40:63-91 - Acquisition of land; purchase - New Jersey Statutes

40:63-91.  Acquisition of land;  purchase
    The joint meeting acting on behalf and in the corporate names of the several  municipalities jointly contracting with each other regarding the public  improvement or works authorized to be jointly constructed under the provisions  of this article, and represented in such joint meeting, may, at any time after  the execution of the joint contract between such municipalities, and in the  joint names of all the contracting municipalities, purchase and acquire, by  resolution, any and all lands, rights or interests in land, either within such  municipalities, or any of them, or beyond the limits of any of them, which may  be deemed necessary for such public improvement or works.  Such contracting  municipalities may jointly treat with the owners thereof for the same;  and  such municipalities acting in joint meeting, may jointly secure or purchase  said lands, rights or interests therein, from the owners of the same, and agree to make such compensation therefor as such joint meeting may deem reasonable;   and shall receive from such owner or owners a conveyance of such rights of  way, lands and real estate, rights or easements therein, in the joint corporate  names of such contracting municipalities.