2A:48-4. Protection of property; expenses 2A:48-4. The mayor or officer or sheriff shall, upon receiving the notice, take all legal means to protect the property attacked or threatened. The expenses incurred by any of such officers in the performance of any duty hereby imposed shall be paid by the county treasurer of the county in which the property is situate, upon the approval thereof by a judge of the Superior Court of such county. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended 1991,c.91,s.105.
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