40:54-11 - Trustees; corporate name; organization; officers; certificate; recording and filing - New Jersey Statutes

40:54-11.  Trustees;  corporate name;  organization;  officers; certificate;  recording and filing
    The board of trustees shall be a body corporate under the name of  "the trustees of the free public library of         (name of municipality)" .  It shall have corporate powers of succession, may sue and be sued, and adopt a corporate seal.  It shall meet at a convenient time and place in the municipality within ten days after its appointment, and shall immediately proceed to organize by the election from its members of a president, treasurer,  and secretary, who shall hold their offices for one year and until their  successors are elected.

    The members shall make and execute under their hands and seals a certificate  setting forth their appointment and their organization and the names of the  officers elected, such certificate to be acknowledged in the same manner as is  required of conveyances of real estate, and recorded in the clerk's office of  the county in which the municipality is located. They shall also send a  certified copy of the certificate to the office of the secretary of state, at  Trenton, to be there filed of record, but shall not be required to pay any fees  for such recording and filing.  The certificate, or copy thereof duly certified  by the secretary of state or by the county clerk, shall be evidence in all  courts and places of the incorporation of the board.