40:48-6.Ā  Records kept and business conducted in municipal building; vaults
When any municipality maintains a municipal building, or rooms or space forĀ  the use and purposes of the municipal government, owned or leased by it, orĀ  occupied by virtue of any other permission or authority, all books, records,Ā  data, accounts, maps, and papers relating to the government or the conduct ofĀ  municipal business and matters shall be kept therein, in the custody of theĀ  governing body.Ā  The governing body shall provide therein a substantial safe orĀ  vault, reasonably secure against fire and ordinary theft, for the safe-keepingĀ  of such books of account and valuable records and documents, papers and otherĀ  data.Ā  The governing body may designate some other place or places for theĀ  safe-keeping of such books, valuable records, documents and papers affordingĀ  equal or greater security against fire and theft.
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