Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 40:37-154.1

  • 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
  • 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
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
Whenever one or more vacancies occur in the park police system established by the park commission of any county having a population of more than 200,000 inhabitants now governed by the provisions of sections 40:37-96 to 40:37-174 of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes, and such vacancies occur by reason of the entry of one or more policemen into the military or naval service of the United States during the present war, the county park commission may appoint temporarily one or more substitutes on full or part time to perform the duties of such policemen during his or their absence; provided, however, the employment of such person or persons shall continue only during the present state of war, unless such employment be sooner terminated by the appointing authority, and such appointees shall not be regular members of the park police system and neither they nor their dependents shall be members of or entitled to any benefits from either the park police pension or retirement fund managed and controlled by the park commission or any pension fund existing in the county in which they are appointed; provided further, however, that the provisions of this act shall not apply to any regular appointment made by the appointing authority to fill a vacancy not caused by the entry of a member of the department into the armed forces.

L.1943, c. 55, p. 251, s. 1, eff. March 27, 1943.