New Jersey § acts:saved-15 - (17)

§ acts:saved-15. (17)

17. That if any owner or owners shall think him, her, or themselves aggrieved by the

proceedings of the commissioners appointed as aforesaid, he, she, or they conceiving

themselves so aggrieved, shall apply to the court of common pleas, in the manner directed

in the first section of this act, which is hereby directed to appoint double the number

of commissioners as were appointed for the proceedings complained of, a majority of

whom, after giving notice, hearing the parties, and viewing the premises, as before

directed may, and they hereby are empowered and directed to make a different order

of maintenance or division, as to the bank and works; and alter, shut up, or relay

the watercourses, at their discretion, in such manner as to them may seem most beneficial

for the safety and improvement of the meadows, and just and equitable between all

parties concerned; and likewise alter the place of making and repairing any banks

or works, whenever such alteration may become necessary, by wash, breaches, or otherwise;

and make a certificate thereof, in manner aforesaid, which certificate, as well as

all other certificates of laying out the banks, works, and watercourses, or either

of them, or of dividing into shares any banks, works, and watercourses, shall be recorded

in the roadbook, by the clerk of the court as aforesaid.