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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-154 - Hospitalization and other relief where treatment is urgent

44:1-154. Hospitalization and other relief where treatment is urgent
In all cases wherein medical or surgical treatment is urgent a person may be removed and admitted to a public or private hospital in the municipality in which he is found, and the director or those having charge of the hospital shall within a reasonable time ascertain from the sick person his name and place of residence, and if it shall appear that he is a poor person within the meaning of this chapter, a notice in writing shall immediately be sent to the overseer of the poor of the municipality from which the poor person was removed or where he resided prior to his removal. Upon receipt of the notice the overseer shall proceed and provide for the relief of the sick indigent person in the manner provided in this chapter, and the expense thereof shall be borne by the municipality in which he has gained a settlement.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-155 - Bond for maintenance from master or commander

44:1-155. Bond for maintenance from master or commander
When a ship or vessel shall arrive within a port, harbor or municipality within this state, having on board passengers or employees coming from any foreign port or place, or coming from a municipality within or without this state into a municipality within this state, the overseer of the poor of the municipality at which the ship or vessel shall arrive, may require of the master or commander of the ship or vessel, a bond with approved security to the inhabitants of the municipality in the sum of and not exceeding two hundred dollars conditioned for the maintenance and support of any passenger or employee on board the ship or vessel who is sick, infirm or otherwise incapable and a poor person within the meaning of this chapter, in the opinion of the overseer.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-156 - Liability of master or commander for landing persons wrongfully

44:1-156. Liability of master or commander for landing persons wrongfully
A master or commander of a ship or vessel arriving as referred to in section 44:1-155 of this title, who shall land or suffer to be landed from on board his ship or vessel any passenger or employee who is sick, infirm or otherwise incapable of providing for his own support and by reason thereof is likely to become a public charge of the municipality, except by permit from the overseer of the poor of the municipality in which the poor person is found or brought, without having notified the overseer of the poor immediately upon the arrival of the passenger or employee and without having entered into the bond referred to in said section 44:1-155, shall be liable for the expense of the relief and care of the poor person, which expense may be recovered from time to time with costs of suit by the overseer incurring it, in an action at law in any court of competent jurisdiction in the county in which the poor person may be.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-157.1 - Rate of payment

44:1-157.1. Rate of payment
Whenever the Division of Public Welfare in the Department of Human Services provides payment for the funeral and burial or cremation of a recipient of aid to families with dependent children pursuant to P.L. 1959, c. 86 (C. 44:10-1 et seq.), general public assistance pursuant to P.L. 1947, c. 156 (C. 44:8-107 et seq.) or supplemental security income pursuant to P.L. 1973, c. 256 (C. 44:7-85 et seq.), the total allowable payment for funeral and burial or cremation including contributions by others, shall be at least 75% of the average cost for a proper funeral and burial charged by funeral directors in the locality in which the public assistance recipient is buried or cremated.
L. 1985, c. 282, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-158 - Acquisition of cemetery; issuance of bonds

44:1-158. Acquisition of cemetery; issuance of bonds
A municipality, county or district may acquire by devise, gift, purchase, condemnation or in any other manner, such land as in the judgment of the governing body may be necessary and proper for a burial ground for those who may die therein without leaving means necessary to defray their funeral expenses. Such lands may be within the boundaries of an existing cemetery.
If in the opinion of the governing body, or bodies where there is a district welfare-house, the amount of the cost will be too burdensome to be borne by the taxpayers in any one year, they may issue bonds therefor, in the manner in which other county bonds are issued pursuant to law.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-159 - Annual appropriations to carry provisions of chapter into effect

44:1-159. Annual appropriations to carry provisions of chapter into effect
In December of each year, the overseer shall forward to the governing body or district welfare board if acting thereunder an estimate of the amount necessary for carrying into effect the provisions of this chapter. The provision for expense shall be included in the budget or budgets of the respective counties on certification thereof by the overseer or district board for the ensuing calendar or fiscal year, and a sufficient amount appropriated to meet the necessary expenditures.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-160 - Deficiency appropriations; temporary loan bonds

