40:14-11.Ā  Municipalities may contribute to expense
The governing bodies of any municipalities in or through which such inlet isĀ  to be opened, constructed or improved or bordering upon such inlet, may contribute to the expense of such work a sum in the aggregate equal to one-halfĀ  of the sum appropriated or to be appropriated by such county, but the sum to beĀ  so appropriated and contributed shall not exceed twenty-five hundred dollars inĀ  any one year.