 Governor of New Jersey George Werts signed the bill into law, and Teaneck was an independent municipality.At its incorporation, Teaneck's population was 811.William W. Bennett, overseer of the Phelps Estate, was selected as chairman of the first three-man Township Committee, which focused in its early years on "construction of streets and street lamps (originally gaslights), trolley lines (along DeGraw Avenue), telephones and speeding traffic."