40:62-105.45. Allotment and division of property and money between new municipalities; "municipality" defined
The governing bodies of such new municipalities and the treasurer or person having the custody of the funds and securities of such water district shall meet at a convenient place to be designated by the clerk of either of such new municipalities upon ten days' notice mailed to or served personally upon each of the members of such governing bodies and such treasurer or custodian, and shall then and there proceed to allot and divide between or among such municipalities all property, real and personal, money on hand, due or to become due, in proportion to the aggregate value of the buildings and contents which each shall take from the limits of such water district as ascertained from the last assessment for raising money for said water district. The result of such allotment and division shall be reduced to writing and show the amount of the funds on hand to be paid and transferred by said treasurer or custodian or said water district commissioners to each of said governing bodies and be signed by a majority of the members of said governing bodies present, and the inhabitants of said respective municipalities shall be liable to pay their proportion of the debts of said water district. A majority of the persons comprising such governing bodies shall constitute a quorum and may proceed to make the said division, and their decision shall be final and conclusive. Said meeting may be adjourned to such time and place within either of such municipalities as a majority of those present may deem proper. The amount to be paid or the property to be transferred to each municipality having been ascertained as aforesaid the said treasurer or custodian and said water district commissioners shall forthwith pay and transfer said funds to the treasurer or custodian of the funds of said municipalities in the manner ascertained and directed.
The word "Municipality" as used in this section and section forty-four of this act includes any township, borough, borough commission, town or city.
L.1951, c. 280, p. 969, s. 45, eff. June 25, 1951.
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