Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 27:14-17

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
The state‘s share of the cost of all roads constructed under this article shall be paid out of any appropriations made therefor. The governor and the commissioner shall certify, from time to time, to the state comptroller, the amount to be paid to any county or municipality for that year, and the comptroller shall draw his warrant on the state treasurer in favor of the county or municipal treasurer for the amount so certified, and the state treasurer shall thereupon pay the same.

When a contract provides for partial payments based upon the amount of work done, the intent of this article is that partial payments to a county or municipality shall be certified as aforesaid, provided the amount so certified is not in excess of the state’s proportionate share of that paid on account of the contract or contracts for work done by the county or municipality as provided in sections 27:14-15 and 27:14-16 of this title.

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