New Jersey § acts:saved-27 - (33)

§ acts:saved-27. (33)

5. That all openings of the surface of the public road for the purpose of making house

connections, sewer connections and service connections for water and gas and all connections

before referred to, shall in every instance be made only after permission obtained

therefor from the board of chosen freeholders of said county, and shall be made subject

to such regulations and conditions as such board shall prescribe, and not otherwise,

and in making all such regulations and connections, provision is hereby authorized

to be made for the making and keeping in proper and safe condition and repair for

any time not exceeding one year after the same shall have been made and restored,

all such openings as aforesaid of the surface of said public road, and said board

is authorized hereby to require a deposit by certified check or in cash to be made

with the county collector or treasurer of said county for or in such sum as the said

board of chosen freeholders shall by resolution designate or order, to insure or guarantee

that the surface of the said public road will be restored to and kept in good condition

as aforesaid, and if said surface is not restored to such good condition, after ten

days' notice in writing to that effect shall have been given by or on behalf of such

board, or by the said engineer or officer in charge of said road to the person or

party doing or permitted to do the work, the said board of chosen freeholders may

do or cause the work necessary to be done to restore said surface to such good condition,

and may devote or apply as much of the said deposit as may be necessary to pay for

the same, to that object, and upon the completion of said work the whole or the remainder

of said deposit, if any, shall be returned to the party who may have made the same

as aforesaid.