44:1-160. Deficiency appropriations; temporary loan bonds
When separate appropriations are made for indoor or outdoor relief of the poor in a municipality, and any one of the appropriations is expended, or is or may be inadequate alone for either indoor or outdoor relief, the governing body may provide for the continuance of such relief as may be necessary for the balance of the fiscal year, and the board or other body having control of the finances of the municipality or district in proper proportion may provide the funds necessary for such continuance by the issuance of temporary loan bonds, the amount of which shall be placed in the budget for the ensuing fiscal year. The bonds shall be issued as otherwise provided and limited by law for counties or municipalities, or as provided in this chapter for district welfare-houses by more than one county or parts thereof.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:2-2 - Control; officers

44:2-2. Control; officers
Any such almshouse shall be under the direction, superintendence and government of the board of chosen freeholders, which board may:
a. Appoint such officers, committees or boards as may be necessary for the management thereof; and
b. Make such rules, regulations and by-laws respecting the almshouse as the board shall from time to time deem proper.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:2-3 - Establishment and maintenance of joint county almshouse

44:2-3. Establishment and maintenance of joint county almshouse
Two or more counties may join in building or purchasing an almshouse in common, at a place agreed upon by the boards of chosen freeholders of the counties, and which when built or purchased, shall be under the joint direction, superintendence and government of such boards, which boards may:
a. Appoint such officers, committees or boards, and employ such persons, as they shall deem necessary for the management and maintenance thereof; and
b. Make such rules, regulations and by-laws respecting the almshouse as they shall from time to time deem proper.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:2-4 - Apportioning and raising funds for joint county almshouse

44:2-4. Apportioning and raising funds for joint county almshouse
The money necessary to be expended for building, purchasing or repairing a joint almshouse, maintaining the poor therein, procuring articles, materials and things for their employment, compensating the employees at the almshouse, and for other incidental expenses, shall be adjusted and apportioned by the boards of chosen freeholders between their respective counties, in the proportion which the boards shall deem just and proper; and the sum so ascertained and agreed upon to be paid by each county shall be granted and raised by the order of the board of chosen freeholders thereof in the manner in which money for other county purposes is directed to be granted, assessed, collected and raised.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:2-5 - Maintenance of poor in almshouse

44:2-5. Maintenance of poor in almshouse
When a county shall establish an almshouse or two or more counties shall unite in building or purchasing an almshouse, the poor of the county or counties shall be sent to and kept therein at the charge and expense of the county or, in the case of a joint county almshouse, of the county from which sent.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:2-6 - Maintenance of undesirable poor outside of almshouse

44:2-6. Maintenance of undesirable poor outside of almshouse
When an adult person has been duly committed to the almshouse of a county and the board of chosen freeholders shall deem it to the interest of the county or to the welfare of the other inmates of the almshouse that the person be not actually removed to and kept in the almshouse, the board may make such monthly allowance for the support of the person outside of the county almshouse as it may consider reasonable, not exceeding in any case the probable cost of maintaining the person in the county almshouse.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:2-8 - Purchase of municipal almshouses by county

44:2-8. Purchase of municipal almshouses by county
When a board of chosen freeholders of a county in which no county almshouse exists shall determine to purchase or build a county almshouse, and there is then in the county one or more almshouses owned or maintained by a municipality or municipalities therein, the county shall purchase such almshouse or almshouses and its or their equipment at a price to be agreed upon by the board of chosen freeholders and the governing body or bodies of the municipality or municipalities, if they can agree thereupon; except that a municipality or municipalities may retain the almshouse and equipment for any municipal use or purpose, in which case the county need not purchase them.
If the board and the governing body or bodies cannot agree upon the price to be paid for an almshouse and its equipment, then the price shall be fixed by three appraisers, one to be appointed by the board of freeholders, one by the governing body or bodies, and a third to be selected by the two appraisers; and the price to be paid shall be that fixed by all or any two of the appraisers in writing, signed by them.
Upon the payment by the board of freeholders to the governing body or bodies of the price agreed upon, or the price fixed by the appraisers, the governing body or bodies shall convey and transfer the almshouse and equipment to the county.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:3-1 - Erecting and improving buildings; acquiring land; names for buildings

