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NJ Rev Stat § 27:16-65 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:16-65 - Award; payment into court; appeal

27:16-65. Award; payment into court; appeal  If an uncertainty exists as to who is entitled to the amount awarded, or if the board of chosen freeholders is unable to tender the award by reason of the incapacity or absence of any person entitled thereto, or if there exists an unsatisfied lien upon the property to be taken, or any person refuses to receive the award, or an appeal from the award is taken, it may be paid into the Superior Court and shall be distributed to the person entitled thereto according to law. Payment into the Superior Court shall operate to stop the running of interest upon an award thereafter made to the amount of the deposit. The owner or owners or the board of chosen freeholders of the county, feeling aggrieved by an award for any real estate taken for any such improvement, may appeal to the Superior Court at any time within sixty days after the filing of the report in the office of the county clerk or register of deeds, as the case may be. The appeal shall be taken by bringing an action in the court in accordance with chapter one of the Title Eminent Domain (s. 20:1-1 et seq.) of the Revised Statutes to have the court award the damages anew. The completion of the improvement shall not be delayed thereby and the county may proceed with the improvement as though the appeal had not been taken. Amended by L.1953, c. 27, p. 495, s. 20.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:16-66 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:16-66 - Title vests upon payment of award; right of entry

27:16-66. Title vests upon payment of award; right of entry  Upon the acceptance of the award, or the payment thereof into the Superior Court, title to the real estate or right or interest therein shall vest in the county, and the board of chosen freeholders may thereupon enter upon and take possession of the real estate or right or interest therein and remove all persons therefrom. Amended by L.1953, c. 27, p. 495, s. 21.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:16-67 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:16-67 - Report as evidence of county's right to possession

27:16-67. Report as evidence of county's right to possession  The report of the commission or a copy thereof certified by the county clerk or register of deeds and mortgages, as the case may be, or in case of an appeal, the judgment or a copy thereof certified by the clerk of the court, and proof of tender of the amount awarded, or payment thereof to the owner or into court, as the case may be, shall at all times be evidence of the right of the board of chosen freeholders to have, hold, use, occupy, possess and enjoy the real estate or interest therein for road or highway purposes. Amended by L.1953, c. 27, p. 496, s. 22.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:16-68 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:16-68 - Powers deemed additional; certain bodies unaffected

27:16-68. Powers deemed additional; certain bodies unaffected  Sections 27:16-54 to 27:16-67 of this title shall not be construed as in substitution or in lieu of the authority and method of procedure set forth in sections 27:16-43 to 27:16-53 of this title, but as vesting in the board of chosen freeholders additional and alternative authority for acquiring real estate or any right or interest therein for road or highway  purposes, and shall also be construed to apply to the acquisition of real estate or any right or interest therein for improvement of state highways under reimbursement agreement with the state highway commissioner. Nothing in said sections 27:16-54 to 27:16-67 contained shall apply to any land or other property acquired for or devoted to any public use by any board, commission or agency of the state, or any municipality, county or county park commission, or any public utility as defined by section 48:2-13 of the title Public Utilities.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:16-71 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:16-71 - Municipal control over county roads; consent required

27:16-71. Municipal control over county roads; consent required  The governing body of a municipality may by resolution take over the care and control of a county road or portion thereof within the municipality, but the resolution shall not become effective until consented to by the board of chosen freeholders. The resolution expressing the consent shall be filed in the office of the county clerk.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:17-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:17-1 - County boulevards authorized; construction and maintenance; connecting roads

