New Jersey Statutes
§ 44:1-3 — Establishment by board of freeholders
New Jersey·Title 44 POOR
The board of chosen freeholders of a county may, by resolution, establish a county almshouse to be known as a welfare-house, or change the name, control and management of an existing county almshouse for the care and maintenance of the permanent poor, and the permanent poor, other than in municipalities excepted therefrom as provided in this chapter, shall be provided for therein by the county, and almshouses maintained and supported in municipalities in the county shall, as otherwise provided in this chapter, thereafter be abolished and the permanent poor shall thereafter be maintained in the county institution rather than in municipal almshouses.
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§ 44:1-1
Definitions.§ 44:1-101
Annual reports by overseers§ 44:1-102
Place of settlement in general§ 44:1-103
Married woman and children§ 44:1-104
Legitimate minor children§ 44:1-105
Illegitimate minor children§ 44:1-106
Minor from outside of state§ 44:1-107
Persons from outside of United States§ 44:1-109
Granting permanent relief in absence of county almshouse, welfare-house or district welfare-house§ 44:1-11
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