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New Jersey Statutes Title 40. Municipalities and Counties 40 § 37-211

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Whenever the commission shall determine to open and lay out a boulevard, parkway or roadway, or make any improvement thereof which shall require the condemnation of real estate or any right or interest therein, it shall give notice by publication, at least ten days, in one or more of the newspapers circulating in the county wherein the real estate to be condemned is situate of its intention to apply to a judge of the Superior Court for the appointment of three disinterested commissioners to:

a. Make an appraisement of the value of the real estate which in their judgment is necessary to be taken for the opening and laying out of any boulevard or roadway, or for the improvement thereof;

b. Ascertain, fix and determine the amount of the damages occasioned thereby;

c. Ascertain, fix and determine the amount of the special benefits which the laying out of the street or the improvement thereof will confer upon any owner of property benefited thereby.

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