N.J. Stat. § 48:19-23
L.1906, c. 68, s. 2, p. 98 (C.S. p. 3636, s. 633), being section two of the act entitled "A supplement to an act entitled "An act for the construction, maintenance and operation of waterworks for the purpose of supplying cities, towns and villages of this state with water,' approved April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and seventy-six," approved April second, one thousand nine hundred and six, as amended by L.1912, c. 211, p. 328 (1924 Suppl. s. 136-633), approved March twenty-eighth, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, saved from repeal. [The above section, as amended, validates municipal consents theretofore granted to the formation of water companies, provided the approval of the state water policy commission is obtained.]
N.J.S. § 48:19-23