New Jersey Acts Saved from Repeal ACTS SAVED 15 § 5-8(15)

15. That all line ditches or drains, of nine feet wide at the surface of the meadow, four feet and a half at bottom, and three feet deep, and lying on a mud or miry bottom, shall be deemed and reputed, and the same are hereby declared to be lawful fences, and shall be divided in the same manner, and made and maintained in the same proportion as line fences are by law directed to be divided, made and maintained; and the mud, earth or rubbish shall be cast as equally as may be on each side, except the owners, by agreement, determine otherwise.