44:3-1. Erecting and improving buildings; acquiring land; names for buildings
The governing body of every municipality may:
a. Erect, extend, alter and improve such buildings as may be necessary for the housing of the poor of the municipality; and
b. Acquire by purchase, gift or condemnation the necessary land for that purpose.
c. By resolution, adopt an official name for such building or buildings as are used for the housing of the poor.
Amended by L.1947, c. 184, p. 830, s. 1, eff. May 23, 1947.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:3-3 - Superintendents of indoor relief in cities

44:3-3. Superintendents of indoor relief in cities
The governing body or body having charge of the charities of a city may appoint a superintendent of indoor relief who shall have the management of the almshouse of the city and the control of the inmates thereof. He shall hold office for the term of three years commencing on January first in the year of appointment, and shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by the appointing body, which compensation shall not be increased or decreased during his term.
Nothing in this section shall be deemed to terminate or abridge the term of office of any such officer in such city if such officer was originally elected or appointed prior to April eleventh, one thousand nine hundred and ten.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:3-4 - Representation of new township in management of almshouse

44:3-4. Representation of new township in management of almshouse
When a new township is formed out of the territory of one or more townships owning or renting real estate used for almshouse purposes and maintaining an almshouse thereon, the new township shall be represented in the management of the almshouse, and shall have the same rights therein and be subject to the same liabilities as the township or townships out of which it was formed, and the trustee or other representative of the new township shall be admitted as a member of the board of trustees of the almshouse property with the powers, privileges and obligations of the other members of the board.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-1 - Definitions.

44:4-1 Definitions.
44:4-1. As used in this chapter:
"Almshouse" means a place for the maintenance of the poor at the public expense of a county or municipality, prior to the establishment of a welfare-house.
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Human Services.
"County adjuster" means the official of that designation authorized to act in the cases of commitment or admission of persons who have a mental illness to State or county hospitals for the insane.
"County welfare board" means the board of a single county authorized to have charge, supervision and control of a county welfare-house and the administration of the settlement and relief of the poor for such county and to supervise through a director of welfare such work for or in relation to the poor as directed or authorized.
"Director of welfare" means an employee of a county welfare board with authority to act for it and under its direction, and to act for and in lieu of overseers where there are none, and perform the functions of and replace the office of overseer.
"May" shall be construed to be permissive.
"Municipality" shall not include, in meaning, a county, unless otherwise indicated by the context, but shall include any city, borough, township, town, village or municipality governed by an improvement commission.
"Permanent or indoor poor," as found in this chapter, shall mean a disabled person who has been diagnosed by a regular practicing physician as being unemployable due to a mental or physical condition, providing such condition is in the physician's opinion of permanent nature, and further providing that the disabled person is not eligible for any other type of categorical aid.
"Poor person" means a permanently disabled person who is without means of support as defined above.
"Public charge" means a person to whom it is necessary to furnish proper relief as provided in this chapter.
"Settlement of a person" means his right under the provisions of this chapter to relief or maintenance and support in any county or counties.
"State board" means the State Board of Human Services.
"Temporary or outdoor poor" means poor persons who can be relieved temporarily at their domicile or without being maintained in an almshouse or welfare-house.
"Welfare-house" means a place where the poor are maintained at the public expense under the superintendence of a county welfare board in any county.
"Disabled person" means any person entitled to relief under this chapter.
amended 1947, c.373; 2013, c.103, s.118.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-4 - Establishment of welfare-house or provision for poor by contract

44:4-4. Establishment of welfare-house or provision for poor by contract
The board of chosen freeholders of any county after the adoption of this chapter as provided in article 17 of this chapter (s. 44:4-129 et seq.) shall by resolution:
a. Establish a county almshouse, to be known as a welfare-house, except where the board of freeholders of any county has provided for the care and maintenance of its permanent poor by contract with another county in the almshouse or welfare-house of such other county as provided in this chapter, or with a municipality of such county maintaining a municipal institution suitable and adequate for such county purpose, subject to the approval of the department of institutions and agencies as to the suitability and adequacy of such institution and cost of maintenance of the permanent poor to be provided therein; or
b. Change the name, control and management of any existing county almshouse or municipal almshouse acquired by the board of freeholders for the care and maintenance of the permanent poor to be under the control and management of the county welfare board as provided in this chapter.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-5 - Action on resolution to establish welfare-house or to contract

