New Jersey § 44:1-120
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 44:1-120, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 44:1-120.
On the day named in the notice the order 1 for removal shall be made by the overseer of the poor of the municipality from which
the poor person is to be removed, or by the county adjuster as the case may be, and
the poor person shall forthwith be removed to the place indicated in the notice upon
the making of an order that the poor person has no settlement in the municipality,
county or district in which he is a resident or is found, and has a settlement or
became poor in the other municipality or county prior to his becoming a resident and
inhabitant or being found in the municipality from which he is to be removed, unless
within ten days after the mailing of the written notice the overseer to whom it was
mailed shall proceed to contest the allegation of the settlement of the poor person
or of the right to remove him to that municipality or county. 1
Now municipal directors of welfare, see N.J.S.A. § 44:1-73.2.
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