Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 48:12-42

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
When such river, stream or bay is navigable, the company shall, for the safety of persons navigating the same, maintain a red light at each outer side and a white light at each inner side of said draws, which shall be kept lighted between sunset and daylight. The company shall also keep a suitable person at each bridge or viaduct to open the draws for the free passage of all vessels with standing masts or pipes.

For each neglect to keep such light and to open the draws when necessary, the company shall forfeit one hundred dollars, to be recovered with costs in any court having jurisdiction thereof by any person suing for the same within six months after the time of such neglect.

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