New Jersey § 44:1-92
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 44:1-92, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 44:1-92.
A poor person or child who is committed or removed to an almshouse or welfare-house
by an overseer 1 shall be received by the supervisor or superintendent, and be supported and relieved
therein until in the case of a person not a minor it shall appear that the person
is no longer a poor person within the meaning of this chapter, when in the discretion
of the supervisor or superintendent the person so removed may be discharged, and immediately
thereafter a written notice of such removal or discharge shall be sent to the overseer
or superintendent on whose order the person was received into the almshouse or welfare-house,
stating the reason for such removal or discharge and the name of the person, society
or board, if any, into whose care or custody the person has been discharged. 1
Now municipal director of welfare, see N.J.S.A. § 44:1-73.2.
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