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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:16-25 - Lighting roads in vicinity of county institutions

27:16-25. Lighting roads in vicinity of county institutions
If, in a county of the first class, a county institution having a plant for the generation of electricity occupies more than one hundred acres of the territory of a municipality, the board of chosen freeholders of the county shall light the county roads situated in that municipality.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:16-26 - Lighting highways from main shore to seaside resorts; contracts

27:16-26. Lighting highways from main shore to seaside resorts; contracts
The board of chosen freeholders shall light with electric lights all public highways which have or shall have been constructed in part by the state leading from the main shore and across the meadow to any seaside resort and which are over one mile in length and have two or more bridges constructed thereon.
No contract for lighting shall be made for a longer period than five years, or without having first advertised for bids for at least two weeks in three or more newspapers published and circulating in the county.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:16-27 - Engineers and assistants; entry on lands

27:16-27. Engineers and assistants; entry on lands
The board of chosen freeholders may employ all necessary engineers, surveyors, and workmen to carry out the provisions of this chapter. All such persons may at all times enter upon lands for any of the purposes contemplated by this chapter.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:16-31 - Regulations to protect roads and road surfaces

27:16-31. Regulations to protect roads and road surfaces
The board of chosen freeholders may by resolution:
a. Regulate the tearing up or excavating in any road under its control, for any purpose;
b. Prevent the disturbing or tearing up of any road by the locking of wheels of any vehicle or attaching a drag to the vehicle;
c. Prevent the filling up of gutters along any such road;
d. Prevent obstruction and damage to any such road by spilling or throwing stones, dirt or other materials thereon;
e. Prevent the diversion of surface and other waters to county roads; and
f. Make such other regulations as it may deem proper to prevent damage to county roads and to keep them safe and convenient for traveling during all seasons of the year.
Amended by L.1953, c. 313, p. 1854, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:16-31.1 - First class counties over 800,000; restriction of roads to passenger vehicles

27:16-31.1. First class counties over 800,000; restriction of roads to passenger vehicles
Wherever the board of chosen freeholders in counties of the first class having over eight hundred thousand inhabitants, acquires or takes over any road, highway or parkway from the county park commission of such county, such board shall have the authority to restrict the use of such road, highway or parkway to passenger motor vehicles, and to make such regulations as may be proper and necessary for this purpose.
L.1950, c. 280, p. 942, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:16-32 - Public utility companies to share expense; agreement

27:16-32. Public utility companies to share expense; agreement
The board of chosen freeholders, or any two or more boards of chosen freeholders, or any joint committees thereof, may agree with a street railway company or other public utility using part of a county road or joint county road, as to the share of the expense of any improvement of the road to be borne by the street railway company or other public utility.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:16-33 - Snow removal

27:16-33. Snow removal
If a road owned by or under the control of a board of chosen freeholders shall become blockaded with snow so as to be impassable, the board may, if it deems it advisable, cause the snow to be removed, as soon as practicable so as to make the road passable.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:16-35 - Signposts; erection by county; removal of others

27:16-35. Signposts; erection by county; removal of others
The board of chosen freeholders shall place, or cause to be placed, along and at the intersection of all public county roads, suitable signboards with proper inscriptions thereon for the convenience and information of travelers, and may remove all other signboards, whether advertising, cautionary or directory, within the limits of a county road.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:16-38 - Change of grade; damage suit by property owners

27:16-38. Change of grade; damage suit by property owners
An action shall lie in behalf of the owner of any real estate situate along a road owned by or under the control of a board of chosen freeholders, the grade of which shall have been altered, to recover all damages he shall have suffered by reason of the altering of such grade. No such action shall be brought after the expiration of twelve months from the altering of the grade.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:16-39 - Sale of surplus road materials; certificate posted

27:16-39. Sale of surplus road materials; certificate posted
A county maintaining a road material yard for the storing, handling and distribution of road materials, may sell any surplus materials in its possession to the state highway commissioner, to municipalities within the county, or to contractors performing work for the state highway commissioner, counties, or municipalities within the county.
The sale shall be on the basis of cost, and the price therefor, quantity sold, and a statement that the materials were not needed by the county at the time of sale, certified by the supervisor of roads of the county, shall be posted immediately after a contract for sale shall be consummated, in the offices of the county treasurer and the clerk of the board of chosen freeholders for public inspection.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:16-41 - Other state aid laws unaffected; contracts; law applicable

27:16-41. Other state aid laws unaffected; contracts; law applicable
Nothing in this chapter shall repeal any law providing for the improvement of roads by counties with state aid, or any law providing for a state highway commissioner, or a state highway system, but where a county, with or without state aid, is charged with the drafting of specifications and the letting of such contract, the provisions of chapter 25 of the title Municipalities and Counties (s. 40:25-1 et seq.) shall govern.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:16-42 - Acquisition of real estate; condemnation

