Any municipality purchasing or intending to purchase tax exempt property as provided in this act, may, by the same or a separate instrument, contract with the owner of such tax exempt property for the surrender and extinguishment in perpetuity, with the owner’s consent, of the right or privilege of tax exemption, arising out of the contract with the State; and, in that event, on the consummation of the purchase of such tax exempt property by the municipality, all right or privilege of tax exemption under the contract with the State, of the owner, successors or assigns, shall be extinguished and shall cease and determine, in perpetuity.

L.1944, c. 206, p. 731, s. 8, eff. April 21, 1944.