treasurer to cause a statement of the moneys received by tax, loan or otherwise, and of the expenditure of the same, to be published in one or more newspapers printed and published in said city, at least ten days before the annual city election; the fiscal year shall commence on the first day of Fiscal year. March, in each and every year.

corded.

40. And be it enacted, That, the city clerk shall keep all Duties of the records, books, papers and documents of the city, coun- City Clerk. tersign all licenses signed by the mayor, and keep the record of the proceedings of the common council, he shall engross all the ordinances of the common council in a book Ordinances to be provided for that purpose, with a proper index, which how rebook shall be deemed a public record of such ordinances, and such ordinances shall be signed in said book by the president or president pro tempore of the common council, and said clerk; and copies of all papers duly filed in the Copies of office of the city clerk, and transcripts thereof, and of the to be erecords and proceedings of the common council, and copies dence. of the laws or ordinances of the said city, certified by hini under the corporate seal, shall be evidence in all courts and places; he shall also receive and pay over to the treasurer all money which by any law, ordinance or usage, are paid fees. to the city clerk.

all papers

To pay over

missioner

officers.

41. And be it enacted, That the street commissioner, city Powers of surveyor, city solicitor, city marshal, city sealer of weights street comand measures, and all other officers appointed by the com- and other mon council, shall possess the powers, and be subject to the obligations conferred and imposed on them by law, or by the ordinances, by-laws, rules and regulations of the common council, and on application for that purpose the secretary of state of this state shall allow and assist the said sealer of Sealer of weights and measures to compare and adjust the standard and measof weights and measures for said city, and shall certify and ures. seal the same in the manner required by "An act to establish a uniform standard of weights and measures in this state," approved March twenty-fifth, anno domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.

weights

line fences.

42. And be it enacted, That the city surveyor and the street who to commissioner shall have the same power, and perforin the regulate same duties, and receive the like fees, as members of the township committees of the townships of this state under "An Act to regulate fences," passed January twenty-third,

Powers of police trustees.

Proceed

ings to conform to small

cause act.

one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, and the supplements thereto, or such other compensation as the common council may prescribe.

43. And be it enacted, That every police justice shall be entitled to use and exercise the like power, authority and jurisdiction in all criminal matters and complaints arising in the city of Trenton, as the justices of the peace in and for the several counties of this state are or may be by law entitled to use and exercise, and that two of said police justices shall be authorized and empowered to hear, try and determine all such matters and complaints of a criminal nature, as any two justices of the peace are or may be by law authorized and empowered to hear, try and determine.

44. And be it enacted, That, unless when otherwise directed, all actions or proceedings before any police justice under the provisions of this act, shall as nearly as may be, be regulated by the provisions of and conducted in the manner prescribed in and by an act entitled "An act constituting courts for the trial of small causes," and the several supplements thereto, and that the court held by every police justice in and for the said city of Trenton shall be a court of record, and vested for the purposes mentioned in this act, with all such powers as is usual in courts of record of this state; such court shall be held by one police justice one month and by the other police justice the succeeding justice to month, and thus alternately throughout the year; the mayor shall designate by order under his hand, filed with the city clerk, the particular months during which each of said justices shall hold said court.

Mayor to designate when police

act.

Police justice to is

for viola

tion of or

45. And be it enacted, That every police justice shall be sue process empowered on oath or affirmation made according to law and filed in his office, that any person or persons has or have dinances. been guilty of a violation of any of the ordinances of the said city, to issue a process either in the nature of a warrant or a summons against the person or persons so charged, which process shall, when in the nature of a warrant be re turnable forthwith, and when in the nature of a summons be returnable in not less than five or more than fifteen days; that such process shall state what ordinance the defendants named therein has or have violated, the time when and in what manner the same has been violated, and that on return of such process or at the time to which the justice shall have adjourned the same, the justice shall proceed

May adjourn causes.

ings needed

to hear testimony and to determine and give judgment in the matter without the filing of any pleadings; and that No pleadthe justice shall, if the defendant or defendants be adjudg ed before him to be guilty of such violation, forthwith issue Issue exeexecution against the goods and chattels and person of the tion or comdefendant or defendants for the amount of fine imposed with costs, or shall commit said defendant or defendants to the county jail if judgment of imprisonment shall have been pronounced and given by said justice for such violation.

mitment.

receive

46. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the County jall keeper of the jail of the county of Mercer to receive and keeper to safely keep every person who shall have been committed by prisoners. the mayor or police justices of said city to said county jail under the authority of the last preceding section and of any ordinance of said city.

marshal

men.

