A municipal court is hereby established in the
Township, to be known as the "Municipal Court of the Township of Mansfield."
The court shall have an official seal which
shall bear the impress of the name of the court.
There shall be a judge of the court, who shall
hold office for the term, and who shall be appointed in the manner
provided by N.J.S.A. 2B:12-4; and who shall have the qualifications
prescribed by N.J.S.A. 2B:12-7.
There shall be an Administrator of the court
and such other clerical assistants as may be determined necessary
by resolution or ordinance.
The compensation of the judge and the Administrator
of the municipal court and such other personnel as may be required
and appointed by the Township Committee, shall be by annual salaries
fixed by the Township Committee by ordinance; provided, the Township
Committee may, by ordinance or resolution, designate any officer or
employee of the Township to serve as violations clerk of the court
of the Township with or without additional compensation.
Before entering upon the duties of their respective
offices, the judge and the Administrator and violations Clerk thereof,
shall enter into a bond to the Township of Mansfield and to the County
of Warren and the State of New Jersey, in such amount and with such
surety as the Township Committee may fix, conditioned upon the faithful
performance of its respective duties of such officers.
All administrative matters, fees, costs and
all procedural rules and regulations shall be governed and controlled
by the provisions of appropriate statutes in such case made and provided,
by the rules prescribed by the New Jersey Supreme Court governing
the courts of the State of New Jersey, and the regulations and directives
of the administrative office of the courts of New Jersey, regarding
procedure in municipal courts.
The territorial jurisdiction of the municipal
court of the Township shall be that territory embraced within the
municipal boundaries of the Township and as provided in N.J.S.A. 2B:12-16.
The municipal court of the Township and the
judge thereof shall have jurisdiction over all of the offenses set
forth in N.J.S.A. 2B:12-17, together with any other matter concerning
which jurisdiction shall by statute, be conferred upon municipal courts
of this state.