Title 40, Title 40: MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES

40:63-70. Construction of improvements or works; sewers connecting therewith Any two or more municipalities may in the manner hereinafter in this article provided, jointly provide for, construct, maintain and operate an outlet or trunk sewer, or system of sewerage, a system of co…

40:63-71. Surveys and maps; municipalities may enter on land to inspect Any two or more municipalities, by their respective governing bodies, or by their boards charged by law with the construction of sewers and drains in such municipalities respectively, may unite and jointly ca…

40:63-72. Surveys and maps filed with municipal clerks; costs estimated The surveys, maps, plans, reports, specifications and estimates, or true copies thereof, shall be delivered by the persons making them to the clerk of each of the municipalities joining in the expense thereof…

40:63-73. Surveys and maps; consideration of by each municipality The clerks of the respective municipalities interested, shall immediately submit to the governing body, or to the board of the municipality charged by law with the construction of sewers and drains therein, where s…

40:63-74. Rejection by municipality; notice to interested municipalities If said board or body shall decide not to join in the construction of the proposed improvement or works, it shall pass a resolution declaring its refusal to join therein, and a copy of the resolution, duly c…

40:63-75. Approval by municipality; resolution; notice to interested municipalities If such governing body or board shall, after such consideration, decide to join in the construction of the proposed improvement or works, it shall, by resolution, approve the surveys, maps, plans,…

40:63-76. Notice of intention to make No ordinance authorizing the making of a contract in writing, between municipalities for the joint construction of any of the improvement or works authorized by section 40:63-70 of this title, shall be passed by the governing body or board ha…

40:63-77. Contents of notice; objections to ordinance filed; procedure The clerk of such body or board shall, by direction of the body or board, give such notice. The notice shall briefly describe the proposed improvements, which description may be made by reference to the propos…

40:63-78. When failure of notice not to invalidate proceedings The failure to give the notice of intention required by section 40:63-76 of this title shall not invalidate any such ordinance, or any joint contract made in pursuance thereof, provided the ordinance shall have been i…

40:63-79. Joint contract; ordinances authorizing The governing bodies or boards of any two or more of the municipalities adopting resolutions of approval as aforesaid, and desiring to unite in the construction, maintenance and operation of such improvements or works, may thereupo…

40:63-80. Contents of ordinance; capacity, use, cost and expense apportioned The ordinance shall generally describe the route or line, size, capacity and extent of the proposed outlet sewer, sewers, or drains and appurtenances, to be jointly constructed by the contracting municip…

40:63-81. Joint contract; execution; recording After the passage of such ordinance by each of such municipalities, pursuant to the laws governing the same, the proper officers of each municipality so authorized by ordinance, may join in executing a joint contract in accordance wi…

40:63-82. Proceedings after joint contract to be by resolution Whenever a joint contract shall be made and entered into in writing and duly executed by two or more municipalities under the provisions of this article, all acts and proceedings which may be necessary to be thereafte…

40:63-83. Joint contract; modification; supplemental contract for future management The municipalities entering into a joint contract for the construction, maintenance and operation of any improvement or works authorized by section 40:63-70 of this title, may alter or modify any …

40:63-84. Separate municipal action relative to joint system; local connecting sewers In any municipality which has entered into such a joint contract for the construction and maintenance of any such joint improvement or works, the municipal body or board having power to construc…

40:63-85. Joint meeting; organization; officers; vacancies; duration of power After the execution and recording of any such contract, the respective governing bodies or boards having authority to construct sewers and drains therein, of the several municipalities so contracting, s…

40:63-86. Officers; oaths and bonds The chairman, secretary and treasurer of the joint meeting, and such other officers or servants thereof as may be required by such meeting, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, shall each take and subscribe an oath that he will f…

40:63-87. Voting by municipalities, quorum; specific concurrence required Each municipality, through its body or board represented in such joint meeting, shall be entitled to one vote therein, on all motions, resolutions, appointments and all other proceedings taken in or by such…

40:63-88. Exclusive powers except in money matters; actions by joint committee; benefits to accrue to all All proceedings and official action whatsoever, necessary to be taken under the contract or contracts made for such public improvements or works under this article, shall be …

40:63-89. Joint meeting; rooms and buildings The joint meeting shall provide a proper meeting room in which to hold its meetings, and shall make provisions for proper rooms or buildings for the transaction of its business and the accommodation of its officers, agents and servants…

40:63-90. Reorganization when work completed; maintenance and operation The permanent chairman, secretary, treasurer and other officers of the joint meeting, appointed or elected pursuant to the provisions of this article, shall hold their several offices until the final completi…

40:63-91. Acquisition of land; purchase The joint meeting acting on behalf and in the corporate names of the several municipalities jointly contracting with each other regarding the public improvement or works authorized to be jointly constructed under the provisions of this arti…

40:63-92. Condemnation of lands; procedure If in any case the contracting municipalities shall be unable to agree with the owner or owners of any rights of way, lands or real estate, rights or easements, deemed necessary by the joint meeting of the contracting municipalities for …

