Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 52:18-28

  • 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
  • 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
No moneys shall be drawn from the state treasury to pay salaries and expenses of state employees or to defray the expenses of a department, institution, commission, board, committee or official of this state, or for or on account of a contract for building or for repairs or supplies, except upon bills presented to the state comptroller, approved as follows:

a. When a department, by the head thereof, or by a person designated by him.

b. When an institution, by a majority of the board of managers or trustees thereof, or by a person designated for that purpose by the board of managers or trustees.

c. When a board, commission or committee, by the president or chairman thereof or by a person designated by such board, commission or committee.

d. When an official not subordinate to the head of a department, by such official personally.

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