27:16-42. Acquisition of real estate; condemnation
If the board cannot acquire the real estate, or any interest therein, necessary for the making of any improvement authorized by this chapter by agreement with the owners thereof, the compensation to be paid therefor shall be ascertained and paid in an action in accordance with chapter one of Title 20 of the Revised Statutes except as hereinafter provided. In the action the Superior Court shall determine the benefits conferred and damages sustained by each person in interest by reason of the taking of the real estate or any interest therein. The court shall consider the condition in which each parcel will be left and the benefits that will result from the improvement to the owners thereof. The costs, fees and expenses of the action shall be paid by the county treasurer.
Amended by L.1953, c. 27, p. 493, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:16-48 - Entry upon property before making compensation; action to fix compensation

27:16-48. Entry upon property before making compensation; action to fix compensation
The board of chosen freeholders may enter upon and take property for any of the purposes set forth in section 27:16-1 of this Title, in advance of making compensation therefor, in any case where it cannot acquire the property by agreement with the owner. In such cases the board, upon exercising such right and entering upon and taking the property in advance of making compensation therefor, shall institute an action to fix the compensation to be paid to the owner and others as provided in chapter one of Title 20 of the Revised Statutes.
Amended by L.1953, c. 27, p. 493, s. 12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:16-54 - Additional method of acquiring real estate

27:16-54. Additional method of acquiring real estate
In addition to the method prescribed by sections 27:16-42 to 27:16-53 of this Title the board of chosen freeholders may acquire real estate or any interest therein for road or highway purposes in the manner hereinafter in sections 27:16-55 to 27:16-68 of this Title provided.
Amended by L.1947, c. 39, p. 114, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:16-55 - Right of way commission; appointment; term; compensation; removal; oath; assistance

27:16-55. Right of way commission; appointment; term; compensation; removal; oath; assistance
The board of chosen freeholders may appoint three discreet and impartial freeholders, residents of the county, to examine and make awards for real estate to be taken for road or highway purposes. The commission shall be known as the " county highway right-of-way commission." Each member shall serve for one year or until his successor is appointed and has qualified, and shall receive such compensation, either upon per diem, annual or other basis, as the board of chosen freeholders shall provide.
The board of chosen freeholders may remove any commissioner for inefficiency, neglect of duty or misconduct in office, having first given him a copy of the charges against him and an opportunity of being publicly heard in person or by counsel, upon not less than ten days' notice in writing, and a statement of the findings of the board of chosen freeholders and the reasons for its action shall be filed with the clerk of the board.
Each commissioner shall take and subscribe an oath that he will faithfully and impartially perform his duties, which oath shall be filed in the office of the county clerk.
The board of chosen freeholders may provide the engineering, clerical or other assistance it may deem necessary, and the cost of the assistance and other necessary expenses, including the compensation of the commissioners, shall be paid by the county in the same manner as other compensation and expenses are paid. The commission shall have power, with the approval of the board of chosen freeholders, to engage the services of an attorney when needed, upon per diem or other basis, to be paid in the same manner as other compensation is paid by the county, and the provisions of Title 11, Civil Service, of the Revised Statutes shall not apply to any such appointment.
Amended by L.1952, c. 262, p. 891, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:16-56 - Condemnation; resolution and map; removal of buildings

27:16-56. Condemnation; resolution and map; removal of buildings
When an improvement resolution shall require the taking of real estate or any right or interest therein, for any of the purposes provided in this chapter, the resolution for that purpose, when introduced, shall state the location and character of the improvement proposed to be made, the real estate to be taken therefore, sufficiently described so as to be readily identified, and the resolution shall be accompanied by a map prepared under the direction of the board of chosen freeholders, showing in detail the location and dimensions of the real estate proposed to be taken.
If a building is located wholly or partly upon the real estate to be taken for highway purposes, the map shall show the location of the building, together with any building or buildings upon the remaining adjoining real estate of the same owner, sufficiently to enable the commission to determine whether it is practicable to remove the building back from the line of the real estate to be taken and upon the remaining adjacent land of the owner, but such representation of the building by the map shall not be taken as evidence of intention to acquire title to the building with the real estate, and the resolution requiring the taking of real estate may request the commission, if after notice and hearing as hereinafter provided it shall determine that it is practicable and to the interest of the county and just to the owner, that the title to the building shall not pass to the county with the real estate, but shall remain in the owner with the right of removal, that the commission shall determine the amount of damages payable to the owner by reason of the taking of the title to the real estate and the removal and restoration, as far as practicable, of such buildings as hereinbefore provided, and considering any other items of damage in determining the difference in market values of the entire property of the owner before and after such taking, removal and restoration.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:16-57 - Map and resolution filed and recorded

