Notwithstanding the provisions of section 40:71-9 of the Revised Statutes, any board of fire commissioners of any fire district in any township which has adopted or shall adopt the commission form of government may be reinstated and continued by ordinance of the township board of commissioners and thereupon the board of fire commissioners shall be deemed to have been legally constituted as such from the date of the adoption of said commission form of government in the township and thereupon all its acts from such date shall be ratified and confirmed.
N.J.S. § 40:71-9.1