any local board of health, who shall know or be informed of any violation of this act, whereby any penalty may have been incurred, to make, and any other person having such knowledge may make, under oath or affirmation, a complaint against the person incurring such penalty, setting forth the facts of such violation, which complaint shall be filed with the clerk of the district court or any justice of the peace of the county within which the offense may have been com- mitted, or with any police justice or recorder of the township, city or municipality within which any local board bringing suit shall have jurisdiction, and the clerlt of the district court, the justice of the peace, police justice or recorder with whom any complaint shall be filed as aforesaid, setting forth facts sufficient to show that any penalty prescribed by this act has been incurred, is hereby authorized and required to issue pro- cess, either in the nature of a summons or warrant, which process, when in the nature of a warrant, shall be returnable forthwith, and, when in the nature of a summons, shall be returnable in not less than five nor more than fifteen days; on the return of such process, or at any time to which the trial shall have been adjourned, the said court, justice of the peace, police justice or recorder shall proceed to hear the testi- mony and to determine and give judgment in the matter with- out the filing of any pleadings, and, if judgment shall be given in favor of the plaintiff, execution shall be forthwith issued against the goods and chattels of the defendant for the amount of the penalty, with costs; the officers to serve and execute any process or execution issued as aforesaid shall be the con- stables of the county, which service and execution, in the case of any execution issued out of a district court, shall be made in the same manner and under the same liabilities as other execu- tions issued out of said court are served andi executed; the offi- cers to serve and execute any process or execution issued by a justice of the peace, police justice or recorder shall be the con- stables of the county, which service and execution shall be made in the same manner and under the same liabilities as prescribed in cases of the service and execution of process and executions by the act entitled An act constituting courts for the trial of small causes, and the supplements thereto; all moneys re- covered in any such proceeding shall be paid to the plaintiff therein and applied by such plaintiff to any purpose for which it may be legally authorized to expend money.