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New Jersey Statutes, Title: 40, MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES

    Chapter 33: County library; establishment

      Section: 40:33-13.9: Boards as body public and corporate; powers

           The board of trustees shall be a body public and corporate and may:

(a) sue and be sued;

(b) adopt a corporate seal;

(c) hold in trust and manage all property of the regional library;

(d) acquire and dispose of any real and personal property, including books and all other library materials, by purchase, sale, gift, lease, bequest, device or other similar manner for its corporate purposes;

(e) employ and fix the compensation of a library director, to whom it shall delegate the administrative responsibilities of the library, and such other professional librarians and other employees it deems necessary;

(f) adopt rules and regulations and do all things necessary for the proper establishment and operation of the library;

(g) contract with other counties, municipalities, library boards of trustees and other agencies for the furtherance of its purpose; and

(h) invest any funds in the same manner as the governing body of a municipality is authorized by law to invest moneys held by it.

L.1962, c. 134, s. 7, eff. July 27, 1962.



This section added to the Rutgers Database: 2012-09-26 13:37:51.






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