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New Jersey Commerce And Navigation Laws Section 12:3-12. Covenants, clauses and conditions in grants or leases whether land under water or not.

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    The council with the concurrence of the Governor and Attorney General, in all cases of application for grants or leases of land now, or at the time of the application, or at the time of the lease or grant, under tidewater;  and in  all cases of application for grants or leases of lands which are not now, or  shall not at the time of the application, or at the time of the lease or grant  be under tidewater, and in all cases of applications for leases or grants for  all or any of such lands may, notwithstanding the first proviso in section  12:3-5 of this Title, or any other clause or matter contained in sections  12:3-2 to 12:3-9 of this Title, grant or lease, or lease first with a covenant  to grant, and grant afterwards, for such principal sum that the interest  thereof at 7% will produce the rental, such lands, or any part thereof lying  between what was, at any time heretofore, the original high-water line and the  seaward territorial jurisdiction of the State, and grant or lease in all cases  in which, in their discretion, they shall think such grant or lease should be made, such rights, privileges and franchises as they are authorized to grant in  cases coming directly within said section 12:3-5 of this Title, and enter into  the same covenants in the name of the State, in all cases of grants or leases  where they deem such covenants proper, as are authorized in grants or leases  under said section 12:3-5 and insert such other covenants, clauses and  conditions in said grants or leases as they shall think proper to require from  the grantee or lessee, or ought to be made by the State;  provided, that  nothing herein contained shall authorize grants or leases in front of a  riparian owner to any other than such riparian owner, except upon the  proceedings and conditions provided in sections 12:3-2 to 12:3-9 of this Title;   and provided also, that the applications for grants or leases, and the  certificates of said council, Governor and Attorney General, may in the cases  hereby provided for, vary from the provisions of said sections 12:3-2 to 12:3-9  in such manner as to conform to this section, and any party who has already  asked for or accepted a lease or conveyance may apply for and have the benefits  of this section, notwithstanding such former application or former acceptance  of a lease or conveyance.

     Amended by L.1979, c. 311, s. 1, eff. Jan. 17, 1980.

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