30:9-2 - Architect appointed by Superior Court;  duties

30:9-2.  Architect appointed by Superior Court;  duties
    The erection of a county lunatic asylum shall be under the direct supervision of a competent architect who shall be appointed by the assignment judge of the Superior Court of the county.  He shall prepare or approve the plans, specifications and contracts;  certify to the correctness of all payments or approve them in writing before they shall be made;  report in writing to the said judge and board of chosen freeholders from time to time the  progress of the work;  report in writing whenever the judge or board may require it, the condition of the work or any portion thereof.  The board may direct the attention of the judge to any part of the work of which complaint may be made.

    The architect's compensation shall be fixed by the judge and paid by the board from time to time as the judge shall direct.  He may be removed and a successor appointed at the pleasure of such assignment judge.

     Amended by L.1953, c. 29, p. 537, s. 56.