New Jersey § 44:1-142
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 44:1-142, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 44:1-142.
An overseer or his deputies 1 may contract with relatives and others not otherwise chargeable by law who are able
and willing to support and maintain or contribute to the support and maintenance of
a poor person, whereby such relatives in consideration of the support and maintenance
of the poor person may undertake and obligate themselves to that end, or induce such
aid and support as may be possible. 1
Now municipal directors of welfare, see N.J.S.A. § 44:1-73.2.
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