New Jersey Statutes Title 19. Elections 19 § 21-4

If the clerk of the board be absent from such meeting at the time appointed therefor, the chairman of the board shall forthwith, after the oaths or affirmations shall have been administered and taken, proceed to appoint a fit person to be the clerk of the board; and before proceeding to canvass and estimate the votes, the chairman of the board shall administer to the clerk thereof, and such clerk shall take, an oath or affirmation in the following form: “You do swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that you will faithfully execute the duties of clerk of this board.”