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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-12.1 - Terms of members; additional appointments

44:1-12.1. Terms of members; additional appointments
In any case in which the membership of a county welfare board is increased by two additional citizen members appointed pursuant to the authority conferred by section 1 of this act (R.S. 44:1-11), the terms of office of the additional members first appointed shall be one for a term of 4 years, and one for a term of 5 years, with such terms to be designated by the board of chosen freeholders in making such appointments.
L.1972, c. 105, s. 2, eff. July 27, 1972.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-16 - Regulation and operation of welfare-house

44:1-16. Regulation and operation of welfare-house
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 board of chosen freeholders, and shall make such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the welfare-house.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-18 - Meetings of board

44:1-18. Meetings of board
The county welfare board shall meet at the welfare-house at least once in every month, and at such other times as may be prescribed in the by-laws or rules of the board. It shall hold its annual meeting at least one month prior to the meeting of the board of freeholders at which appropriations for the ensuing year are to be considered.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-21 - Certification of bills to board of freeholders

44:1-21. 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 provide for their payment in the same manner as other charges against the county, except as to municipalities therein which do not participate as provided in this chapter.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-22 - Working expense fund

44:1-22. Working expense fund
The board of chosen freeholders shall provide and maintain, for the use of the county welfare board, a working expense fund of not more than three hundred dollars, which fund shall be raised as other expense money is required by this chapter to be provided. Payments therefrom shall be made out of the county treasury on the voucher of the secretary-treasurer.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-24 - Appointment of superintendent; qualifications

44:1-24. Appointment of superintendent; qualifications
The county welfare board shall appoint a superintendent of welfare who shall be the director of welfare under the direction and supervision of that board. The superintendent shall:
a. Have the qualifications and be subject to the same examination as an overseer;
b. Be a citizen of this state and of the United States;
c. Be able to read and write the English language;
d. Be capable of making and keeping such records and reports as are lawfully required of him;
e. Have complete knowledge of the laws concerning the relief and maintenance of the poor; and
f. Not be a member of the 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 44:1-24.1 - Temporary welfare director

44:1-24.1. Temporary welfare director
In case of a vacancy in the office of director of welfare the county welfare board may appoint a temporary or acting director of welfare for a term not exceeding six months, which temporary or acting director shall have like qualifications and powers as are provided for director of welfare.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-30 - Persons receivable in welfare-house

44:1-30. Persons receivable in welfare-house
The superintendent 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 a county or municipal almshouse, and who have settlements therein, except the poor of municipalities which do not participate in the support and maintenance of the welfare-house.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-30.1 - Change of almshouse to welfare-house; persons to be admitted

44:1-30.1. Change of almshouse to welfare-house; persons to be admitted
When the board of chosen freeholders of any county has, or shall hereafter, by resolution changed the name of an existing almshouse to welfare-house, and the control and management thereof to the county welfare board, thereafter the superintendent of welfare shall receive in the said welfare-house, by and with the approval of said welfare board, such poor persons as by rules and regulations provided by the said county welfare board, are properly receivable therein.
L.1940, c. 119, p. 263, s. 1, eff. June 18, 1940.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-30.2 - Persons admitted to pledge property; lien; agreement to reimburse

44:1-30.2. Persons admitted to pledge property; lien; agreement to reimburse
Every county welfare board, operating under chapter one of Title 44 of the Revised Statutes, shall require, as a condition to the admission of any person to the county welfare-house, that all or any part of the property, either real or personal, of such person, either presently owned or which may subsequently be acquired, be pledged to said county welfare board as a guaranty for the reimbursement of the cost of the care and maintenance of such person at the county welfare-house, and the total amount of the cost thereof shall become a lien upon any lands owned or to be owned by such person, which lien shall have priority over all unrecorded encumbrances. The county welfare board shall take from each applicant a properly acknowledged agreement to reimburse for all benefits furnished, and pursuant to such agreement said applicant shall assign to the welfare board, as collateral security for such benefits, all or any part of his real and personal property and insurance when the terms of the policy so permit, as the board shall specify.
The agreement to reimburse shall contain a release of dower or curtesy, as the case may be, of the spouse of the person so benefited, and such release shall be as valid and effectual as if the spouse had joined the applicant in a conveyance of the property to a third person; the maintenance and support furnished shall be good and valuable consideration therefor.
L.1940, c. 119, p. 263, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-30.3 - Recording of certificates; warrant of satisfaction or release

