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Code · New Jersey · Title 1 — State Affairs and Government · Chapter 5

1:5-1. Acceptance filed with secretary of state

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Whenever a statute shall be adopted or accepted by the voters of a county or municipality at an election, the clerk of the county or municipality, shall, within ten days after the result of the election is ascertained, make return of the fact to the secretary of state, who shall file the same in his office.
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