N.J. Stat. tit. 40, ch. 34

in effect

N.J. Stat. § 40:34-1 Erection and maintenance

The board of chosen freeholders may construct and maintain, or contribute funds towards the construction and maintenance of such statues, monuments or other memorials in any public place in the county as it may deem advisable and suitable for the commemoration of any person or event. The board may also accept any statue, monument or memorial presented to it, and thereafter maintain the same.

N.J. Stat. § 40:34-2 Referendum

The board of chosen freeholders may, at any general election, submit the question of whether or not it shall appropriate funds towards the construction of any statue, monument or other memorial in the county.

N.J. Stat. § 40:34-3 Proposition printed on ballot; ballot; form and content

Upon the adoption of a resolution for the submission of the question at such election the clerk of the board of chosen freeholders shall certify the same to the county clerk, who shall, in the manner provided by law, place the same upon the ballots used at the next general election in the county, in substantially the following form: "To vote upon the public question printed below, if in favor thereof mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word YES, and if opposed thereto mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word NO. "Shall the board of chosen freeholders of the county [ ] YES of ......... (specify name of county) appropriate $ ............... (insert the sum) towards the [ ] NO construction of ....................... (name the proposed object)?"

N.J. Stat. § 40:34-4 Vote required for adoption

If a majority of the legal voters voting on the question shall vote YES, the board of chosen freeholders may proceed to accept the same and make the appropriation therein proposed, and thereafter maintain the same.

N.J. Stat. § 40:34-5 Powers conferred deemed additional

Nothing in sections 40:34-2 to 40:34-5 of this title contained shall limit or restrict any power conferred upon the board of chosen freeholders by any other law, and the powers thereby conferred shall be deemed to be additional.

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