47. And be it enacted, That the city marshal and police- Powers of men shall in addition to the authority conferred upon them and policeby the ordinances, by-laws, rules and regulations of common council possess and have all the powers of constables within the city limits for the purpose of preserving the peace and enforcing the ordinances of the city, and it shall be the duty of the said marshal and policemen on witnessing any breach of the peace, or violation of any of the city ordinances, to forthwith arrest such offender without warrant or process, and take such offender or offenders immediately before one of the police justices for a hearing.

TITLE V.

OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THE CITY.

mit an an

money

48. And be it enacted, That the superintendent and School trustrustees of public schools of the city of Trenton as now in- tees to subcorporated by law, shall prepare and transmit to the com-nual estimon council of the city of Trenton, on or before the first mate of day of May in each year, an estimate of the amount of mon- needed. eys necessary for the support of public schools in said city during the year, which estimate shall specify particularly under the several heads of repairs of school houses, salaries of teachers, school books, school furniture, and school libraries, stoves and fuel, and incidental expenses, as nearly as may be the several sums required for each branch of ex

amount to

be appropriated.

be raised

by tax.

penditure, and the said common council shall determine by Council to resolution the amount of money to be appropriated to pubdetermine lic schools for such purposes during the year, including therein the quota of the city of Trenton of the annual appropriation made by the state for the support of public Money to schools; and the said common council are hereby empowered to raise by tax, such sum or sums of money for the support of public schools, as required by the law of the state, or such sums in addition thereto as said council may deem expedient or necessary, and all money so raised and appropriated shall be expended by the said corporation for the support of public schools in the city of Trenton, according to the provisions of their act of incorporation and Money for the state law in relation to public schools, and whenever the houses to said superintendent and trustees shall with their annual estax or loan. timate aforesaid, represent to common council that it is expedient to purchase land and erect a school house thereon, with the estimated cost thereof, common council shall have the power to raise the whole or any part of the money required for such purpose, either by tax, to be included in the next general assessment for city purposes, or by loan on the credit of the said city, and when collected or borrowed it shall be paid over to the superintendent of public schools to be applied for the object aforesaid.

school

be raised by

What an

of trustees

must con

tain.

49. And be it enacted, That the said superintendent and nual report trustees shall at the close of the fiscal year prepare a report embracing the number of schools under their charge, specifying their grades, the number and names of the teachers, the number of pupils on the roll, and the average attendance in each school, and a full and true account of the expenditures of the board during the year, under the respective heads of repairs of school houses, salaries of teachers, school books, school furniture, school libraries, stoves and fuel, and incidental expenses, and shall transmit the said annual report to the common council, and a copy thereof to the state superintendent of common schools.

City Treas

money to superin

50. And be it enacted, That the city treasurer shall in urer to pay each year pay over to said school superintendent such sum of money as may have been ordered to be raised by tax for the support of public schools in said city, not required by the laws of this state to be paid to the county collector.

tendent.

Assessors to report

51. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the list of chil- board of city assessors of the city of Trenton, and they are

dren.

hereby authorized and required to make out a list of the children capable of attending, between the ages of five and eighteen years, within each of the wards of said city, respectively, specifying the age of each child in years, together with the names of the parents or guardians of such children, and to transmit the same, under proper certificate, on or before the first day of October, annually, to the superintendent of public schools of the city of Trenton, and the number of children in said lists shall be duly certified by the superintendent and trustees of public schools, to the board of chosen freeholders of the county of Mercer. at their annual meeting next succeeding the return of said lists, as aforesaid, and the quota of the city of Trenton in the apportionment of the moneys appropriated by law to the pub. lic schools in this state shall be determined by the said board, in the ratio of the number of children contained in said lists, in like manner as if the same had been duly ascertained and transmitted to the said board according to the provisions of an act entitled "An act to establish public schools," and the supplements thereto; and the sum of two dollars for every one hundred names of children contained in said lists respectively, shall be allowed to the assessors duly making and transmitting the same, to be paid by the Pay for the said superintendent and trustees of public schools of the city of Trenton.

same.

TITLE VI.

OF THE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF TAXES.

taxes

52. And be it enacted, That the common council shall have For what power to raise by tax, in each year, such sum or sums of purposes money as they shall deem expedient, for the following pur- raised. poses:

I. For lighting the streets of the city.

II. For the maintenance and support of the poor. III. For regulating, cleaning and keeping in repair the streets and highways and the construction of crosswalks.

Lights.

Poor.

Streets.

IV. For regulating, improving and protecting the public Parks. grounds and parks.

V. For the support of public schools, and for erecting and schools. maintaining public school houses.

VI. For the support of the police department.

Police.