44:1-30.3. Recording of certificates; warrant of satisfaction or release
The county clerks or registers of deeds and mortgages, as the case may be, shall record the said certificates in a book, which he shall provide, to be known as "welfare-house liens" and shall index the same in the indices made and kept for deeds, mortgages and chattel mortgages. No clerk or register shall charge any fee therefor.
Whenever the county welfare board shall have received satisfaction or partial satisfaction of the cost of the care and maintenance provided for in said certificate, the county welfare board shall execute a warrant of satisfaction or release therefrom, which warrants of satisfaction or releases shall be recorded, noted and indexed as are warrants to satisfy or releases of mortgages, without charge, by the clerk or register.
L.1940, c. 119, p. 264, s. 3. Amended by L.1953, c. 42, p. 774, s. 1, eff. March 19, 1953.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-31 - Exercise by superintendent or another of power of overseer; general jurisdiction

44:1-31. Exercise by superintendent or another of power of overseer; general jurisdiction
The superintendent of welfare shall, in addition to his duties as chief executive officer of the welfare-house and welfare board, have general jurisdiction throughout the county, or portion of the county which maintains a welfare-house as in this chapter provided, and the authority and power of an overseer with the consent and approval of the governing body in all municipalities which have no duly constituted overseer performing those duties by contract or otherwise; but the welfare board may designate some officer other than the superintendent of welfare to exercise the power of an overseer, and he shall, in such work as overseer in a municipality, be subject to all lawful rules and regulations of the welfare board. The expense of the work of overseer by the superintendent shall be a charge upon the municipalities of the county so participating, to be levied, assessed and collected therefrom by the board of chosen freeholders in the manner in which other county expenses are collected.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-32 - Making of contract; terms

44:1-32. Making of contract; terms
Upon the certificate of the state board that the housing conditions and accommodations are sufficient and adequate for the purpose, and the approval of the state board of health that the sanitary conditions are such as to properly safeguard the health of the poor persons to be maintained therein, the board of chosen freeholders of a county may contract with the board of chosen freeholders of another county to board and care for poor persons requiring permanent relief of such county, excepting municipalities thereof which elect not to participate in the county plan and which maintain their own permanent poor, and such contract authorized by the board and entered into by the directors of the counties concerned shall provide for the permanent maintenance and relief of such poor persons. A county so contracting may maintain its permanent poor in the almshouse or welfare-house in the other contracting county.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-34 - Collection of expense from participating municipalities

44:1-34. Collection of expense from participating municipalities
The expense under such contract shall be provided for by appropriation and paid in the same manner as other county expenses, except that it shall be levied, assessed and collected only from municipalities participating and not from those which elect not to participate and which maintain their own permanent poor.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-35 - Constitution and appointment of welfare board

44:1-35. Constitution and appointment of welfare board
When a county shall contract with another county, as provided in this chapter, for the permanent maintenance and relief of the poor in the welfare-house of such other county, a county welfare board may be thereupon constituted and appointed as provided in sections 44:1-10 to 44:1-15 of this title, to have charge and supervision of the relief and settlement of the poor in its jurisdiction, subject to the provisions of this chapter.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-36 - Inspection of almshouse or welfare-house

44:1-36. Inspection of almshouse or welfare-house
The almshouse or welfare-house shall always be open to inspection by a duly authorized agent of the board of chosen freeholders of a county maintaining its permanent poor therein and of the state board and the state board of health.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-37 - Procedure when municipality elects not to participate

44:1-37. Procedure when municipality elects not to participate
When municipalities elect not to participate in such county purpose the procedure shall be as set forth in sections 44:1-61 to 44:1-63 of this title and as otherwise provided in this chapter, as in the case of the establishment of a welfare-house.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-38 - Concurrent resolutions in contiguous and adjoining counties to establish district welfare-house

