The governing body may construct and maintain upon the public streets and places thereof, statues, monuments, tablets, fountains and memorials, commemorative of any person or public event; accept and maintain any statue, monument, tablet, fountain or memorial presented to the municipality, and contribute money toward the construction or maintenance thereof.
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 40:67-17
Statues and memorials erected upon public streets
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