40:20-27.Ā  Existing laws continued
All laws, public, general, special or private, relating to boards of chosenĀ  freeholders in force in any county at the time sections 40:20-20 to 40:20-35 ofĀ  this title take effect therein shall apply to the boards of chosen freeholdersĀ  elected under the provisions thereof, so far as they shall not be inconsistentĀ  with the provisions thereof and the boards of chosen freeholders electedĀ  thereunder shall be vested with all the powers, authority, rights andĀ  privileges and shall have imposed upon them all the duties which are vested inĀ  or imposed upon the boards of chosen freeholders then existing.

All such laws in force or in anywise applicable to the boards of chosen freeholders existing at the time such change takes effect shall be continued inĀ  force and made applicable to the boards of chosen freeholders elected under theĀ  provisions of said sections 40:20-20 to 40:20-35 except so far as they may beĀ  inconsistent with the meaning thereof.
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