2013 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 30 - INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES
Section 30:9-9 - Relocation of county insane hospital in another county; authorized, when; agreement with other county; powers and duties of boards of chosen freeholders; eminent domain; bond issues

30:9-9. Relocation of county insane hospital in another county; authorized, when; agreement with other county; powers and duties of boards of chosen freeholders; eminent domain; bond issues
If, in the judgment of a board of chosen freeholders desiring to change the location of a county hospital for the insane under authority of section 30:9-8 of this title, there is no suitable location within its county at which such hospital might be relocated, and such board desires to locate in some other county of this state, it may do so by entering into an agreement with the board of chosen freeholders of such other county, either to jointly build and maintain such hospital, or that the board of one county may build and maintain the same with the right in the other board to commit its patients therein, at a sum per week per patient to be agreed upon.

If both of such boards agree to jointly build and maintain such hospital, they shall jointly agree upon the site thereof, appoint an architect, and approve of plans and specifications, and do and perform every other necessary act and thing for the completion of the work herein authorized and the maintenance of the same after completion, including the employment of physicians and other necessary employees in and about the institution.

If by the agreement between such boards one board is to build and maintain such hospital, that board shall select the site therefor, appoint the architect, and approve of the plans and specifications, and do and perform every other necessary act and thing for the completion of the work herein authorized, and the maintenance of the same after completion, including the employment of physicians and other necessary employees in and about the institution.

If any board concludes to change the location of its hospital, as aforesaid, the joint boards if they agree to undertake the work, or the single board, if it is to do the work alone, either within or without its county, shall have full power and authority to acquire lands within or without the county by gift, devise, purchase or condemnation, and to erect suitable buildings thereon, and to fit, furnish and equip the same, lay out the grounds, make provision for a water supply and railroad connections, and do and perform such other things as may be necessary or proper to be done in order to establish a modern hospital for the insane.

The moneys wherewith to acquire such lands, erect such buildings, and to do and perform all the work and things, including the purchase of materials and fittings, furnishings and equipment herein authorized, except that which might consist in maintenance only, shall be raised and obtained by the board of chosen freeholders of the county if one only undertakes the doing of the work, or the boards of chosen freeholders of the two counties undertaking the doing of the work, each to the extent of its share, by the issue and sale of bonds therefor and in the manner and by the methods prescribed by chapter 1 of the title Municipalities and Counties (s. 40:1-1 et seq.), and shall be paid out by the county treasurer or treasurers, as the case may be on the order of the board of chosen freeholders, as the case may be.