44:4-5. Action on resolution to establish welfare-house or to contract
Whenever any county shall propose by resolution as in this chapter provided, to establish a county welfare-house or to contract with another county for the relief and maintenance of the permanent poor by such other county in a welfare-house thereof, the resolution so providing shall not be passed at the time of its proposal, but after such proposal the action thereon shall be adjourned for at least two weeks, when it shall be finally acted upon by the board except as herein provided. Within one week after the proposal of such resolution, notice of the time and place of final action thereon to be taken shall be published twice in two newspapers of general circulation in the county, one of which is published in the county seat. The final passage thereof may be adjourned thereafter to the next regular meeting of the board of chosen freeholders.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-6 - Acquisition of real estate for welfare-house

44:4-6. Acquisition of real estate for welfare-house
The board of chosen freeholders may purchase and lease real estate for the welfare-house, or acquire such property and easements therein by lease, purchase or condemnation, and the power of eminent domain may be exercised as provided by chapter 1 of the title Eminent Domain (s. 20:1-1 et seq.).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-7 - Erection, alteration or repair of buildings

44:4-7. Erection, alteration or repair of buildings
The board of chosen freeholders may erect all necessary buildings, make all necessary improvements and repairs, and alter any existing building for the use of the welfare-house, but the plans for such work shall first be approved by the state board and the state board of health.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-8 - Necessary money charge upon municipalities of county

44:4-8. Necessary money charge upon municipalities of county
When a county by its board of chosen freeholders shall propose to establish a county welfare-house as provided in this chapter, and shall do so by resolution in the manner required in this chapter for the purpose, the sums of money deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter shall be a charge upon the municipalities of the county to be levied, assessed and collected therefrom by the board of freeholders in the same manner as other county expenses are assessed and collected.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-9 - Raising of money for buildings and maintenance

44:4-9. Raising of money for buildings and maintenance
The board of chosen freeholders may:
a. Cause to be levied, assessed and collected from the municipalities of the county such sums of money as shall be deemed necessary at first and annually thereafter to provide suitable land, buildings and improvements for the welfare-house and for the maintenance thereof, and for all other necessary expenditures therefor, and the expenses of the county welfare board and its agents as authorized and required in this chapter; and
b. Borrow money for the erection or purchase of such welfare-houses, and for the purchase of a site for such welfare-houses, on the credit of the county, and issue obligations therefor in such manner as it may do for other county purposes.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-10 - Bonds for buildings, repairs or fittings

44:4-10. Bonds for buildings, repairs or fittings
In order to meet the expense of erecting additions to or new buildings or accommodations at any county almshouse buildings or welfare-houses, or making repairs to any such buildings or providing proper furniture therefor or apparatus for lighting, heating, or otherwise fitting up the same, the board of chosen freeholders of any county lawfully authorized to maintain welfare-houses, may from time to time issue bonds in the manner otherwise provided by law in the corporate name and under the corporate seal of the county.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-12 - Acceptance of gifts, devises and bequests

44:4-12. Acceptance of gifts, devises and bequests
The board of chosen freeholders may accept and hold in trust for the county any grant or devise of land, or any gift or bequest of money or other personal property, or any donation to be applied, principal or income or both, for the benefit of the welfare-house, and apply the same in accordance with the terms of the gift.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-13 - Inspection of welfare-house

44:4-13. Inspection of welfare-house
A welfare-house shall be subject to inspection by duly authorized representatives of the state board, the commissioner and the state board of health; and whenever a county shall provide for the relief and maintenance of its permanent poor in a welfare-house of another county, such welfare-house shall always be open to inspection by a duly authorized agent of the board of chosen freeholders of any county maintaining its permanent poor therein, and of the state board, the commissioner and the state board of health.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-14 - Abolition of almshouses