27:17-1. County boulevards authorized; construction and maintenance; connecting roads  L.1888, c. 274, p. 397 (C.S. pp. 4503 to 4511, s.s. 194 to 215), entitled "An act to authorize the board of chosen freeholders of any of the several counties of this state to lay out, open, construct, improve and maintain a public road therein," approved April seventh, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, saved from repeal together with supplements and amendments and supplements to supplements thereto; approved on the following dates: March 4, 1891 (L.1891, c. 42, p. 79; C.S. p. 4512, s.s. 216 to 218); April 14, 1891 (L.1891, c. 187, p. 363; C.S. pp. 4513 to 4515, s.s. 219 to 221); March 11, 1892 (L.1892, c. 61, p. 104; C.S. pp. 4515 to 4518, s.s. 222 to 229); March 27, 1893 (L.1893, c. 261, p. 454; C.S. pp. 4518, 4519, s.s. 230 to 232); March 27, 1893 (L.1893, c. 262, p. 457; C.S. p. 4513, s. 219); Passed March 19, 1896 (L.1896, c. 56, p. 93; C.S. pp. 4519, 4520, s.s. 233 to 235); April 16, 1896 (L.1896, c. 184, p. 272; C.S. pp. 4520 to 4524, s.s. 236 to 249); March 29, 1897 (L.1897, c. 42, p. 114; C.S. pp. 4525, 4526, s.s. 251 to 255); March 24, 1899 (L.1899, c. 151, p. 335; C.S. pp. 4521 to 4524, s.s. 242 and 244 to 247); April 1, 1902 (L.1902, c. 65, p. 227; C.S. pp. 4529, 4530, s.s. 272 to 275); April 1, 1902 (L.1902, c. 68, p. 233; C.S. p. 4525, s. 250); March 31, 1903 (L.1903, c. 94, p. 141; C.S. pp. 4530, 4531, s.s. 276 to 278); April 2, 1908 (L.1908, c. 69, p. 107; C.S. pp. 4531, 4532, s.s. 279 to 282); April 5, 1920 (L.1920, c. 86, p. 179; 1924 Suppl. s. 179-281); March 10, 1921 (L.1921, c. 39, p. 66; 1924 Suppl. s. 179-221a); April 8, 1921 (L.1921, c. 243, p. 764; 1924 Suppl. s.s. 179-215a, 179-215b); March 11, 1922 (L.1922, c. 121, p. 216; 1924 Suppl. s. 179-279); March 15, 1922 (L.1922, c. 249, p. 508; 1924 Suppl. s.s. 179-215c to 179-215f); March 12, 1923 (L.1923, c. 37, p. 74; 1924 Suppl. s. 179-279). [This act as supplemented provides for the construction, in counties adopting the act by referendum, of a public road extending through the county in any direction. It further provides for the condemnation of land for, and the maintenance and widening of such public road and authorizes the construction and maintenance of branch roads connecting therewith. Supplemental acts regulate the laying of pipes of various kinds beneath the surface of the road, the construction of sidewalks along such road and assessments for benefits therefor.]
NJ Rev Stat § 27:17-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:17-2 - Boulevard commissioners; election and term

27:17-2. Boulevard commissioners; election and term  In a county where a road has been or shall be built under the provisions of an act entitled "An act to authorize the board of chosen freeholders of any of the several counties of this state to lay out, open, construct, improve and maintain a public road therein," approved April seventh, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight (L.1888, c. 274, p. 397), or any act supplementary thereto or amendatory thereof, there shall be elected at large in the county three commissioners to be known as "boulevard commissioners of the county of " , who shall hold office for three years from the first Monday in December after their election and until the election and qualification of their successors.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:17-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:17-3 - Commissioners; nomination and election

27:17-3. Commissioners; nomination and election  The commissioners elected and holding office in a county where a road has already been completed under the above entitled act are hereby continued for their respective terms. The commissioners first to be elected in a county in which a road shall hereafter be completed under the above entitled act shall be elected at the general election next following its completion. The proceedings touching the nomination and election of all such commissioners shall conform in all respects to the method of nominating and electing members of the general assembly. They shall be voted for on the same ticket, but in order to secure minority representation on the board, no voter shall at any election vote upon his ballot for more than two commissioners, and upon the canvass of the election the three persons receiving the highest number of votes for such position shall be declared elected, and the county clerk shall, on their qualification, give to each a certificate of his election and qualification. Until the first election and qualification of the commissioners, the board of chosen freeholders shall control, maintain and repair such roads as heretofore.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:17-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:17-4 - Oath and bond filed

27:17-4. Oath and bond filed  27:17-4. Before entering upon the duties of his office each commissioner shall take an oath to perform well and truly the duties of his office to the best of his skill and ability, and shall give a bond to the county, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties, the amount of which shall be fixed and the bond approved by a judge of the Superior Court. The oath and bond shall be filed in the office of the county clerk.  Amended 1953,c.27,s.23; 1991,c.91,s.305.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:17-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:17-5 - Commissioners supersede freeholders in certain matters

27:17-5. Commissioners supersede freeholders in certain matters  All the duties which, by the act entitled "An act to authorize the board of chosen freeholders of any of the several counties of this state to lay out, open, construct, improve and maintain a public road therein," approved April seventh, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight (L.1888, c. 274, p. 397), or any supplement thereto, devolve on the board of chosen freeholders, touching the maintenance, lighting, repair, or control of such road, shall thereafter devolve exclusively upon the boulevard commissioners when elected, and all permits to open the road, disturb the surface thereof, or to lay sewers, drains, water, gas, or other pipes therein, shall be granted and all ordinances for the regulation and use of the road shall be passed by the commissioners, and not by the board of chosen freeholders.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:17-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:17-6 - Commissioners; organization; officers; compensation

