N.J. Stat. § 12:3-1
P.L. 1864, c. 391, p. 681 (Rev.1877, pp. 981, 982, s.s. 1 to 6; C.S. pp. 4383, 4384, s.s. 1 to 7), entitled "An Act to ascertain the rights of the state and of the riparian owners in the lands lying under the waters of the bay of New York, and elsewhere in the state," approved April eleventh, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, saved from repeal. [This act provides for the appointment of a board of commissioners to cause to be made surveys of the lands lying under the waters of the bay of New York, of the Hudson river and the lands adjacent thereto, the Kill von Kull, Newark bay, Arthur Kill, Raritan bay and the Delaware river opposite to the county of Philadelphia, not theretofore granted by the state; to ascertain the state's rights in the same and the value thereof; to fix the exterior line beyond which no permanent obstruction should be permitted and to report to the legislature and recommend a plan for the improvement, use, renting or leasing of said lands with maps of said lands showing the said exterior line, the lines of existing piers, etc., and any grants of such lands not then occupied, with other appropriate information.]
N.J.S. § 12:3-1