44:4-14. Abolition of almshouses
After the establishment of a county welfare-house as provided in section 44:4-4 of this title, the permanent poor shall be maintained therein in lieu of almshouses, and almshouses maintained and supported in any such county or in municipalities in such county shall be abolished; except where a municipality of such county maintains an institution suitable and adequate for the care and maintenance of the permanent poor of the county, and upon the approval of the department of institutions and agencies as to suitability and adequacy and cost of maintenance of the permanent poor to be provided therein, the county shall thereupon enter into contract with such municipality for the care and maintenance of its permanent poor.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-15 - Sale of property formerly used for municipal almshouses

44:4-15. Sale of property formerly used for municipal almshouses
The real and personal property which has been used for municipal almshouses, abolished as provided in section 44:4-14 of this title, may be sold by the governing body and the proceeds thereof shall fall into the municipal treasury and be used to pay other expenses of the municipality in the same manner as may be otherwise lawful or such land and premises may be put to such other public use as may be lawful.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-16 - Contract with another county for maintenance of permanent poor

44:4-16. Contract with another county for maintenance of permanent poor
Upon the certificate of the state board that the housing conditions and accommodations are adequate for the purpose, and upon the approval of the state board of health that the sanitary conditions are such as to properly safeguard the health of such poor persons as may be maintained therein, the board of chosen freeholders of any county may contract with the board of chosen freeholders of any other county to board and care for poor persons requiring permanent relief of such county.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-17 - Contract authorized by resolution

44:4-17. Contract authorized by resolution
The contract for the relief and maintenance of the permanent poor of a county in a welfare-house of another county shall be authorized by resolution as mentioned in section 44:4-5 of this title, and such other provisions as may be necessary for the purpose may be adopted by resolution.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-18 - Terms of contract

44:4-18. Terms of contract
The contract authorized by the board of chosen freeholders and entered into by the directors of the several counties concerned shall provide for the permanent maintenance and relief of such poor persons, and any county so contracting may maintain the permanent poor under its jurisdiction and authority in the welfare-house in the other county with which the contract is entered into.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-19 - Expense under contract; payment by proper county

44:4-19. Expense under contract; payment by proper county
The expense under a contract for the support of the permanent poor of any county in the welfare-house of another county shall be a charge upon the county whose permanent poor are thus provided for. Such expense shall be provided for by appropriation and paid in the same manner as other county expenses.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-20 - Membership

44:4-20. Membership
In every county wherein the provisions of this chapter have been adopted, there shall be constituted and appointed a county welfare board composed as provided in R.S. 44:1-11. Such boards are hereby created corporate entities with power to sue and be sued, to use a common seal, and to make bylaws. The holding of any other office by any member of the welfare board shall not constitute such holding as incompatible with his office as member of such welfare board.
Amended by L.1938, c. 194, p. 421, s. 1, eff. May 16, 1938; L.1972, c. 105, s. 3, eff. July 27, 1972.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-21 - Terms of members; vacancies

44:4-21. Terms of members; vacancies
Members shall hold their offices for five years, except that the first appointments shall be respectively for one, two, three, four and five years, which terms as to duration shall be in the order of appointments as made and indicated. Vacancies in such offices shall be filled for the unexpired term only.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-22 - Compensation and expenses of members

44:4-22. Compensation and expenses of members
Members shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses, on the approval of the director of the board of chosen freeholders, all of which shall be audited and paid in the same manner as other expenses are paid in and for the county.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-23 - Organization of board

44:4-23. Organization of board
The county welfare board shall elect from among its members a chairman and vice-chairman and a secretary-treasurer who shall furnish a suitable bond to be approved by the board of chosen freeholders.
Amended by L.1938, c. 194, p. 422, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-24 - Supervision of relief and settlement of poor; complaints for prevention of cruelty

44:4-24. Supervision of relief and settlement of poor; complaints for prevention of cruelty
The county welfare board, as the county bureau of relief shall have charge and supervision of the relief and settlement of the poor in its jurisdiction, subject to the provisions of this chapter, and may prefer complaints for the prevention of cruelty to children under the provisions of Title 9 of the Revised Statutes.
Amended by L.1954, c. 31, p. 101, s. 1, eff. May 28, 1954.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-25 - Supervision of old age relief