27:17-6. Commissioners; organization; officers; compensation  The commissioners shall meet for organization at noon on January first next succeeding the date of their election and elect from their number a president and a secretary, who, in addition to the duties herein prescribed, shall perform the duties usually performed by such officers. Each member shall receive as full compensation for all services to be performed under the provisions of this chapter the sum of four thousand five hundred dollars per annum, to be paid by the county treasurer in equal monthly installments out of the moneys appropriated to the use of the commissioners for the maintenance, lighting and repair of the road. The president and secretary shall be subject to removal at any time by a majority vote of the commissioners.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:17-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:17-7 - Annual requisition for funds; control of funds

27:17-7. Annual requisition for funds; control of funds  On or before January first, in each year, the commissioners shall make a requisition in writing on the board of chosen freeholders of the county, for the moneys necessary to enable the commissioners to carry out the purpose of this chapter. The board of chosen freeholders shall cause the amount to be raised and collected in the same manner as money for other county purposes and the moneys thus raised shall remain a fund in the hands of the county treasurer to be used for such purposes only, and to be drawn, on warrants signed by the president and secretary of the commission, and the board of chosen freeholders shall have no control over the fund.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:17-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:17-8 - Commissioners; use of county property; employees

27:17-8. Commissioners; use of county property; employees  The commissioners shall be entitled to the use and possession of all property and plant of the county used for maintaining, lighting and repairing such road and may employ such agents, servants and employees as they may deem necessary for the proper performance of the work to be done under this chapter, and may fix their compensation which shall be paid out of the fund appropriated for the used of the commission as hereinbefore provided. During the first year in office of the commissioners, where the board of chosen freeholders shall have appropriated a sum for the maintenance, lighting and repair of such road, exclusive of salaries or compensation to employees, the board of chosen freeholders shall, if required so to do by the commissioners, pay such salaries and compensation for services, leaving to the commissioners the fund so appropriated by the board of chosen freeholders for the specific purpose of maintaining, repairing and lighting such road to be disbursed by the commissioners for those purposes.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:17-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:17-9 - Transfer of funds to commissioners

27:17-9. Transfer of funds to commissioners  Upon the election and qualification of the first commissioners elected in any county the board of chosen freeholders shall transfer to the account of the commissioners, in the hands of the county treasurer, the moneys appropriated by the board for the maintenance and repair of such roads, or the unexpended balance thereof.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:17-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:17-10 - Contracts for maintenance, lighting or repair

27:17-10. Contracts for maintenance, lighting or repair  If the commissioners determine to maintain, repair or light such road, or any part thereof, by contract, proposals therefor shall be published for two weeks in at least two of the newspapers in the county, to be selected by the commissioners. The contract shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, who shall furnish satisfactory security for its performance, to be approved by the commissioners.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:17-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:17-11 - Annual report

27:17-11. Annual report  The commissioners shall annually on or before the first Monday in May file in the office of the clerk of the board of chosen freeholders, a report in writing containing a statement of the disbursements made by them during the fiscal year.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:17-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:17-12 - Construction of certain sections

27:17-12. Construction of certain sections  Sections 27:17-2 to 27:17-11 of this title shall apply to all roads, branch or connecting roads constructed, or to be constructed, or in course of construction under the act entitled "An act to authorize the board of chosen freeholders of any of the several counties of this state to lay out, open, construct, improve and maintain a public road therein," approved April seventh, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight (L.1888, c. 274, p. 397), or any acts supplementary thereto or amendatory thereof, and also to all roads constructed, or to be hereafter constructed, as extensions to such roads, branch or connecting roads, where by law such extension road is to be constructed under the terms of the act aforesaid, or acts supplementary thereto or amendatory thereof.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:17-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:17-13 - Counsel to boulevard commission

27:17-13. Counsel to boulevard commission  The counsel to the county shall act as counsel to the commissioners without extra or additional compensation.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:17-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:17-14 - Vacancies; how filled

27:17-14. Vacancies; how filled  If a vacancy occurs in the office of boulevard commissioner the governor shall forthwith appoint a resident legal voter of the county to the position thus made vacant, to serve for the remainder of the unexpired term.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:17-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:17-15 - Repair of road and lighting plant

27:17-15. Repair of road and lighting plant  The boulevard commissioners may put and keep the road and the lighting plant connected therewith in good repair and condition.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:17-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:17-16 - Additional appropriation; requisition; taxation or bond issue

