... 1983. By statute effective January 6, 1982, the Legislature enacted N.J.S.A. 40A:9-133.1, which transformed the office of municipal clerk into an appointed ... of the Division the effect on his "elected" position of N.J.S.A. 40A:9-133.1, or that the Division considered the statute when framing its ... concluded as a matter of law that by virtue of N.J.S.A. 40A:9-133.1 the position of municipal clerk was an appointive one. The ... his strained reading does not satisfy the intent of either N.J.S.A. 40A:9-133.1 or N.J.S.A. 43:15A-47.2. Moreover ...