The secretary of state shall, after the adjournment of each legislature, record, in well-bound books to be provided by him for that purpose, every proof of the publication of notice of application for the passage of bills required by this chapter that relates to any such bills as have become laws. Such books or certified copies of their contents shall be received in evidence in any place and for any purpose for which the original proof would be received, the same as the original thereof.
N.J.S. § 1:6-5