52:27-65. Remedial law to meet public emergency; liberal construction It is declared that this chapter is intended by the legislature to meet the public emergency arising from a default in the payment of municipal and school district obligations and the resulting impairment of public credit, requiring intervention by the state to provide for the payment of existing obligations in such a way as to cause the least embarrassment to property owners as taxpayers, and that this chapter is remedial in nature and the powers hereby granted shall be liberally construed.
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