44:1-38. Concurrent resolutions in contiguous and adjoining counties to establish district welfare-house
The boards of chosen freeholders respectively in any two or more contiguous and adjoining counties may resolve that:
a. Upon a like resolution being adopted in such other adjoining and contiguous county or counties as are named therein; and
b. Upon the ratification and acceptance as provided in this chapter by a majority vote of the legal voters in such counties of the provisions of such resolutions of like purport as have been adopted in the respective counties, excepting from the vote the electors of municipalities which maintain their own permanent poor in institutions and have, as authorized in section 44:1-61 of this title, elected not to participate in such purpose--
provision be made for the permanent relief of the poor in such counties in a welfare-house to be jointly owned by such counties, or so many thereof as adopt the plan, or as the resolutions may provide, which shall constitute a district and be conducted by a welfare board constituted as provided in section 44:1-43 of this title, for the permanent relief of the poor of such counties. In such case permanent relief shall be provided for the poor of such counties, except those municipalities which maintain their own permanent poor and which have elected not to participate for such purpose in the jointly maintained district welfare-house.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-39 - Submitting resolution to voters of each county

44:1-39. Submitting resolution to voters of each county
When two or more contiguous and adjoining counties shall, by the boards of chosen freeholders thereof, so resolve to construct and maintain a district welfare-house jointly in lieu of a county welfare-house and municipal almshouses, which in such case shall be abolished except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the resolution shall at the next general election be submitted to the legal voters of each county, excepting the voters in municipalities which maintain their permanent poor in institutions and have, as authorized in section 44:1-61 of this title, elected not to participate. Public notice thereof shall be given by the boards of chosen freeholders by publication not less than thirty days prior to the election in a newspaper published and circulating in the county seat of each of the counties.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-40 - Ballot; form and content

44:1-40. Ballot; form and content
At the general election at which the question of the adoption of the resolution is submitted to the voters of a county, there shall be printed upon each official ballot substantially the following:
"To vote upon the public question printed below, if in favor thereof mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word YES, and if opposed thereto mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word NO.
"Shall the county of ................ adopt
the resolution of the board of chosen freeholders
[ ] YES providing for the joint establishment, operation
and maintenance of a district welfare-house for the
permanent relief of the poor of this and the
[ ] NO county (or counties) of (naming them), or so many
thereof (or all as the resolution shall provide)
as may be favorable thereto?"
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-41 - Voting.

44:1-41. Voting.
44:1-41. If the voter makes an x or + mark in ink or pencil in the square at the left of the word "YES," it shall be counted as a vote in favor of the acceptance of the resolution.
If the voter makes an x or + mark in ink or pencil in the square at the left of the word "NO," it shall be counted as a vote against the acceptance of the resolution, and if no mark is made in either square it shall not be counted as a vote either for or against the acceptance of the resolution.
Amended 1994,c.77,s.22.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-42 - Canvass, return and result of vote

44:1-42. Canvass, return and result of vote
A canvass and return of the votes upon the question of the acceptance of the resolution shall be made by the board of canvassers in the same way and manner as for officers voted at the election and as other questions are submitted on referendum, and the result thereof shall be certified within five days thereafter to the secretary of state who shall canvass the vote of the two or more counties voting on the question and shall certify it within ten days thereafter to the respective county clerks and to the clerk of the board of chosen freeholders of each such county. If the majority of the votes cast in each county for and against the acceptance of the resolution are found to be in favor of its acceptance it shall then become operative in the county with such other counties as have likewise voted in favor of the adoption of the district welfare-house.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-43 - Constitution and appointment of district welfare board

44:1-43. Constitution and appointment of district welfare board
In the event of the adoption by a majority of the legal voters qualified to vote on the proposition in each such county, or in such counties as shall so elect if the resolutions so provide, there shall be constituted and appointed at a joint meeting of the respective boards of chosen freeholders concerned therein a district welfare board of five persons, citizens of the district, two of whom shall be women, who with the directors of the respective boards of chosen freeholders shall constitute the managers of the district welfare-house. The members shall be elected, as nearly as may be, so as to make the quota in membership in the board equal in representation from the counties concerned. They shall hold office for five years, except that the first appointments shall be for one, two, three, four and five years, respectively, which terms as to duration shall be in the order of the appointments as made and indicated. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term only. The holding of any other office by a member shall not be construed to be the holding of an incompatible office.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-44 - Meetings of board

