Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:157-8

  • population: when used in any statute, shall be taken to mean the population as shown by the latest Federal census effective within this State, and shall be construed as synonymous with "inhabitants. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
2A:157-8. In counties of the fifth class with a population of 400,000 or less there may be appointed not in excess of 12 county detectives, and in counties of the fifth class with a population in excess of 400,000 there may be appointed not in excess of 15 county detectives, of whom one may be designated chief of county detectives, two captains of county detectives, and four lieutenants of county detectives.

L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended 1974, c.5; 1975, c.234; 1982,c.187; 1988, c. 65.