44:1-42 - Canvass, return and result of vote - New Jersey Statutes

44:1-42.  Canvass, return and result of vote
    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.