44:1-44. Meetings of board
A district welfare board shall meet regularly once each month and at such other times as may be necessary or as it may by rule provide. It shall hold its annual meeting at least six weeks prior to the meetings of the boards of chosen freeholders of the several counties at which appropriations for the ensuing year are to be made.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-48 - Apportionment of expense of establishment and maintenance of welfare-house

44:1-48. Apportionment of expense of establishment and maintenance of welfare-house
The proportionate expense of the joint establishment and maintenance of a district welfare-house shall, as provided in this chapter, be apportioned among the several counties according to their population, excepting therefrom the population of municipalities which, as authorized in section 44:1-61 of this title, have elected not to participate, and the necessary sums required to be levied, assessed and collected shall be so raised by the board of chosen freeholders against the municipalities chargeable as provided in this chapter.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-49 - Budgeting and raising expense of operation and maintenance.

44:1-49. Budgeting and raising expense of operation and maintenance.
A district welfare board shall provide in a budget to be made up six weeks prior to the annual meetings of the respective boards of chosen freeholders concerned, the total expense of the maintenance and operation of the district welfare-house, and all expenses including wages and salaries, and shall apportion the amount among the several counties as provided in section 44:1-48 of this title. Within two weeks after the budget is made up it shall be approved by the state commissioner of municipal accounts, and certified as correct, whereupon it shall be certified to the respective boards of chosen freeholders in order that the quota of each county for the establishment, maintenance and upkeep of the district welfare-house may be provided for. Such costs shall be a charge upon each county or portion thereof participating in the purpose. The quota of each county shall be assessed and collected by the board of chosen freeholders from the municipalities of the county participating in the purpose, in the manner in which other taxes are assessed and collected.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-50 - Custody of funds raised in respective counties

44:1-50. Custody of funds raised in respective counties
The sums of money raised in the respective counties in any manner authorized shall, on receipt thereof by the county treasurers, be paid to and held by the treasurer of the county in which the district welfare-house is situated, and be deposited in a separate account in a state or national bank located and doing business in that county.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-51 - Payment of bills and accounts

44:1-51. Payment of bills and accounts
The district welfare board shall certify all bills and accounts, including salaries and wages, and transmit them to the boards of chosen freeholders concerned which shall examine and approve them for payment, whereupon the county treasurer mentioned in section 44:1-50 of this title, shall pay them from the account provided for in that section.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-52 - Approval of estimated cost of establishment or enlargement of welfare-house

44:1-52. Approval of estimated cost of establishment or enlargement of welfare-house
The estimated cost of the establishment or enlargement of a district welfare-house, including the purchase of the real and personal property therefor shall be submitted to the several boards of chosen freeholders concerned for approval as to the cost, and no proceedings shall be begun or action taken by the welfare board unless and until such cost has been approved by such boards.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-53 - Borrowing money and issuing bonds to establish or enlarge welfare-house

44:1-53. Borrowing money and issuing bonds to establish or enlarge welfare-house
At any time after a vote by more than one county in favor of a district welfare-house as provided in this chapter, the boards of chosen freeholders may by joint resolution borrow money and issue bonds or other obligations therefor in the name of the counties concerned, and negotiate the same for the purpose of raising money necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter for the purpose of establishing, altering or enlarging the district welfare-house or its appurtenances.
The procedure for the issuance of such bonds shall, except as otherwise provided in this chapter and to the extent of the purposes authorized in this chapter, be after the manner provided in article 1 of chapter 1 of the title Municipalities and Counties (s. 40:1-1 et seq.).
The bonds shall:
a. Be of a denomination of not less than one hundred dollars;
b. Bear interest at a rate not higher than six per cent;
c. Be denominated "District Welfare Bonds" of the counties to be named as obligated;
d. Be payable pro rata as by this chapter provided for the payment of cost and expenses;
e. Not be sold below par; and
f. Not be subject to taxation except for state purposes.
The respective counties jointly constructing, operating and maintaining the district welfare-house as provided in this chapter, excepting municipalities not participating, shall, in the manner indicated in the proceedings to bond the district, to be stated in the bonds, indicate the time, place and manner of payment of the principal and interest thereof, and be liable for the payment of such bonds, together with interest thereon in the proportion as in this chapter indicated for such cost and expense at the time of the adoption of the resolution of the board for the issuance thereof.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-54 - Term of bonds; raising of principal and interest

