N.J. Stat. § 44:1-42
A canvass and return of the votes upon the question of the acceptance of the resolution shall be made by the board of canvassers in the same way and manner as for officers voted at the election and as other questions are submitted on referendum, and the result thereof shall be certified within five days thereafter to the secretary of state who shall canvass the vote of the two or more counties voting on the question and shall certify it within ten days thereafter to the respective county clerks and to the clerk of the board of chosen freeholders of each such county. If the majority of the votes cast in each county for and against the acceptance of the resolution are found to be in favor of its acceptance it shall then become operative in the county with such other counties as have likewise voted in favor of the adoption of the district welfare-house.
N.J.S. § 44:1-42