Section 40:47-51 of the Revised Statutes is saved from repeal. [The act saved from repeal by said section, which section is now saved from repeal, provided that cities and municipalities not having a paid fire department prior to March 1, 1886 may create and maintain such a fire department and are authorized to establish said department by referendum and provide for the appointment, powers and duties of a board of fire commissioners.]
N.J.S. § 40A:14-100