Section 40:54-12.1 - Purchases not requiring advertisements for bidsThe board of trustees of the free public library of any municipality or of a joint free public library may, within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the board, purchase the following without advertising for bids therefor:
(1) library materials including books, periodicals, newspapers, documents, pamphlets, photographs, reproductions, microforms, pictorial or graphic works, musical scores, maps, charts, globes, sound recordings, slides, films, filmstrips, video and magnetic tapes, other printed or published matter, and audiovisual and other materials of a similar nature;(2) necessary binding or rebinding of library materials; and(3) specialized library services.L.1968, c.227, s.2, eff. 7/31/1968.