{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-68-9","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 40:68-9","heading":"Officers, agents and employees","body":"Any municipality may provide for and employ all officers, agents, engineers  and employees needed to carry out the powers given by this chapter, and  prescribe their duties, powers and authority, fix their salaries and compensation and their terms of office and employment and the method of appointment and employment, removal, suspension or discharge.","path":["TITLE 40 MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"657a51156bbd566f12bf53c3b97387c63e214623657aa24b9eed9189d965a17d","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-68-8","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-68-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}