Title 44, Title 44: POOR

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…

44:4-70. Settlement; determination; effect of temporary removal Every person of full age who shall be a resident of and domiciled without interruption in any municipality of a county wherein this chapter has been adopted by referendum, for five years, excluding in the computation…

44:4-71. Temporary relief for person having legal settlement elsewhere Where temporary relief is required by a poor person in a municipality in which he is a resident and inhabitant, in which municipality he has not gained a settlement, but shall have gained a settlement in some …

44:4-72. Removal of poor person to place of legal settlement; procedure 44:4-72. When the removal of a poor person from the place of his domicile or where he is found to the place of his settlement in the same county is lawful and necessary, it shall be made by means of a written…

44:4-73. Duties of director of welfare and county adjuster The director of welfare under the direction of the county welfare board in any county shall take the necessary steps looking to the removal of any poor person from this state, or to another county in this state, through a…

44:4-74. Written notice of removal When the removal of a poor person from the place of his domicile or where he is found to the place of his settlement is lawful and necessary, it shall be made by means of a written notice signed by the removing official to the officer having jur…

44:4-75. Removal in absence of contest On the day named in the notice, the order for removal shall be made by the removing director of welfare, and the poor person shall forthwith be removed to the place indicated in the notice upon the making of an order that he has no settlemen…

44:4-76. Contest; how made 44:4-76. Such contest shall be made by notice to the officer giving the original notice, fixing a time and place when the contesting county welfare board, through the director of welfare, or the overseer or county adjuster as the case may be will apply …

44:4-77. Failure to resist removal; review when failure explained On failure to resist such removal the receiving county welfare board or overseer or county adjuster, as the case may be, may not decline to receive the poor person, but shall receive him and provide such relief as …

44:4-78. Liability of county or municipality failing to receive or remove poor person 44:4-78. If any director of welfare under direction of the county welfare board or any overseer or county adjuster as the case may be shall neglect to receive or remove a poor person, as provide…

44:4-79. Bringing poor person into county unlawfully; misdemeanor A person who shall send, bring, remove or entice to remove, or cause to be sent, brought or enticed, any poor person into a county from any other county within this state without first having obtained the consent o…

44:4-8. Necessary money charge upon municipalities of county When a county by its board of chosen freeholders shall propose to establish a county welfare-house as provided in this chapter, and shall do so by resolution in the manner required in this chapter for the purpose, the s…

44:4-80. Suspension of sentence or fine upon certain conditions A sentence or fine imposed under the provisions of section 44:4-79 of this title may be suspended before or after conviction upon condition that the offender will convey the poor person to the place where he has a se…

44:4-81 Furnishing transportation to nonresidents. 44:4-81. No person shall furnish a nonresident who is sick, elderly, injured, or who has a physical disability, with transportation at the cost of the county until the director of welfare of the county has ascertained the legal r…

44:4-82. Inquiry into case by director When a person shall apply for relief for himself or another to a county welfare board, the director of welfare, under the direction of the board, shall inquire into the facts, conditions and circumstances of the case, and also into the matte…

44:4-83. Rendition of aid The director of welfare, by a written order, shall render such aid and material relief as he may in his discretion, subject to the approval of the county welfare board, deem necessary to the end that such person may not suffer unnecessarily from cold or …

44:4-84. Temporary relief in suitable home If any such poor person is receiving shelter in some suitable home or habitation, and it is possible to maintain him as adequately and profitably therein as in an almshouse or welfare-house, temporary relief may be granted and furnished …