44:1-54. Term of bonds; raising of principal and interest
The bonds shall mature in not more than forty years from the issuance thereof.
The principal and interest thereof and other necessary sums of money or expenses shall be the debt or obligation of the district wherein they were issued in the municipalities of each county participating, in the proportion which the population of each county or part thereof, as last determined prior to their issuance and prior to the passage of the joint resolution of the boards of chosen freeholders of the counties concerned, bears to the population of each other county or part thereof likewise participating, except as in this chapter otherwise provided as to municipalities not participating.
The sums necessary for each annual maturity together with all interest charges shall be provided for in the budgets of the counties participating, in the manner in which other expenses are provided for, and in the proportionate amount annually in the respective counties which is certified by the state commissioner of municipal accounts as being the quota and proportion chargeable to each county.
The payment of such interest and principal and other necessary sums shall be provided for by taxation and annually levied, assessed and collected by the boards of chosen freeholders from the municipalities of the counties participating in the purpose, in the manner in which other debts and obligations of the several counties are provided for by taxation.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-55 - Compelling county to share expenses and obligations

44:1-55. Compelling county to share expenses and obligations
On failure of any county, through its governing body, to make provision in any manner as required by this chapter or other law for the payment of the expenses and obligations imposed thereby for its proportionate share of the establishment or maintenance of a district welfare-house, the board of chosen freeholders of any county composing the district may bring an action in the Superior Court, against the defaulting or delinquent board of chosen freeholders or any delinquent official thereof, or both, for a mandatory order or judgment directing the performance of the actions necessary to accomplish the requisite lawful action and compel the carrying out of its obligations as a county in the proper proportion as to expense and payment as provided in this chapter or any other law. The court may proceed in the action in a summary manner or otherwise. Nothing contained in this section, however, shall be construed to interfere with or restrict any proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ instituted for the purpose, or to review the legality of the order or judgment.
Amended by L.1953, c. 42, p. 774, s. 2, eff. March 19, 1953.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-57 - Notice of readiness to accommodate poor of district

44:1-57. Notice of readiness to accommodate poor of district
When the buildings as constructed or altered and furnished are completed, the district welfare board shall notify the boards of chosen freeholders of each county that they are prepared to accommodate the poor of the contiguous and adjoining counties, which shall be denominated a district in the numerical order and by number as such districts are established.
The notice shall be given to each of the county adjusters and overseers within the district, and also by publication at the same time in a newspaper published and circulated in the county seat of each of the counties acting jointly for the purpose, and, thereafter, the permanent poor shall be provided for by admission to the district welfare-house as provided by law for admission to and maintenance in an almshouse or county welfare-house.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-59 - Time of final action on resolution; notice

44:1-59. Time of final action on resolution; notice
When a 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 the other county in a welfare-house thereof, or for the establishment of a district welfare-house, the resolution so providing shall not be passed at the time of its proposal, but after the proposal the action thereon shall be adjourned for at least one month, when it shall be finally acted upon by the board of chosen freeholders except that such action may be adjourned thereafter to the next regular meeting of the board.
Within two weeks after the proposal of the resolution, notice of the time and place of final action to be taken thereon shall be published twice in two newspapers of general circulation in the county, one of which is published in the county seat.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-61 - Election by municipality not to participate