27:16-57. Map and resolution filed and recorded
Upon the conclusion of the hearing as provided in this chapter and the adoption of the resolution, the map together with a copy of the resolution duly attested by the clerk of the board of chosen freeholders shall, without delay, be filed with the highway right of way commission by the county, and notice of the pendency of the action, naming the parties interested, with description by reference to the map sufficiently to identify the plot of land of each owner to be taken, shall be filed in the office of the county clerk or register of deeds and mortgages, as the case may be, and shall be recorded in the same manner and place and for the same fees as notices of lis pendens in civil actions. In default of such recording, persons acquiring an interest in the property pending the action without notice thereof, shall not be bound thereby.
Amended by L.1953, c. 27, p. 494, s. 18.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:16-58 - Hearing and notice; view of premises

27:16-58. Hearing and notice; view of premises
Upon the filing of the resolution and map with the commission, it shall view the real estate to be acquired under the resolution and fix a time and place for the hearing when and where the owners and all persons interested may be heard. Notice of the time and place shall be given by at least one publication in a newspaper circulating in the municipality or municipalities in which the real estate is situated not less than ten days before the hearing. Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall also be mailed to the owners of the real estate to be taken, directed to their last known postoffice address, at least one week before the day set for the hearing, but failure to mail any notice shall not invalidate any proceedings hereunder. The notice shall be mailed and published by such clerk or other officer as the commission may designate.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:16-59 - Hearing; adjournment; examination of witnesses

27:16-59. Hearing; adjournment; examination of witnesses
The commission shall attend at the time and place appointed. A majority of its members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and may make any award, but if only one member is present he may adjourn any meeting. The commission may adjourn from time to time. It shall give all parties interested or affected by the taking of any real estate ample opportunity to be heard on the subject of the award and shall have power to examine witnesses under oath, administered by any member.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:16-60 - Award; award for removal or restoration of buildings

27:16-60. Award; award for removal or restoration of buildings
The commission shall thereupon make a just and equitable award of the damages sustained by reason of the taking of such real estate, having due regard to the rights and interests of all persons concerned, considering in the award the condition of each parcel at the time of the mailing of notices as provided in section 27:16-58 of this title, and the condition in which each parcel will be left after the taking, with or without any building which may be situate thereon, and the removal and restoration as far as practicable of any such building if such removal is determined to be practicable and in the interest of the county and just to the owner, and in any such case the award made shall state the total amount of damages awarded and that part of the amount which is awarded for removal and restoration.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:16-61 - Payment of award; removal of buildings

27:16-61. Payment of award; removal of buildings
After the filing and recording of the award the owner shall have sixty days from the date of the filing and recording within which to remove the building and the amount awarded therefor may be paid when the building has been so removed. If not so removed, and no appeal shall have been taken from the award, the building may be removed by the county and the cost thereof may be deducted from that portion of the award, but the owner shall not be liable for any excess cost of removal above the amount awarded therefor.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:16-62 - Report of commission; copies filed

27:16-62. Report of commission; copies filed
When an award is made under the provision of sections 27:16-54 to 27:16-68 of this title the commission shall make its report in writing to the board of chosen freeholders. It shall contain a description of every separate tract of real estate taken and the commission shall file a copy thereof in the office of the county clerk or register of deeds, as the case may be, within ten days after the signing thereof, there to be recorded in the record of deeds of the county, together with the proofs of the notices. A copy of the map accompanying the resolution of the board of chosen freeholders shall also be filed in the office where the record of deeds is kept.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:16-63 - New frontage; consideration as increase in value

27:16-63. New frontage; consideration as increase in value
When the land to be taken for highway purposes is not for the widening of an existing road but is for an extension, cut-off or alteration which will afford to any owner of adjoining land a new frontage upon a county road so being laid out and opened, the commission shall consider in determining the amount of damages to be awarded to such owner for such taking, any increase in the market value of his entire tract from which the land is taken, by reason of the new road frontage given as part of the proceeding, but it shall not take into account any proposed future paving or improvement not a part of the proceedings to acquire land to open the road.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:16-64 - Acquisition of title to buildings; removal

27:16-64. Acquisition of title to buildings; removal
When a building is partly upon the land to be taken and partly upon the owner's remaining land and the commission deems it to the interest of the county and just to the owner that the title to the building be also acquired by the county for removal or destruction, it shall show in its award that the title to the necessary land and to the building, is to be acquired upon payment of the award, and in such case the county shall be obligated at its own cost and expense to raze or remove the building from the remaining land within sixty days from the time of payment, or payment into court of the award as hereinafter provided, if no appeal therefrom is taken, and for that purpose the county shall have the right, after such payment or tender, to go upon the owner's remaining land.
Amended by L.1953, c. 27, p. 494, s. 19.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.]
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:19-2 - Petition for bridge or viaduct; referendum; resolution

