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NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-35 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-35 - Salaries

44:4-35. Salaries  The county welfare board shall fix the salaries of the director of welfare and such other officers, assistants and employees within the limits of the appropriation made therefor by the board of chosen freeholders, and such salaries shall be compensation in full for all services rendered.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-36 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-36 - Regulations governing officers and employees

44:4-36. Regulations governing officers and employees  The director of welfare and the other officers and employees shall be subject to such rules and regulations in the discharge of their duties as may be provided by the county welfare board.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-37 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-37 - Functions and duties of director

44:4-37. Functions and duties of director  The director of welfare shall: a. Have general jurisdiction throughout the county of the settlement and relief of the poor and shall direct the administration thereof under the control and supervision of the county welfare board and subject to all lawful rules and regulations thereof; and b. Be the chief executive officer of the welfare-house subject to the control of the county welfare board, and shall have under such control the general superintendence of the welfare-house, of the grounds and buildings, and of the inmates thereof.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-38 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-38 - Functions and duties formerly performed by overseers of poor

44:4-38. Functions and duties formerly performed by overseers of poor  The functions and powers vested in overseers of the poor prior to April twenty-eighth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, and the duties required of and theretofore exercised by them, shall, wherever necessary to carry out the provisions of any and all laws relating thereto, be exercised by the director of welfare under the direction of the county welfare board.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-39 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-39 - Persons receivable in welfare-house

44:4-39. Persons receivable in welfare-house  The director of welfare under the general rules and regulations shall receive in the welfare-house such poor persons as by law are properly receivable therein, or as otherwise by law may be provided, and all such persons as would otherwise be receivable in an almshouse.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-40 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-40 - Determination by director of relief to be granted

44:4-40. Determination by director of relief to be granted  44:4-40. The county director of welfare, under the direction, and subject to the approval of the county welfare board shall determine who are to be relieved by him, subject to an application by any person on at least five days' notice, to the Superior Court, Chancery Division, Family Part, by complaint, in writing, applying for a summary review and determination by the court of the action of the director of welfare as to the extent and amount of relief, if any, to be given or rendered.  Amended 1953,c.42,s.20; 1991,c.91,s.434.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-41 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-41 - Deputy director of welfare

44:4-41. Deputy director of welfare  The county welfare board may appoint a deputy director of welfare who shall: a. Have the qualifications of a director of welfare and shall have resided in the state for at least one year; b. Be under the direction of the director of welfare; and c. Be vested on approval of the county welfare board with the same power as a director of welfare in the distribution of relief, with like authority for the prosecution or defense in court proceedings as is vested in a director of welfare.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-42 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-42 - Assistant directors for municipalities

44:4-42. Assistant directors for municipalities  Where a county contains a city of the first or second class, the county welfare board of such county shall appoint an assistant director of welfare for each such city to administer the distribution of relief under the direction of the director of welfare and the supervision of the county welfare board in such territory as the county welfare board may prescribe; and to administer relief to such other municipalities as the county welfare board may deem necessary such board may appoint assistants on the staff of the director of welfare, preference of appointment to be given to experienced and fully qualified overseers of the poor.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-43 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-43 - Resident helpers and municipal advisory committees

44:4-43. Resident helpers and municipal advisory committees  County welfare boards may appoint resident helpers, and municipal advisory committees without pay and without fees, to aid in the relief of poor persons under their direction and jurisdiction, in any municipality or locality, in order that such helpers and advisory committees may observe and ascertain, assist and co-operate with any county welfare board in ascertaining the cause or causes of dependency, and in obtaining employment for poor persons when needed, and assist, advise, and co-operate with any director of welfare or deputy, under the direction and supervision of the county welfare board in instituting and prosecuting to a determination such proceedings as may be necessary through other agencies of the state, or its political subdivisions, for the relief of the poor, the admission of them, or their lawful dependents, to such institution or agency as may be provided for mental or physical disability or otherwise. The county welfare board shall appoint a municipal advisory committee in any municipality upon the request of the governing body of the municipality, the members to be appointed from names of reputable citizens submitted by the governing body. Helpers and members of municipal advisory committees shall be registered on appointment at the office of the county welfare board, and shall be furnished and supplied with such evidence of their appointment and authority as the county welfare board shall determine.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-44 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-44 - Use of all agencies for relief

