58:14-5 - Commissioners not to be interested in contracts; removal of offender; contracts void - New Jersey Statutes

58:14-5.  Commissioners not to be interested in contracts;  removal of offender;  contracts void
    No commissioner shall be directly or indirectly interested in any contract awarded under the provisions of this chapter, nor in furnishing materials or supplies therefor to any contractor, nor in furnishing security for the performance of any contract.    If at any time it shall appear to the satisfaction of the governor that any  commissioner is or has been so interested, or is or has been a stockholder in  any corporation furnishing material or supplies to any contractor for work done  or to be done under the provisions of this chapter, or that he is the owner of  any lands or water or water rights taken or to be taken or used in or for the  construction of any work under the provisions of this chapter, or a stockholder  in any corporation owning or leasing any such lands or waters or water rights,  the governor shall remove such commissioner from office forthwith, and all  contracts made by the commissioners wherein any such commissioner shall have  been interested, directly or indirectly, as aforesaid, or otherwise, shall  thereupon become and be null and void, and no further payments on account  thereof shall be made by the commissioners.