Title 44, Title 44: POOR

44:4-102. Compelling support by relatives 44:4-102. If any of the relatives mentioned in section 44:4-101 of this Title shall fail to perform the order or directions of the county director of welfare with regard to the support of the poor person, or if the poor person is supporte…

44:4-103. Contracts between welfare board and relatives or others In all cases where there are 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, the county welfare b…

44:4-104. Compelling support by husband or wife 44:4-104. When a husband or father shall desert his wife, child or children or a woman shall desert her child or children and leave them, or any of them, as public charges, the director of welfare of the county may apply to the Supe…

44:4-105. Sequestration of estate 44:4-105. The Superior Court, Chancery Division, Family Part may: a. Issue process for the immediate sequestration of the personal estate and the rents and profits of the real estate of the person charged as provided in section 44:4-104 of this T…

44:4-107. Recovery of expenses of support The county welfare board through the county director of welfare, may bring a civil action from time to time in that court for such amount as may be necessary to pay any expense incurred or unpaid, and upon recovery of judgment and the sal…

44:4-108. Willful deserter as disorderly person; punishment A husband or father who willfully deserts or refuses or neglects to provide for and maintain his wife or children, or any of them, or a mother who willfully deserts or refuses or neglects to provide for and maintain her …

44:4-109. Complaint by director of welfare When a director of welfare having jurisdiction in such cases believes that such desertion or willful refusal or neglect to so provide for any such wife, children or parents, or any of them, will cause the family to become chargeable as p…

44:4-11. Maintenance expense charge upon county The expense of maintaining a county welfare-house shall be a charge upon the county as provided in this chapter.

44:4-112. Visitation of sick poor by official physicians and nurses When a physician or nurse who is employed by the governing body of a county or municipality is called upon or notified by the county welfare board of the county wherein the municipality is situated, with the cons…

44:4-113. Contract for visiting nursing care Where a contract for the visiting nursing care of sick poor persons in such municipalities is desired by the municipal authorities the county welfare board may enter into such contract, the cost to be borne by the municipality to which…

44:4-114. Further medical or other relief If it shall appear that the person visited and aided is a poor person within the meaning of this chapter, the physician or nurse attending him shall report the fact in writing to the director of welfare of the county welfare board, which …

44:4-115. Hospitalization and other relief where treatment is urgent In all cases wherein medical or surgical treatment is urgent, a poor person may be removed and admitted to any public or private hospital in the municipality in which he is found, and the director or those havin…

44:4-116. Bond for maintenance from master or commander When a ship or vessel shall arrive within a port, harbor or county within this state, having on board passengers or employees coming from any foreign port or place, or coming from any county within or without this state into…

44:4-117. Liability of master or commander for landing persons wrongfully A master or commander of a ship or vessel arriving as referred to in section 44:4-116 of this title, who shall land or suffer to be landed from on board his ship or vessel any passenger or employee who is s…

44:4-118. Burial of poor When a person shall die in a county without leaving money or other means sufficient to defray his funeral expenses, the director of welfare under the direction of the county welfare board shall employ some person to provide for and superintend the burial …

44:4-119. Acquisition of cemetery by county; issuance of bonds A county may acquire by devise, gift, purchase, condemnation or in any other manner, such land as in the judgment of the governing body may be necessary and proper for a burial ground for those who may die therein wit…

44:4-12. Acceptance of gifts, devises and bequests The board of chosen freeholders may accept and hold in trust for the county any grant or devise of land, or any gift or bequest of money or other personal property, or any donation to be applied, principal or income or both, for …

44:4-120. Appropriations for year following adoption of chapter Within fifteen days after this chapter takes effect and becomes operative in any county the county welfare board shall: a. Meet with the board of freeholders for consideration of the estimate of the welfare board as …

44:4-121. Estimates for ensuing calendar or fiscal years On November first of each year thereafter, the county welfare board shall forward to the board of chosen freeholders an estimate of the amount necessary for carrying into effect the provisions of this chapter, and to the go…

44:4-122. Appropriation by freeholders for relief of permanent or indoor poor Such provision for expense for the relief of the permanent or indoor poor shall upon the approval of the board of chosen freeholders, be included in the budgets of the respective counties on certificati…

44:4-123. Additional county appropriation when original appropriation inadequate When the sums appropriated as provided in section 44:4-122 of this title are expended or exhausted during the year and for the purpose for which they were appropriated, and when separate appropriatio…

44:4-124. Raising or borrowing of additional sums Such additional sums may be paid from unexpended balances not required by law to be expended for a specific purpose, or from contingent funds, where such exist. Where such balances are not available or adequate, or such funds do n…

44:4-125. Appropriations by municipalities for temporary or outdoor poor The expenditures, exclusive of administrative expenses, for relief under the provisions of this chapter of the temporary or outdoor poor residing in the respective municipalities of the county shall be limit…

44:4-126. Additional municipal appropriations When any sum appropriated as provided in section 44:4-125 of this title has been expended or exhausted, during the year and for the purpose for which it was appropriated, the county welfare board shall notify the governing body of the…

44:4-127. Emergency county appropriation when municipality fails to appropriate additional sum When a municipality fails to appropriate an additional sum for this purpose, the board of chosen freeholders shall provide for the relief of the temporary or outdoor poor of the municip…

44:4-128. Unexpended balances of municipal appropriations Any unexpended balance of such municipal appropriation shall be carried over and made available for the relief of the temporary or outdoor poor within the municipality for the next ensuing year.

