New Jersey Acts Saved from Repeal ACTS SAVED 32 § 2-27(31)

5. The said joint commission shall have the power, and it shall be its duty, to have prepared the necessary and proper plans for the construction of the bridge, to select the location for the same, determine the size, type and method of construction thereof, and to plan and fix its boundaries and approaches, to make all necessary estimates of the probable cost of its construction, and the acquisition of the ground for its site and approaches, prepare detailed plans and specifications, to enter into necessary contracts to build and equip said bridge and the approaches thereto, to build the substructure and superstructure thereof, and the said interstate bridge commission, in conjunction with the Pennsylvania commission, shall cause a survey and map to be made of all lands, structures, rights of way, franchises and easements, or other interests in lands lying within this state, including lands under water and riparian rights, owned by any person, corporation or municipality, the acquisition of which may be deemed necessary for the construction of such bridge, and shall cause such map and survey to be filed in its office. The members of the interstate bridge commission, its agents and employees, may enter upon such lands, structures, lands under water, notwithstanding any interests in lands, or other interests, for the purpose of making such survey and map. There shall be annexed to such survey and map a certificate executed by the commission, stating what lands, structures, lands under water and other interests described in such survey and map are necessary for the construction of said bridge. Said joint commission shall obtain such consent as may be necessary from the government of the United States and the approval of the secretary of war to the plans and specifications, and any contract or agreement entered into in connection with any matters concerning the bridge shall contain a stipulation that it is expressly understood and agreed by and between the parties thereto that the contract shall bind the state of New Jersey only to the extent of moneys available therefor, and that no liability on account of any such contract shall be incurred beyond the moneys available for the purposes specified therein. And such contract between this state and the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or such properly constituted agency or authority thereof, as aforesaid, may contain a provision that the same is executory only and binding on the commonwealth of Pennsylvania only to the extent of moneys made available therefor by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and that no liability is incurred by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania beyond the moneys so made available. The joint commission is hereby authorized and empowered to perform all acts and things whatsoever necessary for the carrying out of the provisions of this act and the act to which this act is a supplement. All moneys to be expended for the purposes of this act shall be used and expended under the supervision of said joint commission, and no contract or agreement with any contractor or contractors for the construction of such bridge or bridges exceeding in amount the sum of two thousand dollars shall be made without advertisement for bids for such time and in such manner as shall be determined upon; provided, however, that the state of New Jersey shall be able to pay that portion of the cost of the construction of said bridge, including the approaches thereto and appurtenances, from the line of the commencement of the approaches to the bridge in this state to the center line of the bridge, so that each state shall pay its equal share of the cost of the bridge, except that the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, under its agreement with the city of Philadelphia, shall pay the cost of acquisition of the property within the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the state of New Jersey shall pay the cost of acquisition of the property within the state of New Jersey, that is to say, the difference, if any, between the cost of the approaches in Pennsylvania and the cost of the approaches in New Jersey shall be paid by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, otherwise the state of New Jersey and the commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall bear respectively their equal portion of the cost of the bridge, including the cost of acquisition of necessary property, appurtenances, easements or franchises incident thereto, and upon the proper certification of the joint commission as aforesaid the comptroller shall issue his warrant, and the state treasurer, upon such warrant, shall pay from the moneys available for the purpose as in such certification or approved voucher directed.