New Jersey § acts:saved-28 - (11)

§ acts:saved-28. (11)

1. The governor be and he is hereby authorized to appoint a commission to consist of

three persons, residents of the state of New Jersey, for the purpose of acquiring,

on behalf and in the name of the state of New Jersey, a plot of ground in the borough

of Riverside, in the county of Bergen, this state, on which the building known as

the Old Steuben Home is located. Said commission, when appointed, shall have power to acquire said property by gift,

devise, purchase or by condemnation, according to the procedure as contained in an

act entitled “An act to regulate the ascertainment and payment for property condemned

or taken for public use” (Revision of 1900), approved March twentieth, one thousand

nine hundred, and vacate the said plot of ground. The said commission shall have the right and power to enter upon and take the said

plot of ground in advance of making compensation therefor if it cannot acquire said

plot of ground by agreement with the owner, whether by reason of disagreement as to

the price, or the legal incapacity or absence of the owner, or his inability to convey

valid title, or by reason of any other cause. In any such case, upon the said commission exercising this right and entering upon

and taking land in advance of making compensation therefor, it shall present a petition,

and proceedings shall be had to fix the compensation to be paid to the owner, as provided

in the said act entitled “An act to regulate the ascertainment and payment of compensation

for property condemned or taken for public use” (Revision of 1900), approved March

twentieth, one thousand nine hundred. The powers are to be liberally construed.