N.J. Stat. § 13:12-6
The title to the shares of capital stock of the canal and banking company acquired or to be acquired by the State of New Jersey, under and by virtue of the agreement entered into under the authority of the act entitled "An act to authorize the acquisition by the State of the Morris canal (as defined in this act), in whole or in part, and all the stock of the Morris Canal and Banking Company and the rights of all stockholders in said company in said canal property and water rights, and all or any part of the right, title and interest of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company in said canal property and water rights by virtue of its lease of said canal from the Morris Canal and Banking Company, or otherwise; to provide for a commission authorized to negotiate and agree upon terms of settlement with the Morris Canal and Banking Company and the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, in relation to the said canal property and water rights, and to vest in said commission certain powers necessary for carrying out the terms of settlement and to make such other provisions as may be necessary to effectuate the objects aforesaid," approved March eleven, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two (L.1922, c. 212, p. 367), and the title to the shares of capital stock of the canal and banking company, acquired or to be acquired by the State of New Jersey pursuant to the provisions of the act entitled "An act concerning and regulating the acquisition and taking of shares of the capital stock of the Morris Canal and Banking Company by the State of New Jersey, or any agent thereof, providing a procedure and the manner of making compensation therefor," approved March nineteen, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three (L.1923, c. 112, p. 210), and the act entitled "A supplement to an act entitled "An act concerning and regulating the acquisition and taking of shares of the capital stock of the Morris Canal and Banking Company by the State of New Jersey, or any agent thereof, providing a procedure and the manner of making compensation therefor,' approved March nineteen, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three," approved March eight, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four (L.1924, c. 80, p. 156), and vested in the Board of Conservation and Development in trust for the State of New Jersey by section one of the act entitled "An act vesting in the Board of Conservation and Development in trust for the State of New Jersey, the title to the shares of capital stock of the Morris Canal and Banking Company now held or that may hereafter be acquired by the State of New Jersey and providing that the members of said board shall be eligible to serve as directors of said company," approved March nineteen, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three (L.1923, c. 110, sec. 1, p. 208), is hereby transferred to and vested in the Department of Conservation and Economic Development in trust for the State of New Jersey.
N.J.S. § 13:12-6