New Jersey § 44:1-155

§ 44:1-155.

When a ship or vessel shall arrive within a port, harbor or municipality within this

state, having on board passengers or employees coming from any foreign port or place,

or coming from a municipality within or without this state into a municipality within

this state, the overseer of the poor 1 of the municipality at which the ship or vessel shall arrive, may require of the

master or commander of the ship or vessel, a bond with approved security to the inhabitants

of the municipality in the sum of and not exceeding two hundred dollars conditioned

for the maintenance and support of any passenger or employee on board the ship or

vessel who is sick, infirm or otherwise incapable and a poor person within the meaning

of this chapter, in the opinion of the overseer. 1

Now municipal director of welfare, see N.J.S.A. § 44:1-73.2.