There is hereby created, established and incorporated the Municipal
Court of the Township of Riverside, in the County of Burlington; and
the provisions of an Act entitled "an act relating to local county
district courts and municipal courts and the jurisdiction, functions,
powers and duties of such courts and of the judges and the magistrates
thereof; establishing county district courts in certain counties;
providing for the establishment of municipal courts in certain municipalities
and for municipal courts for two or more municipalities in certain
cases; providing for the transfer of certain existing courts to such
municipal courts; providing for the abolition of the office and terms
of justices of the peace and providing for the abolition of the small
cause courts," approved July 27, 1948, as far as the same may be applicable,
shall apply to the Court hereby established.
Said Municipal Court shall have a seal which shall bear the
impress of the name of the Court.
The Municipal Court Magistrate shall receive an annual salary
of $1,900.
Said Municipal Court shall have a magistrate having the qualifications set forth in the Act referred to in §
23-1 hereof. He shall serve for a term of three years from the date of his appointment and until his successor is appointed and qualified. Such Magistrate shall be appointed the Township Committee of the Township of Riverside, in the County of Burlington.
The Recorder of the Township of Riverside, who shall be in office
at the effect of the date of this chapter, shall become the Magistrate
of the Municipal Court of the Township of Riverside, in the County
of Burlington, and shall continue to be the Magistrate thereof for
a term equal to the balance of his then-existing term.
The compensation paid to the Magistrate shall be in lieu of
any and all other fees.
[Added 3-25-1996 by Ord. No. 1996-3; amended 4-27-1998 by Ord. No.
1998-2]
Any person applying for representation by a Municipal Public
Defender shall pay an application fee of not more than $200. Furthermore,
the Municipal court may waive any required application fee, in whole
or in part, if the Court determines, in its discretion, that the application
fee represents an unreasonable burden on the person seeking representation.