New Jersey § 1:1-13

§ 1:1-13.

The inclusion in the Revised Statutes of the provisions, or the substance of the provisions,

of any statute, in force at the time when the Revised Statutes shall become effective,

for the appointment or election of the first members of any board, commission or other

public body for unequal or staggered terms, in order to accomplish the expiration

of the terms of office of the various members thereof at different times, shall not

be construed to require or authorize the reorganization of any such board, commission

or public body or the appointment of the successors of the members of any such commission,

board or public body, then in office, to such unequal terms but in every such case

such members shall continue to hold their offices for the terms for which they respectively

were appointed or elected and, upon the expiration of their respective terms, their

respective successors in office shall be appointed for the full terms of office otherwise

provided for by the Revised Statutes.