27:19-2. Petition for bridge or viaduct; referendum; resolution
If twenty per cent of the legal voters in a county believe that the public convenience requires that a viaduct or bridge should be constructed and maintained in the county, and the board of chosen freeholders has failed or neglected to construct the viaduct or bridge, they may present to the board their petition in writing setting forth the necessity for the viaduct or bridge, the location thereof and other particulars in regard thereto. Upon the filing of the petition with the clerk of the board, duly signed by such voters with their residences opposite their names, and requesting a referendum vote on the question of the construction of the viaduct or bridge, the board of chosen freeholders shall forthwith adopt a resolution that a vote is required upon the question, or it may proceed at once with the construction of the viaduct or bridge or cause it to be constructed, after the adoption of a resolution providing therefor.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:19-3 - Ballot; form and content

27:19-3. Ballot; form and content
If the board adopts a resolution that a vote is required upon the question, a certified copy of the resolution shall at once be filed with the county clerk, who shall in the manner and form provided by law, place the question upon all the ballots used at the next general election in the county in substantially the following form:
"To vote upon the public question printed below, if in favor thereof mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word YES, and if opposed thereto mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word NO.
] YES "Shall the board of chosen freeholders construct
[ ] NO and maintain a viaduct (or bridge, as the case may be),
at (set forth location and particulars)."
If a majority of the legal voters of the county voting at the election vote in favor of the proposition the board shall forthwith proceed to build and construct the viaduct or bridge, or cause it to be constructed and thereafter maintain and operate it.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:19-4 - Petition for bridge or viaduct in adjoining counties; referendum or resolution

27:19-4. Petition for bridge or viaduct in adjoining counties; referendum or resolution
If twenty per cent of the legal voters in each of any adjoining counties believe that the public convenience requires that a viaduct or bridge be constructed and maintained over any ravine, marsh, river or stream separating such counties, or part thereof, and the boards of chosen freeholders have failed and neglected to construct such viaduct or bridge, they may present to the board of chosen freeholders of their respective counties their petition in writing, setting forth the necessity for the viaduct or bridge, the location thereof, and other particulars in regard thereto.
Upon the filing of such petitions with the clerks of the respective boards, duly signed by such voters with their residences set forth opposite their signatures, and requesting a referendum vote on the question of the construction of such viaduct or bridge, the boards of chosen freeholders shall forthwith adopt resolutions that a vote is required upon the question, or may proceed at once with the construction of the viaduct or bridge, or cause it to be constructed, after adopting resolutions providing therefor.
If the boards of chosen freeholders adopt resolutions that a vote is required upon the question, a certified copy of the resolutions shall be forthwith filed with the clerk of each of the counties, who shall, in the manner and form provided by law, place the question upon all the ballots used at the next general election in his county in substantially the following form:
"To vote upon the public question printed below, if in favor thereof mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word YES, and if opposed thereto mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word NO.
"Shall the board of chosen freeholders of
[ ] YES ......... county, and the board of chosen freeholders
of county construct and maintain a viaduct (or
[ ] NO bridge, as the case may be), at ...................
(set forth location and particulars)?"
If a majority of the legal voters of each county voting at such election, shall vote in favor of the proposition, the boards of chosen freeholders shall forthwith proceed to construct such viaduct or bridge, or cause it to be constructed and thereafter maintain and operate it.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:19-5 - Acquisition of property and rights therein; payment

27:19-5. Acquisition of property and rights therein; payment
In order to carry out the provisions of sections 27:19-1 to 27:19-4 of this title the board or boards, as the case may be, of chosen freeholders may acquire by gift, purchase or condemnation any lands, lands under water, riparian rights, or any other property, rights, privileges or franchises, required for the construction of such viaduct or bridge and its approaches, or any part thereof, and pay for the same and the expenses of acquiring the same, out of any moneys applicable to the construction of such viaduct or bridge.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:19-6 - Bridges and viaducts to connect highways

27:19-6. Bridges and viaducts to connect highways
All viaducts and bridges, with their approaches, shall connect at each end with a public road or street, or at one end with a public road or street and at the other end with a public park or recreation ground notwithstanding that such public park or recreation ground shall have no roads or streets laid out therein. Where necessary to make such connections, the viaduct or bridge, or its approaches, shall be carried over any ravines, marshes, pits, railroad cuts, embankments, tide washed lands, canals, or other obstructions.