New Jersey Acts Saved from Repeal ACTS SAVED 27 § 17-1(18)

18. That a chief engineer, who shall have the supervision of the laying out and building of said road in accordance with the provisions of this act, shall be appointed by the judges of the inferior court of common pleas of such county or a majority of them; said appointment shall be certified in writing under the hands of said judges to such board of chosen freeholders; the salary of such chief engineer shall be determined and fixed by said judges at the time of making the appointment, and the same shall be paid by such board in equal monthly installments; the chief engineer shall be subject to removal by said judges or a majority of them at any time, whereupon said judges or a majority of them shall in the same manner appoint his successor; no moneys shall be paid to any contractor or person engaged in the building and construction of said road, with the exception of those provided for in section seventeen of this act, until the bill or claim therefor shall have been approved of by said chief engineer, except that said board may order the payment of any bill or claim without such approval by a two-thirds vote of all the members of such board; all subordinates and assistants to said chief engineer, as such board shall from time to time by resolution declare necessary and requisite, shall be nominated for employment by said chief engineer to said board, but before any person so nominated shall enter into the service of such board, his nomination shall be confirmed by a majority vote of the members thereof; all such subordinates and assistants to the chief engineer may be removed or discharged by said board at any time.