40:63-93. Condemnation; right of entry upon appointment of commissioners Where a condemnation action is commenced as provided in section 40:63-92 of this Title, the contracting municipalities, their officers, servants and agents, may immediately upon the appointment of the commis…

40:63-94. Contracts for improvements or works The joint meeting acting on behalf and in the corporate names of the several municipalities jointly contracting with each other regarding the public improvement or works authorized to be jointly constructed under the provisions of thi…

40:63-95. Joint meeting Whenever any work to be performed or materials to be furnished in or about any improvement or works to be made under the provisions of this article shall involve an expenditure of a sum of money exceeding the amount under which a contracting unit may award…

40:63-96. Repair, rebuilding and operation; cost; provisions in contract for In any contract made and entered into by municipalities pursuant to the provisions of this article, it shall be lawful to provide for the repair, rebuilding, operation, maintenance and cleaning, and the …

40:63-97. Increase in capacity before or during construction The joint meeting of the governing bodies or boards of the municipalities jointly contracting for the construction of a joint outlet or trunk sewer and its complementary works, may prior to or during construction work p…

40:63-98. Sewers; disposal plants enlarged; approval of department of health; contract for; cost The contracting and participating municipalities may, by supplemental or further contract, replace, enlarge or otherwise increase the capacity of any improvement or works authorized b…

40:63-99. Construction in other municipalities; sewers to tidewater The municipalities jointly contracting as provided in this article, may jointly provide a system of trunk or outlet sewers or other sewers for conveying or conducting sewage from such municipalities from a point …

40:64-1. Shade tree commission; members; appointment 40:64-1. The body having charge of the finances of any municipality, and in case of a municipality governed by commissioners, the board of commissioners thereof, may provide by ordinance that the regulation, planting, care and …

40:64-10. Public improvements affecting trees; consent of commission; county park commissions unaffected No statute giving any person or State, county or municipal board, body or official, power or authority to lay any sidewalk along, or to open, construct, curb or pave any stree…

40:64-11. Annual appropriation; estimate; amount During the month of December in each year, the shade tree commission shall certify to the governing body of the municipality, the estimated sum necessary for the proper conduct of its work during the ensuing fiscal year, which shal…

40:64-12. Penalty; jurisdiction of courts; copy of ordinance as evidence 40:64-12. Penalty; jurisdiction of courts; copy of ordinance as evidence. a. The commission may prescribe a fine for the violation of each of its ordinances in an amount not exceeding $1500.00 for each viola…

40:64-13. Disposition of penalties All moneys collected in any municipality, either as fines or penalties, for any violation of a rule or regulation of a shade tree commission, or as a charge against real estate, under any provision of this chapter, shall be forthwith paid over t…

40:64-14. No liability for death or injury 40:64-14. No liability for death or injury. Nothing in this chapter contained shall be construed to make any shade tree commission or any member thereof ,or any volunteer participating in a community forestry program as provided for by s…

40:64-2. Commissioners' term lengths; alternates 40:64-2. The first commissioners shall be appointed within 60 days after the ordinance providing for the commission shall become effective, and their terms of office shall commence upon the day of their appointment and be for the r…

40:64-3. Organization; salaries of officers and employees The commission shall organize within 30 days after the appointment of its total membership for the remainder of the then calendar year, and thereafter annually by the election of 1 of its members as chairman, and the appoi…

40:64-4. Vacancies Any vacancy occurring by reason of the death, resignation or removal of any commissioner shall be filled for the unexpired term, by the authority having power to make the original appointments.

40:64-5. Powers of commission A shade tree commission organized under this chapter shall have power to a. Exercise full and exclusive control over the regulation, planting and care of shade and ornamental trees and shrubbery now located, or which may hereafter be planted in any p…

40:64-6. Performance of duties of shade tree commission by park commission If in any municipality there is a park or parkway commission of the municipality, as distinguished from a shade tree commission, such existing commission shall, if the ordinance providing for a shade tree …

40:64-7. Existing commissioners continued; duties and powers; funds, contracts and employees L.1915, c. 325, s. 12, p. 593, as amended by L.1918, c. 58, s. 4, p. 170 [1924 Suppl. s. 136-3650A(12) ], said amendatory section being section four of an act "An act to amend an act enti…

40:64-8. Cost of trees and improvements; charge and lien on property; exceptions Except as hereinafter provided the initial cost of all trees planted by the commission, the cost of planting the same, the cost of the posts and boxes or guards used for the protection thereof, and t…

40:64-9. Planting and removal of trees; notice and hearing; emergencies In every case where the property of an abutting owner will be chargeable with the cost of the planting of any shade tree or trees the commission shall give notice of the meeting at which it is proposed to con…

40:65-1. Ordinances for cost; conformance to grade; exception The governing body may make, amend, repeal and enforce ordinances: To regulate and provide for the construction and reconstruction, paving and repaving, curbing and recurbing, repairing and improving of the sidewalks o…

40:65-10. Crosswalks Any municipality may provide for laying of crosswalks and the grading, paving, repaving or improving of portions of sidewalks lying in the angles of intersection of streets, at the public cost.