44:1-61. Election by municipality not to participate
When a county by its board of chosen freeholders shall propose by resolution, as provided in this chapter, to establish a county welfare-house or a jointly maintained district welfare-house, or to contract with another county for the relief and maintenance of the permanent poor by the other county in an almshouse or welfare-house thereof, any municipality in the county which provides for, relieves and maintains its permanent poor, may by resolution elect not to participate in the county purpose.
Upon the certification of that election by the municipal governing body to the clerk of the board of chosen freeholders, the resolution shall be amended before its final passage to except therefrom the municipality or municipalities electing not to participate, and the expense of the county for the purpose shall not be a charge upon any such municipality but shall be a charge upon that portion only of the county whose permanent poor are thus provided for, and the imposts for the county purpose shall not be generally levied, assessed and collected upon the taxable persons or property in the county, but shall be a charge upon, and be levied, assessed and collected by the board of freeholders from the municipalities not excepted from said resolution.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-62 - Subsequent joining by municipality in county or joint county purpose

44:1-62. Subsequent joining by municipality in county or joint county purpose
A municipality may subsequently join in such county or joint county purpose by ordinance which shall be adopted by referendum in the manner provided by sections 40:49-9 to 40:49-12 of the title Municipalities and Counties. After the adoption of the ordinance, the notification of the board of chosen freeholders, and the acceptance and approval of the ordinance by the board of freeholders by resolution after notice of the time and place of the consideration thereof is given to the public who shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard thereon, the municipality shall thereafter have like responsibilities in respect to the purpose as though it had originally participated therein, and shall assume such share of the cost of buildings and equipment theretofore constructed and installed as shall be prescribed by the board of freeholders.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-64 - Abolition of municipal almshouses when county relief undertaken

44:1-64. Abolition of municipal almshouses when county relief undertaken
When the care and maintenance of the permanent poor is undertaken and established by a county in lieu of municipal care of such persons, municipal almshouses, other than county almshouses or welfare-houses, shall be abolished, and the real and personal property which has been used for such purpose 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 a manner otherwise lawful, or such land and premises may be put to other lawful public use. Thereafter the expense of maintaining county almshouses or welfare-houses shall be a charge upon the county as provided in this chapter.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-65 - Abolition of county and municipal almshouses when district relief undertaken

44:1-65. Abolition of county and municipal almshouses when district relief undertaken
When a district for the maintenance of the permanent poor is constituted as provided in this chapter, the respective counties and the municipalities therein, excepting those municipalities which as authorized in section 44:1-61 of this title have elected not to participate in the county purpose, shall no longer provide and maintain almshouses or welfare-houses for the relief and maintenance of the permanent poor, and the real and personal property which has been so used may be disposed of in like manner and for like purposes as is authorized in section 44:1-64 of this title.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-66 - Other methods of establishing almshouses

44:1-66. Other methods of establishing almshouses
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to interfere with or prevent a county from establishing or maintaining a county almshouse as heretofore, unless it has adopted the provisions contained in this chapter for the establishment of a welfare-house, or to prevent any municipality not having participated in the welfare-house plan and purpose from doing likewise.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-67 - Bond issues for construction, repair or equipment

44:1-67. Bond issues for construction, repair or equipment
In order to meet the expense:
a. Of erecting additions to or new buildings or accommodations at a county almshouse or welfare-house; or
b. Of making repairs to any such buildings; or
c. Of providing proper furniture for any such buildings, or apparatus for lighting, heating or otherwise fitting them up--
the board of chosen freeholders of a county lawfully authorized to maintain almshouses or welfare-houses, or the boards of freeholders acting for more than one county, 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, or as provided in this chapter for joint county control.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-68 - Classification and care of inmates

44:1-68. Classification and care of inmates
In the management of almshouses or welfare-houses the inmates shall be classified according to age, condition of health and ability to perform manual labor. Some form of employment shall be provided for such of the inmates as are able to work. Inmates afflicted with any tubercular disease shall be separated from the other inmates and cared for in separate dwellings.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-69 - Separation of sexes

44:1-69. Separation of sexes
In every almshouse, poorhouse, welfare-house or other institution for the reception and maintenance of poor persons, females shall be kept separate from males at all times in their living rooms, bedrooms, toilets, halls, stairways and outbuildings; except that this provision shall not apply to persons who are lawfully married and living together as man and wife, and who become inmates of such an institution. The accommodations necessary to carry out the intention of this section shall be provided.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-71 - Keeping of book with certain entries as to each inmate

