2013 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.
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