New Jersey § 44:1-142 Contracts between overseers and relatives or others

New Jersey Statutes

§ 44:1-142 — Contracts between overseers and relatives or others

New Jersey § 44:1-142

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N.J. Stat. Ann. § 44:1-142 (2026).

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An overseer or his deputies may contract with relatives and others not otherwise chargeable by law who are able and willing to support and maintain or contribute to the support and maintenance of a poor person, whereby such relatives in consideration of the support and maintenance of the poor person may undertake and obligate themselves to that end, or induce such aid and support as may be possible.

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An overseer or his deputies may contract with relatives and others not otherwise chargeable by law who are able and willing to support and maintain or contribute to the support and maintenance of a poor person, whereby such relatives in consideration of the support and maintenance of the poor person may undertake and obligate themselves to that end, or induce such aid and support as may be possible.