New Jersey Acts Saved from Repeal ACTS SAVED 15 § 5-8(37)

1. That when the manager or managers of any meadow company organized agreeably to the provisions of the act to which this is a further supplement, shall dig, or cause to be dug, any mud, sand, or other earth, within the bounds of such meadow company, and within the bank securing, or intended to secure, the meadows and marsh of such company from the overflow of the tide, then, and in that case, such manager or managers, or his or their successor or successors, shall pay, or cause to be paid, to the person or persons so damaged as aforesaid, a reasonable compensation for the same; and in case the said manager or managers cannot agree with the owner or owners of the soil, as to the amount of damages sustained, the said manager or managers shall choose one disinterested freeholder resident in the township in which the damage was sustained, and the owner or owners of the soil shall choose another disinterested freeholder resident as aforesaid, which two parties shall choose a third disinterested freeholder resident as aforesaid; and the three persons so chosen shall view the premises and assess the damages sustained as aforesaid; and their decision, or the decision of a majority of them, put in writing under their hands, shall be binding and conclusive on the parties.