New Jersey § 44:1-57
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 44:1-57, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 44:1-57.
When the buildings as constructed or altered and furnished are completed, the district
welfare board shall notify the boards of chosen freeholders of each county that they
are prepared to accommodate the poor of the contiguous and adjoining counties, which
shall be denominated a district in the numerical order and by number as such districts
are established. The notice shall be given to each of the county adjusters and overseers 1 within the district, and also by publication at the same time in a newspaper published
and circulated in the county seat of each of the counties acting jointly for the purpose,
and, thereafter, the permanent poor shall be provided for by admission to the district
welfare-house as provided by law for admission to and maintenance in an almshouse
or county welfare-house. 1
Now municipal directors of welfare, see N.J.S.A. § 44:1-73.2.
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