Title 44, Title 44: POOR

44:4-29. Approval of appropriations All appropriations for the expenditure of money as set forth in this chapter shall be subject to the approval of the board of chosen freeholders.

44:4-3. Construction in general The provisions contained in this chapter shall not be construed to be exclusive. A particular grant of power contained in this chapter shall be held to be in specification but not in limitation of general powers.

44:4-30. Certification of bills to board of freeholders The county welfare board shall certify all bills and accounts including salaries and wages, and transmit them to the board of chosen freeholders of the county which shall make payment out of the appropriations therefor in th…

44:4-31. Working expense fund The board of chosen freeholders shall provide and maintain, however, a working expense fund for the use of the welfare board, raised and collected as other expenses are required by this chapter to be provided. Payment therefrom shall be made out of t…

44:4-32. Appointment of director; qualifications The county welfare board shall appoint, subject to the approval of the board of chosen freeholders, a director of welfare, who shall: a. Be a citizen of this state and of the United States; b. Be able to read and write the English …

44:4-33. Director of welfare, classification for civil service; working test period The director of welfare shall be and hereby is classified in the competitive class of the classified service as defined and provided in Title 11, Civil Service, notwithstanding the county welfare …

44:4-34. Appointment and tenure of other officers and employees The county welfare board shall appoint such other officers, assistants and employees as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. All employees of the county welfare board shall hold their office …

44:4-35. Salaries The county welfare board shall fix the salaries of the director of welfare and such other officers, assistants and employees within the limits of the appropriation made therefor by the board of chosen freeholders, and such salaries shall be compensation in full …

44:4-36. Regulations governing officers and employees The director of welfare and the other officers and employees shall be subject to such rules and regulations in the discharge of their duties as may be provided by the county welfare board.

44:4-37. Functions and duties of director The director of welfare shall: a. Have general jurisdiction throughout the county of the settlement and relief of the poor and shall direct the administration thereof under the control and supervision of the county welfare board and subje…

44:4-38. Functions and duties formerly performed by overseers of poor The functions and powers vested in overseers of the poor prior to April twenty-eighth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, and the duties required of and theretofore exercised by them, shall, wherever nec…

44:4-39. Persons receivable in welfare-house The director of welfare under the general rules and regulations shall receive in the welfare-house such poor persons as by law are properly receivable therein, or as otherwise by law may be provided, and all such persons as would other…

44:4-4. Establishment of welfare-house or provision for poor by contract The board of chosen freeholders of any county after the adoption of this chapter as provided in article 17 of this chapter (s. 44:4-129 et seq.) shall by resolution: a. Establish a county almshouse, to be kn…

44:4-40. Determination by director of relief to be granted 44:4-40. The county director of welfare, under the direction, and subject to the approval of the county welfare board shall determine who are to be relieved by him, subject to an application by any person on at least five…

44:4-41. Deputy director of welfare The county welfare board may appoint a deputy director of welfare who shall: a. Have the qualifications of a director of welfare and shall have resided in the state for at least one year; b. Be under the direction of the director of welfare; an…

44:4-42. Assistant directors for municipalities Where a county contains a city of the first or second class, the county welfare board of such county shall appoint an assistant director of welfare for each such city to administer the distribution of relief under the direction of t…

44:4-43. Resident helpers and municipal advisory committees County welfare boards may appoint resident helpers, and municipal advisory committees without pay and without fees, to aid in the relief of poor persons under their direction and jurisdiction, in any municipality or loca…

44:4-44. Use of all agencies for relief All agencies for relief, such as widows' pensions, as provided by law, aid under the authority conferred upon the rehabilitation commission and public employment service, or other aids to relief, support or assistance, public or private, sh…

44:4-45. Records of proceedings and of relief furnished The county welfare board shall keep a public record of its proceedings in a book provided for that purpose, and, as the county bureau of relief, shall keep a complete, accurate and itemized record of all relief furnished.

44:4-46. Books showing receipts; record of orders for relief The county welfare board shall keep a book, setting forth therein all money, goods, and materials received by it and, in addition thereto, a separate book of orders for relief, with stubs attached. The printed orders an…

44:4-47. Periodical reports to chosen freeholders The county welfare board, as the county bureau of relief, shall make periodical reports to the board of chosen freeholders at such times and in such manner and form as is provided in this chapter. The board shall report the amount…

44:4-48. Annual report as to welfare-house The county welfare board shall make annually a report of the financial management and expenditures and other operations of the welfare-house and the number of persons maintained therein, together with its recommendations to the board of …

44:4-49. Director's record of receipts and expenditures Directors of welfare shall keep a record of all receipts and expenditures on their part or that of their subordinates.

