The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-07-25
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Assembled, OF which timely
notice shall be given in the, usual manner. 70
build, purchase or hire any house or houses in
such township and also to purchase necessary
materials for that purpose, out OF the money pro-
and there to keep, maintain and employ all and
every such poor person and persons, and to take
the benefit of the work, labor and service Of any
such poor person or persons who shall be kent md
maintained in any such house or houses, t1F lie
better maintenance and relief Of such pocT per-
son or persons who sinai, be tlsese kept asa r.sit-
tsined; and in case any poor person or peroEls
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where such house houses snail be so built, pur-
chased or hired shall refuse to be lodged kept to
work and maintained in such house or h0Iises,
such poor person or persons 80 refusing Shall be
put out of the book where the names of the poor
are ordered TO be registered by virtue of this act
and shall not be entitled to ask receive any
relief from the Oyerseer or overseers of any such
township; and where any township may be too
small to build, purchase or hire such house or
houses as aforesaid, it shall and may be lawful
for two or more Of them, with the consent and
appreciation of the major part of the inhabitants,
householders of each respective place, at public
of which timely notice shall be given in the usual
manner, to join together and unite in building
purchasing hiring such house or houses, for the
lodging, keeping and maintaining of the poor Of
such places so joining together and uniting and
there to keep, maintain and employ the poor of
such united places as aforesaid, and to take and
have the benefit Of the work. labor or service
of any poor there kept and maintained, for the
better maintenance and relief Of the poor there
kept maintained and employed and when two or
more townships shall thus unite as aforesaid, the
oyerseers of the poor Of such townships so uniting
shall meet MS soon as practicable after the begin
ming of the fiscal year, and elect one of their own
nunberto serve as steward of such house or houses
for the fiscal year, whose duties shall be the
those of the overseer where the house or houses
are kept and maintained by one township and in
case any poor person or persons claiming relief of
any such united places aforesaid shall refuse to
be lodged, kept to work, or maintained in the
house or houses built purchased or hired for such
united places as Aforesaid, such pn0r person or
persons so refusing shall be put out of the book
where the names of the poor are ordered to be
registered by virtue of this act and shall moi be
entitled tc ask or receive any relief from the OYER
shall and may be lawful for the overseers of the
Door of any. township, with the consent and APP
probation of the major part of the inhabitants,
hOuSeholders of such place or places where such
house or houses shall be built purchased, or hired
for the purposes aforesaid, at public town meet
ing for that purpose met and assembled, of which
timely notice shall be given in the usual manner,
to contract with the oyerseers of the poor oI any
other place for the lodging, maintaining and EN-
pl0ying of any poor person or persons, to such
other place belonging as to them shall seem meet;
and in case any such poor person or persons, be
longing to any other township in this state. shall
! refuse to be lodged maintained and employed in
such house houses contracted for as aforesaid
| such poor person or persons so refusing shall be
| put out of the book where the names Of the pool
are ordered be registered by virtue of this act
| and shall not be entitled to ask or receive any
relief from the overseer oyerseerS OF any such
| township.
| q And be it enacted, That all acts and parts of
| acts inconsistent herewith be and the same are
| hereby repealed and this act shall take etec
| Immediately
| Approved February 20, 1886.
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