N.J. Stat. § 48:3-26
Current through L. 2024, c. 62.
The stockholders of any railroad, canal or turnpike company which has been or may be formed after mortgage sales of the railroad, canal or turnpike, at the annual or other election of directors, may elect any number of directors (not less than seven nor more than seventeen), one of whom shall be president, provided that the board of directors of the company shall first have voted and fixed the number of directors to be voted for, unless it shall be at the first meeting of the persons for or on whose account the railroad, canal or turnpike may have been purchased, in which case the number of directors may be fixed as aforesaid by the persons organizing the new company under the laws of this state.
N.J.S. § 48:3-26