44:4-5. Action on resolution to establish welfare-house or to contract Whenever any county shall propose by resolution as in this chapter provided, to establish a county welfare-house or to contract with another county for the relief and maintenance of the permanent poor by such …

44:4-50. Director's record of applicants for relief Directors of welfare shall keep a record which may be by card index and which shall state in respect to all applicants for relief: a. The name, age, sex and residence; b. The number and names of children and their ages; c. The t…

44:4-51. Filing of record on admission to institution In case of the commitment or admission of a poor person or a member of his family, through the agency of the director of welfare under the supervision of the county welfare board, to an almshouse, welfare-house or other instit…

44:4-52. Annual report of director to chosen freeholders Directors of welfare under the direction of the respective county welfare boards shall make to their respective county boards of chosen freeholders annually within thirty days after the first meeting thereof in the year, a …

44:4-53. Material, stationery and forms of records The board of chosen freeholders shall furnish to the county welfare board the necessary material, card indexes and other stationery for the purpose of this chapter, at the expense of the county. All forms of records for the use o…

44:4-54. Inspection of records and reports All records and reports shall be subject to inspection by duly authorized representatives of the state board or the commissioner.

44:4-55. Book kept in every institution; required entries The person in charge of every institution for the poor shall keep a book, to be provided by the authority charged with the care of the institution, in which book he shall enter from time to time the name, date of the commi…

44:4-56. Penalty for failure to keep book For the wrongful neglect or refusal to keep the book according to the requirements of section 44:4-55 of this title, for the willful alteration of any entry in it, or for its willful mutilation or destruction, the person in charge shall b…

44:4-57. Place of settlement in general Every person of full age who is a resident of, and domiciled without interruption in any county for five years, excluding any time spent by such person in a charitable or correctional institution, shall be deemed settled in such county and …

44:4-58. Married woman and children A married woman and her children shall always follow and have the settlement of her husband and of their father. If he has no such settlement, her settlement shall be as it was at the time of her becoming a resident and a domiciliary of the cou…

44:4-59. Legitimate minor children Legitimate minor children shall, until they have gained a settlement of their own, always follow and have the settlement of their father, if they have one, except that if the father has no settlement they shall follow and have the settlement of …

44:4-6. Acquisition of real estate for welfare-house The board of chosen freeholders may purchase and lease real estate for the welfare-house, or acquire such property and easements therein by lease, purchase or condemnation, and the power of eminent domain may be exercised as pr…

44:4-60. Illegitimate minor children Illegitimate minor children shall follow and have the settlement of their mother, unless the father is legally found or admitted by him to be such at the time and place of their birth, in which case they shall follow and have the father's sett…

44:4-61. Minors from outside of state No minor who is brought into any county in this state, or who is placed out in any family therein by any person, society or corporation, public or private, of this or any other state, shall gain a settlement.

44:4-62. Persons from outside of United States Nothing in this chapter shall apply to or affect any person from outside the United States of America, or in any way change the rights or liabilities of such persons as conferred or imposed by any law of the United States, nor the ri…

44:4-63. Permanent relief in place of settlement Where permanent relief is required by any poor person in a county in which he has gained a settlement the director of welfare under the direction of the county welfare board shall commit and remove such person to the welfare-house …

44:4-64. Permanent relief in county other than that of settlement Where permanent relief is required by a poor person in any county in which he is a resident or an inhabitant, whose place of settlement is in another county than the one in which relief is sought, the director of w…

44:4-65. Temporary provision for persons having no settlement in county Permanent relief shall not be rendered by any county welfare board to any person who is otherwise lawfully removable and who has no settlement in the county in which relief is sought or necessary, but all suc…

44:4-66. Procedure where relief sought by person having no settlement anywhere Where relief is required by a poor person in any county in which he is a resident and inhabitant, who shall not have gained a settlement in any county within this state, or in any other state, the dire…

44:4-67. Temporary relief in county other than that of settlement When temporary relief is required by a poor person in any county in which he is a resident and inhabitant, whose place of settlement is in some other county in this state, the director of welfare shall provide and …

44:4-68. Temporary relief by person having settlement outside of state Where temporary relief is required by a poor person in a county in which he is a resident and inhabitant, and it is ascertained that his place of settlement is outside of this state, the director of welfare sh…

44:4-69. County chargeable with relief of all persons having settlement Every person who has, or shall acquire a settlement in any county shall be chargeable as to permanent relief and be supported and maintained or relieved by such entire county, and the board of chosen freehold…

44:4-7. Erection, alteration or repair of buildings The board of chosen freeholders may erect all necessary buildings, make all necessary improvements and repairs, and alter any existing building for the use of the welfare-house, but the plans for such work shall first be approve…