44:1-71. Keeping of book with certain entries as to each inmate
The supervisors or superintendent and 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 such 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 about them which may be ascertained, and the book shall be open to the inspection of the public at all times.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-72 - Penalty for failure properly to keep record book

44:1-72. Penalty for failure properly to keep record book
For the wrongful failure to keep such book according to the requirements of section 44:1-71 of this title, or for the willful alteration of an entry therein, or the willful mutilation or destruction thereof, the supervisor, superintendent or person in charge shall be liable to a penalty of twenty-five dollars, to be recovered with costs of suit in an action at law by the overseer of the poor of the municipality, superintendent or welfare board controlling the institution, for the use of the municipality, county or district.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-73 - Appointment

44:1-73. Appointment
An overseer of the poor shall be appointed by the governing body of every municipality excepting those municipalities which shall contract for the services of the overseer of an adjoining municipality as provided in sections 44:1-79 and 44:1-80 of this title, or which are situated in a county, other than a county of the first class, in which there is a welfare plan from which the municipality is not excepted and a welfare board and superintendent of welfare.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-73.1 - Offices of overseer of poor and deputy overseers abolished

44:1-73.1. Offices of overseer of poor and deputy overseers abolished
Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, the offices of overseer of the poor and deputy overseer of the poor in each of the municipalities of this State are hereby abolished, and the functions, powers and duties, records and property of each of such offices, are hereby transferred to and vested in, and shall be exercised and used by, the director of welfare of such municipality appointed pursuant to the provisions of chapter one hundred thirty of the laws of the thousand nine hundred and forty; except, however, as otherwise provided in section five of this act.
L.1946, c. 110, p. 341, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-73.2 - Municipal director of welfare deemed referred to by mention of overseer, etc.

44:1-73.2. Municipal director of welfare deemed referred to by mention of overseer, etc.
Whenever the terms "overseer of the poor," "overseer," "deputy overseer of the poor," and "deputy overseer," occur or any reference is made to any of said terms, in any law, they, and each of them, shall be deemed to mean or refer to the municipal director of welfare appointed pursuant to the provisions of chapter one hundred thirty of the laws of one thousand nine hundred and forty.
L.1946, c. 110, p. 341, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-73.3 - No deprivation of certain county powers

44:1-73.3. No deprivation of certain county powers
Nothing in this act shall be construed to deprive counties which have adopted Title 44:4 of the Revised Statutes of their powers and duties as provided in 9:17-1.1 of the Revised Statutes.
L.1946, c. 110, p. 341, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-73.4 - Term or compensation of directors of welfare unaffected

44:1-73.4. Term or compensation of directors of welfare unaffected
Nothing in this act shall be construed to affect the term of office, or the compensation of any director of welfare appointed by any local assistance board.
L.1946, c. 110, p. 342, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-73.5 - Civil service, pension or retirement rights unaffected

44:1-73.5. Civil service, pension or retirement rights unaffected
Nothing in this act shall be construed to deprive any person of any right or protection provided him by Title 11 of the Revised Statutes or by any pension law or retirement system.
L.1946, c. 110, p. 342, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-73.6 - Rights of overseers of poor and deputy overseers unaffected for balance of term

44:1-73.6. Rights of overseers of poor and deputy overseers unaffected for balance of term
This act shall not affect the term, tenure or compensation of any overseer of the poor or deputy overseer of the poor, of any municipality, holding such office on the effective date hereof, and such overseer of the poor or deputy overseer of the poor, or both, shall continue to exercise the functions, powers and duties of his office, and maintain the records and property thereof, as required by law, for the balance of the term during which he shall have been appointed, and any term or terms for which he may be reappointed to succeed himself in such office; and at the expiration of such term or terms such functions, powers and duties, records and property, shall be transferred to and vested in, and shall be exercised and used by, the director of welfare of such municipality appointed pursuant to the provisions of chapter one hundred thirty of the laws of one thousand nine hundred and forty.
L.1946, c. 110, p. 342, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-75 - Qualifications