27:17-16. Additional appropriation; requisition; taxation or bond issue  If the appropriation made in any year by the board of chosen freeholders for the repair of the road and the lighting plant connected therewith shall be insufficient, in the judgment of the boulevard commission, to put and keep them in proper condition, it may from time to time make requisition in writing on the board of chosen freeholders for the money necessary to enable it to put and keep such road and lighting plant in good repair. The board of chosen freeholders may cause the money to be raised and collected wholly or partly by taxation, or may in its discretion, issue bonds for that purpose in an amount not to exceed fifty thousand dollars.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:17-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:17-17 - Bonds; use of proceeds; control of funds

27:17-17. Bonds; use of proceeds; control of funds  The moneys derived from the sale of bonds shall be turned over to and remain as a fund in the hands of the county treasurer, to be used only for the purpose of putting and keeping such road and lighting plant in good repair and condition, and shall be drawn upon warrants signed by the president and secretary of the boulevard commission. The board of chosen freeholders shall have no control over such funds, but shall raise them in the manner hereinbefore provided upon the requisition of the boulevard commissioners.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:17-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:17-18 - Roads affected

27:17-18. Roads affected  Sections 27:17-15 to 27:17-17 of this title shall apply to the repair of all roads, branch or connecting roads, constructed or to be constructed, or in course of construction, under the act entitled "An act to authorize the board of chosen freeholders of any of the several counties of this state to lay out, open, construct, improve and maintain a public road therein," approved April seventh, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight (L.1888, c. 274, p. 397), or any act supplementary thereto or amendatory thereof, and all roads constructed or to be constructed as extensions to such roads, branch or connecting roads, where by law such extension road is to be constructed under the terms of the act aforesaid, or acts supplementary thereto or amendatory thereof.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:17-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:17-19 - Insurance for drivers of vehicles; payment of premiums

27:17-19. Insurance for drivers of vehicles; payment of premiums  The boulevard commission may in its discretion cause liability insurance to be issued by an insurance company approved by it, and pay the premium thereon, to protect any of its employees operating a vehicle owned by the county or the commission, against all claims for personal injuries or property damage by whomsoever sustained, arising from or caused by such vehicle while operated in the business of the commission.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:17-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:17-20 - Insurance premiums; amount included in annual budget

27:17-20. Insurance premiums; amount included in annual budget  The board of chosen freeholders, upon requisition by the boulevard commission, may provide the necessary funds to pay the premiums for such insurance by general taxation, and include the amount thereof in its annual budget.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:18-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:18-1 - Construction; acquisition of property; condemnation

27:18-1. Construction; acquisition of property; condemnation  The board of chosen freeholders may lay out, construct and maintain roads or ways, to be called speedways, and to that end acquire lands by purchase, gift, condemnation or otherwise. If the board shall determine to acquire lands by condemnation, the proceedings shall be had under the general law applicable thereto.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:18-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:18-2 - Grade crossings and intersections; regulation of

27:18-2. Grade crossings and intersections; regulation of  After the location of the speedway shall have been determined upon, no public street or highway shall be laid across or intersect it at grade, without the consent of the board of chosen freeholders.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:18-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:18-3 - Rules and regulations

27:18-3. Rules and regulations  The board of chosen freeholders, or a committee thereof appointed for the purpose, may make rules and regulations for the government of the speedway, and may prescribe the manner in which it shall be used and the kinds of vehicles that may be used thereon.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:18-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:18-4 - Maintenance; transfer of control to park commission

27:18-4. Maintenance; transfer of control to park commission  After the completion of the speedway, the board of chosen freeholders shall maintain it, but may in its discretion, by resolution, transfer the title to the speedway to the park commission of the county in which it is located, in which case the park commission shall maintain the speedway and prescribe the manner in which it shall be used and maintained, or may use it for a parkway.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:19-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:19-1 - Construction; maintenance and repair; joint county bridges

27:19-1. Construction; maintenance and repair; joint county bridges  The board of chosen freeholders may construct, or acquire by gift, purchase or condemnation, and maintain and operate, and widen when necessary, viaducts and bridges, including drawbridges, in the county, when and where the public convenience requires, and keep all viaducts and bridges wholly within the county in repair and in safe condition for public travel. Boards of chosen freeholders of counties adjoining each other but separated in whole or in part by a ravine, marsh, river or stream, may jointly construct, or acquire by gift, purchase or condemnation, and maintain and operate, and widen when necessary, viaducts and bridges, including drawbridges, at their joint expense, over such ravine, marsh, river or stream, when and where the public convenience requires, and keep all such viaducts and bridges in repair and in safe condition for public travel.