44:4-25. Supervision of old age relief
On the establishment of a county welfare board in any county, the functions and powers theretofore vested in and the duties required of and theretofore exercised by any welfare board for the supervision of old age relief in such county shall be taken over by, transferred to, vested in and exercised by the county welfare board established under the provisions of this chapter.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-26 - Board as manager of welfare-house

44:4-26. Board as manager of welfare-house
When the board of chosen freeholders shall establish a county welfare-house for the permanent maintenance and relief of the poor in any county and shall have acquired a site therefor, awarded contracts for the necessary building and improvements thereon, and resolved to maintain a county welfare-house as is provided in this chapter, the county welfare board shall constitute the board of managers of such welfare-house. As such board of managers the county welfare board shall have charge of all matters relating to the government, discipline, contracts and fiscal concerns of the welfare-house as appropriated by the chosen freeholders, and shall make such rules and regulations as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of such welfare-house.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-28 - Meetings of board

44:4-28. Meetings of board
The county welfare board shall meet regularly once each month and at such other times as may be necessary or as it may by rule provide. When a welfare-house has been established the board shall meet at such welfare-house or, in case of emergency, at the office of the county welfare board, at least once in every month, and at such other times and places as may be prescribed in the by-laws or rules of the board. The board shall hold its annual meeting within two months after the close of the fiscal year.
Amended by L.1938, c. 194, p. 422, s. 3, eff. May 16, 1938; L.1943, c. 112, p. 344, s. 1, eff. April 7, 1943.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-30 - Certification of bills to board of freeholders

44:4-30. Certification of bills to board of freeholders
The county welfare board shall certify all bills and accounts including salaries and wages, and transmit them to the board of chosen freeholders of the county which shall make payment out of the appropriations therefor in the same manner as other charges against the county.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-31 - Working expense fund

44:4-31. Working expense fund
The board of chosen freeholders shall provide and maintain, however, a working expense fund for the use of the welfare board, raised and collected as other expenses are required by this chapter to be provided. Payment therefrom shall be made out of the county treasury on the voucher of the secretary-treasurer of the welfare board.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-32 - Appointment of director; qualifications

44:4-32. Appointment of director; qualifications
The county welfare board shall appoint, subject to the approval of the board of chosen freeholders, a director of welfare, who shall:
a. Be a citizen of this state and of the United States;
b. Be able to read and write the English language;
c. Be capable of making and keeping such records and reports as are lawfully required of him;
d. Have complete knowledge of the laws concerning the relief and maintenance of the poor;
e. Be in the judgment of the county welfare board a technically trained and qualified expert in the field of welfare service, with administrative experience therein; and
f. Not be a member of the county welfare board.
The county adjuster when qualified may be appointed for this office but when so appointed shall not serve as an ex-officio member of the county welfare board.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-33 - Director of welfare, classification for civil service; working test period

44:4-33. Director of welfare, classification for civil service; working test period
The director of welfare shall be and hereby is classified in the competitive class of the classified service as defined and provided in Title 11, Civil Service, notwithstanding the county welfare board may not otherwise be operating under the provisions of Title 11, Civil Service. Directors of welfare hereafter appointed shall have a working test period, as otherwise defined and governed by sections 11:12-1 and 11:12-2, which shall be not shorter than six months and which shall, on request of the appointing authority, be extended for an additional period or periods not to exceed a total of twelve months including the initial period.
Amended by L.1938, c. 194, p. 422, s. 4, eff. May 16, 1938; L.1940, c. 187, p. 559, s. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1940.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:4-34 - Appointment and tenure of other officers and employees

44:4-34. Appointment and tenure of other officers and employees
The county welfare board shall appoint such other officers, assistants and employees as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. All employees of the county welfare board shall hold their office or employment during good behavior, and may be removed upon written charges and after a hearing, due notice of which shall be given therefor by the county welfare board, for misconduct, neglect or incompetence.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.