44:4-44. Use of all agencies for relief  All agencies for relief, such as widows' pensions, as provided by law, aid under the authority conferred upon the rehabilitation commission and public employment service, or other aids to relief, support or assistance, public or private, shall be made use of by the director of welfare and his subordinates and helpers, under the direction and supervision of the county welfare board to the end that causes of dependency on the part of persons or their families and the need for such public relief in whole or in part may be eliminated, and they are authorized under direction of the county welfare board to take such legal steps, either as prosecutors or petitioners in legal proceedings in aid of such persons or their families, as may be necessary to such end.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-45 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-45 - Records of proceedings and of relief furnished

44:4-45. Records of proceedings and of relief furnished  The county welfare board shall keep a public record of its proceedings in a book provided for that purpose, and, as the county bureau of relief, shall keep a complete, accurate and itemized record of all relief furnished.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-46 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-46 - Books showing receipts; record of orders for relief

44:4-46. Books showing receipts; record of orders for relief  The county welfare board shall keep a book, setting forth therein all money, goods, and materials received by it and, in addition thereto, a separate book of orders for relief, with stubs attached. The printed orders and stubs shall show the name, residence, when issued, the amount and kind of relief expended, and by whom issued and delivered. The order shall be indorsed by the recipient and countersigned by the county welfare board furnishing such relief as made.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-47 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-47 - Periodical reports to chosen freeholders

44:4-47. Periodical reports to chosen freeholders  The county welfare board, as the county bureau of relief, shall make periodical reports to the board of chosen freeholders at such times and in such manner and form as is provided in this chapter. The board shall report the amount and nature of relief furnished to each poor person for permanent or indoor, and temporary or outdoor relief, and make such other reports as the board of chosen freeholders may require either by rules or by requests in individual cases.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-48 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-48 - Annual report as to welfare-house

44:4-48. Annual report as to welfare-house  The county welfare board shall make annually a report of the financial management and expenditures and other operations of the welfare-house and the number of persons maintained therein, together with its recommendations to the board of chosen freeholders.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-49 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-49 - Director's record of receipts and expenditures

44:4-49. Director's record of receipts and expenditures  Directors of welfare shall keep a record of all receipts and expenditures on their part or that of their subordinates.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-50 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-50 - Director's record of applicants for relief

44:4-50. Director's record of applicants for relief  Directors of welfare shall keep a record which may be by card index and which shall state in respect to all applicants for relief: a. The name, age, sex and residence; b. The number and names of children and their ages; c. The time and place of last employment, and the family income; d. Whether citizen or alien and the place of nativity; e. The place of abode for the ten years preceding the application for relief; f. The causes direct and indirect which operated to make relief necessary so far as can be ascertained; g. The relief or aid given, and such relief as may have been or is being provided by all organizations as ascertained; h. The names of the director or deputy and helper having particular knowledge and charge of the case, and of witnesses of the fact with their addresses; and i. The names of those responsible by law for the support of the poor person and of any relative agreeing or likely to agree to contribute in whole or in part to, or assist in, the support of the poor person.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-51 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-51 - Filing of record on admission to institution

44:4-51. Filing of record on admission to institution  In case of the commitment or admission of a poor person or a member of his family, through the agency of the director of welfare under the supervision of the county welfare board, to an almshouse, welfare-house or other institution or family, the director shall file a copy of the record provided for in section 44:4-50 of this title, or a record of the admission or commitment, with the commissioner at his office at Trenton, and in case of an infant a copy thereof shall be within the same time filed with the state board of children's guardians at its office. Such filing within the time limited may be by registered mail.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-52 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-52 - Annual report of director to chosen freeholders

