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New Jersey Statutes, Title: 44, POOR

    Chapter 1:

      Section: 44:1-109: Granting permanent relief in absence of county almshouse, welfare-house or district welfare-house

           Where permanent relief is required by a poor person in a municipality in a county in which he has gained a settlement and of a county in which there is no almshouse, welfare-house or district welfare-house, the overseer shall:

a. Commit and remove the person to the municipal almshouse;

b. Furnish relief at home as provided in this chapter if the circumstances render that course legal and preferable; or

c. Commit and remove the person to such other municipal almshouse in the county as may by contract provide such relief.



This section added to the Rutgers Database: 2012-09-26 13:37:54.






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