40:48-6 - Records kept and business conducted in municipal building; vaults
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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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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