Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 40:151-53

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
40:151-53. If the joint committee herein provided for should be unable to agree upon a division of the assets or debts of said fire districts, or if either of said fire districts desires to have such allotment and division made by commissioners appointed by the Superior Court, then the commissioners of either of said fire districts may apply to the Superior Court for the appointment of three disinterested persons as commissioners, who shall make the above appraisement and apportionment in the manner hereinbefore provided. Their determination in writing, signed by any two of them, shall be binding and conclusive upon each of said districts. Such commissioners shall receive for their services such compensation as the court may think proper, to be paid for by said fire districts equally.

Amended 1953,c.37,s.288; saved from repeal N.J.S.40A:14-102; amended 1991,c.91,s.391.