{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-82-5","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 40:82-5","heading":"Power of appointment","body":"In any act or ordinance a provision conferring the power of appointment or other power upon the mayor or other executive head of the municipality shall be  construed as meaning the municipal manager in a municipality governed under  this subtitle, and the appointments or the power exercised by the municipal  manager in accordance with such provision shall be classified and given the  same force and effect as if executed by the official named therein, except that  members of the board of education and of the trustees of the public library,  whenever required to be appointed by any such provision by any board or  official of the municipality, shall be appointed under this subtitle by the  mayor.","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":"c11f22cd790bc3f5f8d9a14b74f88272de878e561f146dcaac1becb1ecc2ce28","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-82-4","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-82-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}