40:43-5 - Adoption of changed name; copies filed - New Jersey Statutes

40:43-5.  Adoption of changed name;  copies filed    If a majority of the votes cast upon such question at such election shall be  in favor of the change of name, such name shall thereupon be so changed and the  name adopted shall become the official title of the municipality. The clerk of  the municipality shall forthwith record in the official minutes the result of  the election thereupon, and shall cause a certified copy of such minutes to be  filed and recorded in the office of the clerk of the county in which such  municipality is situated, and shall also file in the office of the secretary of  state a certified statement showing the change of the name and the new name so  adopted.