27:19-34 - Organization of commission; officers and employees; compensation - New Jersey Statutes

27:19-34.  Organization of commission;  officers and employees; compensation
    The commission shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman from its members, and a secretary and treasurer who need not be a member.  The members of the commission shall receive such annual compensation from the commission as may be  determined by the commission not exceeding, however, such maximum amounts as  may be fixed from time to time by the governing body of the county, and such  members shall give such bond as may be required from time to time by the governing body of the county.  The commission shall fix the compensation of the  secretary and treasurer in its discretion.  The commission shall have power to  establish by-laws, rules and regulations for its own government and to make and  enter into all contracts or agreements necessary or incidental to the  performance of its duties and the execution of its powers.  The commission may  employ engineering, architectural, and construction experts and inspectors and attorneys, and such other employees as may be necessary in its opinion, and fix  their compensation, all of whom shall do such work as the commission shall  direct.  All salaries and compensation shall be obligations against and be paid  solely from funds provided under the authority of this article. The office,  records, books and accounts of the bridge commission shall always be maintained  in the county which the commission represents.

     Amended by L.1946, c. 318, p. 1039, s. 7.