2013 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 40 - MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES
Section 40:43-64.3 - Transfer of property and rights to township; liabilities; offices; adjustments

40:43-64.3. Transfer of property and rights to township; liabilities; offices; adjustments
In any such case of annexation and consolidation:

(a) all of the property, tangible and intangible, and all of the rights of any kind of the borough shall be transferred to and become the property and rights of the township;

(b) all books, papers, records and evidence of title in the possession or custody of any officer or employee of the borough shall be turned over to the officers or employees of the township holding offices or positions in the township similar to those of the borough having such possession or custody;

(c) all liabilities, except as are released, as provided in this act, of the borough shall be assumed by and shall become the liabilities of the township;

(d) all offices and positions in the borough shall cease upon the final release of the borough from the jurisdiction and control of said Local Government Board in accordance with the provisions of this act;

(e) the governing body of the said township, by resolution, shall provide for any and all necessary adjustments and apportionments to equitably impose the burden of taxation upon the taxpayers of the township until such time as all of the liabilities of the borough shall have been liquidated.

L.1945, c. 268, p. 801, s. 3, eff. April 30, 1945.