N.J. Stat. Ann. § 16:1-14

The president may convene the corporation as occasion may require, preside at the meetings and execute all contracts. In his absence, sickness, death, resignation, refusal to act, or removal out of the limits of the religious society or congregation, his office shall devolve on the vice-president or the officer designated in the by-laws for the purpose, who shall occupy the same until the return or recovery of the president, or the election of another.