N.J. Stat. § 40:151-49: Joint committee to divide property; appointment

Whenever such fire district shall have been created from another fire district as provided in section 40:151-48 of this title after the first election of fire commissioners therein a committee of three shall be appointed from and by the members of the board of fire commissioners of each of said districts, and the said committees shall meet on the first Monday succeeding the first election of fire commissioners in the said district so created from another district. The said committees together shall be termed a joint committee, but no such joint committee shall function in case either of said fire districts shall proceed to have commissioners appointed under the provisions of section 40:151-53 of this title.