44:1-75. Qualifications
No person shall be appointed as an overseer of a municipality unless he shall:
a. Be a citizen of the state and 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; and
d. Have such knowledge of the laws concerning the relief and maintenance of the poor as may be satisfactory to the governing body of the municipality in his jurisdiction, and such governing body may ascertain such qualifications of the applicants by written and oral competitive examinations, conducted by the state civil service commission pursuant to the general authority vested in it by statute, and when the results of the examinations have been ascertained the civil service commission shall certify to the governing body the lists of those who are eligible for appointment as superintendent, overseer or deputy, as the case may be.
Females, as well as males, of full age shall be eligible to appointment as overseers.
In cities governed by commissions under subtitle 4 of the title Municipalities and Counties (s. 40:70-1 et seq.), if a member of the governing body, as the head of the department is overseer, he shall not be subject to such qualifications after examination as required in this section, but they shall apply to other overseers and deputies.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-77 - Tenure and removal or reduction in cities of first class

44:1-77. Tenure and removal or reduction in cities of first class
Overseers of the poor in cities of the first class, appointed by the governing bodies upon resolution thereof, shall hold their office during good behavior and shall not be removed, discharged or reduced in pay or position except for inefficiency, incapacity, conduct unbecoming an employee or other just cause, and until they have been furnished with written statements of the reasons for such removal, discharge or reduction, have been given a reasonable time to make written answer thereto, and until the charge or charges have been examined into and found true in fact by the governing body of the municipality appointing the overseer, at a hearing upon reasonable notice to the person charged at which time he may be represented by counsel and offer testimony of witnesses or any other evidence in his own behalf.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-79 - Contract by municipality for services of overseer of adjoining municipality

44:1-79. Contract by municipality for services of overseer of adjoining municipality
Contiguous or adjoining municipalities in a county may, through their governing bodies, agree in writing after resolution duly passed in each that the overseer of one or more of them may and shall act for and within one or more of them in lieu of the appointment of an overseer in the adjoining municipality so contracting, and thereupon such additional salary shall be paid the overseer as is agreed upon, with and not without his express consent in writing thereto. In such case the overseer shall have like authority and responsibilities as other overseers, and the overseer theretofore appointed in the municipality contracting for the other overseer shall upon notice to this effect to him cease to hold the office within thirty days after the agreement is executed.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-80 - Removal of director of welfare from duties in adjoining municipality

44:1-80. Removal of director of welfare from duties in adjoining municipality
44:1-80. A director of welfare acting in contiguous or adjoining municipalities, as provided in section 44:1-79 of this Title, may be removed from his responsibilities and duties in the municipality other than that of his appointment, for cause or by reason of his inability to properly perform his authorized and required functions due to the size or population of the territory in an action by the governing body of either municipality against the other municipality, in the Superior Court. The court may proceed therein in a summary manner.
The court by its judgment may terminate the contract and relieve the director of such duties and responsibilities and the additional salary theretofore agreed to be paid to him. Upon the removal of the director, the municipality may appoint one to act therein for the full term as provided in this chapter.
Amended 1953,c.42,s.3; 1991,c.91,s.423.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-83 - Appointment and powers of deputy overseers

44:1-83. Appointment and powers of deputy overseers
In municipalities, other than counties, having not less than five thousand inhabitants, or where the overseer has jurisdiction in more than one municipality, the governing body or bodies may appoint a deputy overseer. A deputy overseer shall have resided in the state for at least one year and shall have other qualifications like those necessary for overseers. He shall be under the direction of the overseer, and be vested on the approval of the overseer with the same power in the distribution of relief and like authority for prosecution or defense in court proceedings.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 44 - Poor › Section 44:1-84 - Appointment, salaries and removal of deputies, assistants and others

44:1-84. Appointment, salaries and removal of deputies, assistants and others
The governing body or bodies may appoint such other assistants, clerks, visitors and nurses as in their judgment may be expedient, and fix their salaries and that of the deputy overseer, which salaries shall be in lieu of all fees. The deputy overseer and the assistants, clerks and nurses shall work under the direction of the overseer, shall hold their office or employment during good behavior, and may be removed by the governing body upon written charges and after a hearing upon due notice for misconduct, neglect or incompetence.