44:4-129. Proposal by resolution to adopt chapter The board of chosen freeholders of any county the legal voters of which have failed to adopt the provisions of this chapter as herein provided, may propose to adopt such provisions by resolution as in this chapter provided.

44:4-13. Inspection of welfare-house A welfare-house shall be subject to inspection by duly authorized representatives of the state board, the commissioner and the state board of health; and whenever a county shall provide for the relief and maintenance of its permanent poor in a…

44:4-130. Time for final action on resolution Final action by the board of chosen freeholders of the county on the resolution shall be adjourned for at least one month from the time of the proposal of such resolution, at which time such final action shall be taken except as provi…

44:4-131. Notice of time and place of final action; adjournment Within two weeks after the proposal of the resolution, notice of the time and place of final action to be taken thereon shall be published twice in two newspapers published and circulated in the county, at least one …

44:4-132. Submission of question to voters of county; notice Upon the adoption of the resolution by the board of chosen freeholders, the question of the adoption of the provisions of this chapter in the county shall thereupon be submitted to the legal voters of the county at the …

44:4-133. Ballot; form and content At any such election at which the question of the adoption of the provisions of this chapter is submitted to the legal voters of a county, there shall be printed upon each official ballot substantially the following: "To vote upon the public que…

44:4-134. Voting 44:4-134. If the voter makes an x or + mark in ink or pencil in the square at the left of the word "yes," it shall be counted as a vote in favor of the adoption of this chapter. If the voter makes an x or + mark in ink or pencil in the square at the left of the w…

44:4-135. Canvass and return of votes; when chapter becomes operative A canvass and return of the votes cast in the county upon the question of the adoption of this chapter shall be made by the board of canvassers in the same manner as for officers voted at such election and as f…

44:4-14. Abolition of almshouses After the establishment of a county welfare-house as provided in section 44:4-4 of this title, the permanent poor shall be maintained therein in lieu of almshouses, and almshouses maintained and supported in any such county or in municipalities in…

44:4-15. Sale of property formerly used for municipal almshouses The real and personal property which has been used for municipal almshouses, abolished as provided in section 44:4-14 of this title, may be sold by the governing body and the proceeds thereof shall fall into the mun…

44:4-16. Contract with another county for maintenance of permanent poor Upon the certificate of the state board that the housing conditions and accommodations are adequate for the purpose, and upon the approval of the state board of health that the sanitary conditions are such as…

44:4-17. Contract authorized by resolution The contract for the relief and maintenance of the permanent poor of a county in a welfare-house of another county shall be authorized by resolution as mentioned in section 44:4-5 of this title, and such other provisions as may be necess…

44:4-18. Terms of contract The contract authorized by the board of chosen freeholders and entered into by the directors of the several counties concerned shall provide for the permanent maintenance and relief of such poor persons, and any county so contracting may maintain the pe…

44:4-19. Expense under contract; payment by proper county The expense under a contract for the support of the permanent poor of any county in the welfare-house of another county shall be a charge upon the county whose permanent poor are thus provided for. Such expense shall be pr…

44:4-2. Chapter inoperative until adopted upon referendum The provisions of this chapter shall be and remain inoperative as to a particular county until the chapter has been adopted upon referendum as provided in article 17 of this chapter (s. 44:4-129 et seq.).

44:4-20. Membership In every county wherein the provisions of this chapter have been adopted, there shall be constituted and appointed a county welfare board composed as provided in R.S. 44:1-11. Such boards are hereby created corporate entities with power to sue and be sued, to …

44:4-21. Terms of members; vacancies Members shall hold their offices for five years, except that the first appointments shall be respectively for one, two, three, four and five years, which terms as to duration shall be in the order of appointments as made and indicated. Vacanci…

44:4-22. Compensation and expenses of members Members shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses, on the approval of the director of the board of chosen freeholders, all of which shall be audited and paid in the same…

44:4-23. Organization of board The county welfare board shall elect from among its members a chairman and vice-chairman and a secretary-treasurer who shall furnish a suitable bond to be approved by the board of chosen freeholders. Amended by L.1938, c. 194, p. 422, s. 2.

44:4-24. Supervision of relief and settlement of poor; complaints for prevention of cruelty The county welfare board, as the county bureau of relief shall have charge and supervision of the relief and settlement of the poor in its jurisdiction, subject to the provisions of this c…