2014 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 44 - POOR
Section 44:1-109 - Granting permanent relief in absence of county almshouse, welfare-house or district welfare-house
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.
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