The Council shall appoint a Township Clerk. The Township Clerk
shall, prior to his/her appointment, be qualified by training and
experience to perform the duties of the office. No person shall be
appointed or reappointed as a Municipal Clerk unless that person holds
a registered municipal clerk certificate issued pursuant to N.J.S.A.
40A:9-133.3 or 40A:9-133.4. The Township Clerk shall serve for a term
of three years from the date of his/her appointment, at such compensation
as shall be fixed by ordinance.
The Township Clerk shall cause the Township Seal to be affixed
to instruments and writings when authorized by any ordinance or resolution
or when necessary to exemplify any document or record in his/her office
or to certify any act or paper which, from the records in his/her
office, shall appear to have been a public act of the Township or
a public document. The Township Clerk shall not affix the Seal or
cause or permit it to be affixed to any instrument or writing or other
paper except as provided in this section, unless required by Charter
or general law.
The Township Clerk shall prepare a copy of all ordinances and
proposed ordinances which will require publication under the Charter
or general law and cause the same, properly attested, to be published
in any newspaper legally qualified for the publication of official
Township advertisements and shall file in his/her office the requisite
proofs of such publication.
The Township Clerk shall countersign all licenses granted by
the Township under the Charter and ordinances of the Township.
The Township Clerk shall charge and receive for the use of the Township such fees for transcripts and certifications as shall be authorized by resolution of the Council and as set forth in §
145-2.