Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 40:67-33

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
The governing body of such municipality with the mayor or other chief executive officer may enter into contract with the owner or owners of lands fronting on all or any part of said proposed tunnel or tunnels or approaches, or with any person or persons who may prefer a tunnel to other means of connection as aforesaid, whereby such owner or persons may themselves build or erect said tunnel or tunnels and approaches, or whereby they may contribute towards the building of the same such sums of money as in the judgment of the governing body and the mayor or other chief executive officer may be just and fair, in consideration of the authorities vacating the whole or any portion of such street or streets over and above and on each side of the proposed tunnel or tunnels or approaches, which vacation the authorities are hereby empowered and authorized to make in consideration thereof, any law, usage or charter to the contrary notwithstanding, but no contract or act of vacation under this article shall impair the public right in any such street or part of street until the tunnel is completed.