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27:19-7.  Commission to settle disputes;  appointment, powers, duties and compensation
    Whenever it shall have been determined that the public convenience requires  that a viaduct or bridge be constructed at the joint expense of adjoining  counties, or that a viaduct or bridge being maintained at such joint expense  should be repaired or rebuilt, and the boards of chosen freeholders of such  counties shall be unable to agree as to the location or character of the new  viaduct or bridge, or as to the materials of which it shall be constructed, or  as to whether a viaduct or bridge already erected and out of repair shall be  repaired or rebuilt, or if said boards shall be unable to agree in any respect  as to the manner or method of repairing or rebuilding any such viaduct or  bridge, either of the boards may apply to a judge of the Superior Court, who  shall appoint three commissioners who shall meet forthwith and summarily  inquire into the matters in dispute.  To that end the commissioners may employ  one or more civil engineers and other persons.

    If in the judgment of the commissioners it shall be determined that the public convenience requires that the viaduct or bridge be constructed or repaired or rebuilt, they, or a majority of them, shall make and sign a report,  under their hands, determining the matters in dispute, and cause a duplicate  original of the report to be filed with the clerk of each of the boards.

    The commission may have plans, drawings, surveys and specifications prepared, advertise for and receive bids for the doing of the work, and award a  contract or contracts for the work, and may supervise the doing of the work.   The advertising and awards shall be made in accordance with the provisions of  chapter twenty-five of the Title Municipalities and Counties (s. 40:25-1 et  seq.).  Any expense incurred by the commissioners, including the cost of  construction, repair or rebuilding, shall, upon certification by them, be paid  by the county treasurers of each of the counties in the same proportion as  similar expenses relating to the viaduct or bridge.

    The commissioners shall serve as such and render their services without compensation and shall be known as  "joint bridge commissioners for counties."

     Amended by L.1953, c. 27, p. 496, s. 24.