44:4-52. Annual report of director to chosen freeholders  Directors of welfare under the direction of the respective county welfare boards shall make to their respective county boards of chosen freeholders annually within thirty days after the first meeting thereof in the year, a report or reports, in writing, which shall be a summary of the entries of the records mentioned and authorized in this chapter.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-53 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-53 - Material, stationery and forms of records

44:4-53. Material, stationery and forms of records  The board of chosen freeholders shall furnish to the county welfare board the necessary material, card indexes and other stationery for the purpose of this chapter, at the expense of the county. All forms of records for the use of the county welfare board and its agents shall be such as are approved and prescribed by the commissioner.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-54 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-54 - Inspection of records and reports

44:4-54. Inspection of records and reports  All records and reports shall be subject to inspection by duly authorized representatives of the state board or the commissioner.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-55 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-55 - Book kept in every institution; required entries

44:4-55. Book kept in every institution; required entries  The person in charge of every institution for the poor shall keep a book, to be provided by the authority charged with the care of the institution, in which book he shall enter from time to time the name, date of the commitment, age, sex, color, description, physical and mental condition, education, habits, occupations, condition of ancestors and family relations, cause of dependence, birthplace and date of discharge, or of death and place of burial of every person coming into the care of the institution, and such other records as may be prescribed by the state board of health and the bureau of vital statistics, together with any other information or data about them as prescribed by the commissioner, and such book shall be open to the inspection of the public at all times.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-56 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-56 - Penalty for failure to keep book

44:4-56. Penalty for failure to keep book  For the wrongful neglect or refusal to keep the book according to the requirements of section 44:4-55 of this title, for the willful alteration of any entry in it, or for its willful mutilation or destruction, the person in charge shall be liable to a penalty of twenty-five dollars, to be recovered for the use of the county in an action at law in any court of competent jurisdiction, together with the costs of suit, by the welfare board controlling the institution.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-57 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-57 - Place of settlement in general

44:4-57. Place of settlement in general  Every person of full age who is a resident of, and domiciled without interruption in any county for five years, excluding any time spent by such person in a charitable or correctional institution, shall be deemed settled in such county and shall so remain until he has gained a like settlement in some other county, or has removed from this state and remained therefrom continuously for one year, or has gained a legal settlement elsewhere in this state. A person who has removed from this state for more than one year shall not retain his settlement in any county in this state.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-58 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-58 - Married woman and children

44:4-58. Married woman and children  A married woman and her children shall always follow and have the settlement of her husband and of their father. If he has no such settlement, her settlement shall be as it was at the time of her becoming a resident and a domiciliary of the county wherein relief is sought, provided she has not, in lieu thereof, gained a settlement as is provided in section 44:4-57 of this title.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-59 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-59 - Legitimate minor children

44:4-59. Legitimate minor children  Legitimate minor children shall, until they have gained a settlement of their own, always follow and have the settlement of their father, if they have one, except that if the father has no settlement they shall follow and have the settlement of their mother.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-60 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-60 - Illegitimate minor children

44:4-60. Illegitimate minor children  Illegitimate minor children shall follow and have the settlement of their mother, unless the father is legally found or admitted by him to be such at the time and place of their birth, in which case they shall follow and have the father's settlement. If neither parent has a settlement, then it shall be in the county in which the minor child was born, if the birth occurred in this state. Such minor children born in charitable or correctional institutions, or while the mother is legally an inmate thereof, whether on parole or leave of absence, shall be chargeable to the place of the settlement of the mother or father or from which they were admitted or committed, rather than to the place where that institution is located.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-61 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-61 - Minors from outside of state

44:4-61. Minors from outside of state  No minor who is brought into any county in this state, or who is placed out in any family therein by any person, society or corporation, public or private, of this or any other state, shall gain a settlement.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-62 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-62 - Persons from outside of United States

44:4-62. Persons from outside of United States  Nothing in this chapter shall apply to or affect any person from outside the United States of America, or in any way change the rights or liabilities of such persons as conferred or imposed by any law of the United States, nor the right otherwise conferred by law to deport or remove such persons to any other state wherein such person still retains, or may have acquired, a settlement according to the laws of any state or country, and in all such cases no settlement shall be deemed to have been acquired within this state.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-63 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-63 - Permanent relief in place of settlement

44:4-63. Permanent relief in place of settlement  Where permanent relief is required by any poor person in a county in which he has gained a settlement the director of welfare under the direction of the county welfare board shall commit and remove such person to the welfare-house in its jurisdiction, if there is such, or the welfare-house of another county wherein the permanent poor of the county are maintained by contract as provided in this chapter, or furnish relief at home, if the circumstances as otherwise herein provided may be lawful and preferable.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-64 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-64 - Permanent relief in county other than that of settlement

44:4-64. Permanent relief in county other than that of settlement  Where permanent relief is required by a poor person in any county in which he is a resident or an inhabitant, whose place of settlement is in another county than the one in which relief is sought, the director of welfare, under the direction of the county welfare board, shall temporarily relieve such poor person and proceed to remove him to the place of such settlement as directed in sections 44:4-74 to 44:4-78 of this title, and until such other place of settlement is ascertained the director of welfare, under the direction of the county welfare board, may place such poor person as other permanent poor having a settlement in such county are maintained and relieved.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-65 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-65 - Temporary provision for persons having no settlement in county

44:4-65. Temporary provision for persons having no settlement in county  Permanent relief shall not be rendered by any county welfare board to any person who is otherwise lawfully removable and who has no settlement in the county in which relief is sought or necessary, but all such persons shall be temporarily provided for or admitted to the county welfare-house pending such removal, and shall be removed by such procedure as may be lawfully necessary by the director of welfare, as provided in this chapter, or as otherwise may be provided by law.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-66 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-66 - Procedure where relief sought by person having no settlement anywhere

44:4-66. Procedure where relief sought by person having no settlement anywhere  Where relief is required by a poor person in any county in which he is a resident and inhabitant, who shall not have gained a settlement in any county within this state, or in any other state, the director of welfare, under the direction of the county welfare board, shall provide relief. If it is ascertained that the person has no legal settlement in the county, the director of welfare shall proceed to remove the person to the place from which he came by whatever lawful proceedings may be necessary to that end with the aid of the officers as provided in this chapter.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-67 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-67 - Temporary relief in county other than that of settlement

44:4-67. Temporary relief in county other than that of settlement  When temporary relief is required by a poor person in any county in which he is a resident and inhabitant, whose place of settlement is in some other county in this state, the director of welfare shall provide and render temporary relief pending removal.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-68 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-68 - Temporary relief by person having settlement outside of state

44:4-68. Temporary relief by person having settlement outside of state  Where temporary relief is required by a poor person in a county in which he is a resident and inhabitant, and it is ascertained that his place of settlement is outside of this state, the director of welfare shall provide relief and immediately make such application, with the aid of the county adjuster, as may be necessary and otherwise lawful for his removal. A record thereof shall be filed with the commissioner and his aid obtained for such purpose when necessary, which aid the commissioner shall give forthwith.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-69 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-69 - County chargeable with relief of all persons having settlement

44:4-69. County chargeable with relief of all persons having settlement  Every person who has, or shall acquire a settlement in any county shall be chargeable as to permanent relief and be supported and maintained or relieved by such entire county, and the board of chosen freeholders shall provide for the payment of the expense thereof as other county expenses are paid.
NJ Rev Stat § 44:4-70 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Poor|Section 44:4-70 - Settlement; determination; effect of temporary removal

44:4-70. Settlement; determination; effect of temporary removal  Every person of full age who shall be a resident of and domiciled without interruption in any municipality of a county wherein this chapter has been adopted by referendum, for five years, excluding in the computation of such period the time if any spent by such person in any charitable or correctional institution, shall be deemed settled in such municipality and shall so remain until he shall have gained a like settlement in some other municipality or county in this state, or shall have removed from this state and remained therefrom continuously for one year, or shall have gained a legal settlement elsewhere in this state. If such person shall have removed from this state for more than one year, he shall not retain his settlement in any municipality or county in this state.