Title 38, Title 38: MILITIA--SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND MARINES

38:16-5. Position or office of certain war veterans not to be abolished to terminate service No such commission shall abolish any position or office held by a person mentioned in paragraph one of this act, or change the title of such position, office or employment, or reduce the …

38:16-6. Policemen, firemen, and motor vehicle inspectors; time spent in armed forces Any time spent by any member of a police or fire department of any municipality or county of this State or by any State motor vehicle inspector in the armed forces of the United States during th…

38:17-1 Interment of indigent veterans; definitions. 38:17-1. The board of chosen freeholders in each of the counties shall designate a proper authority, other than that designated by law for the care of paupers and the custody of criminals, who shall cause to be interred the bod…

38:17-10. Municipality may maintain burial place for revolutionary soldiers The governing body of any municipality may appropriate money for the purpose of maintaining cemetery or burial grounds within the municipality in which the remains of at least ten soldiers of the revoluti…

38:17-11. Municipality may share expense for care of burial place The governing body of any such municipality may enter into an agreement with any duly incorporated patriotic, historic or civic society or association for the purpose of co-operating with such society or associatio…

38:17-12. Registration of veterans' graves; distribution of registration records The Division of Veterans' Services of the Department of Economic Development shall distribute the registration records, formerly maintained by the State service officer, of veterans' graves in each c…

38:17-2. Appointment, supervisor of veterans' interment 38:17-2. The board of chosen freeholders in each of the counties shall appoint a suitable person who shall be a resident of the county, as supervisor of veterans' interment; provided, that in making such appointment an honor…

38:17-2.1 Identification of indigent deceased person; determination of veteran status; definitions. 2. The county medical examiner, or a designee, shall be responsible for the positive identification of an unidentified indigent deceased person. The supervisor of veterans' interme…

38:17-3 Restriction as to interment; headstone; definitions. 38:17-3. Any interment provided for by sections 38:17-1 to 38:17-8 of this title shall not be made in any cemetery or plot used exclusively for the burial of pauper dead, but may be made in a county veterans' cemetery o…

38:17-4 Liability for expenses of burial, cremation; exemptions; definitions. 38:17-4. The expense of the burial or cremation and headstone shall be borne and paid by the county in which the deceased shall be resident at the time of death, up to a cost of $250. The State shall pr…

38:17-5. Payment of expense; tax levy The board of chosen freeholders of the several counties shall annually place in the tax levy a sum sufficient for the purposes aforesaid.

38:17-6. Graves to be in proper condition; headstone; tax levy If the graves of such veterans mentioned in section 38:17-1 of this title, in any of the counties, shall be in a state of dilapidation or decay, or shall not be marked with headstones, or any county shall not own buri…

38:17-7. Board may issue bonds to raise funds If in the judgment of any board of chosen freeholders the amount required for the purposes mentioned in section 38:17-6 of this Title, if placed in the tax levy for one fiscal year, would be too burdensome on the taxpayers of such cou…

38:17-8. Issuance and sale of bonds; limitation on amount The bonds mentioned in section 38:17-7 of this Title shall be issued and sold in accordance with Title 40, chapter one, of the Revised Statutes. No board shall issue bonds in excess of one hundred thousand dollars, for the…

38:17-9. Graves to be decorated--expense; tax levy The supervisor of veterans' interment shall annually, on the thirtieth day of May known as Memorial Day or as near to such day as possible decorate, or cause to be decorated with suitable flags the graves in which are interred th…

38:18-1. Soldier, time of emergency defined 38:18-1. As used in this chapter the word "soldier" means and includes any officer, soldier, sailor, marine, airman, nurse or any other person, male or female, regularly enlisted or inducted, who was or shall have been a part of the mil…

38:18-2. Compensation to blind veterans, spouses 38:18-2. A soldier, who has sustained a total loss of sight as a result of his service during any of the wars mentioned in R.S.38:18-1, shall be paid for the term of his life, and upon his death his surviving spouse shall be paid, …

38:18-3. Proof of service and disability; certification by adjutant general; payment. 38:18-3. Evidence of the service and disability mentioned in R.S.38:18-1 shall be furnished to the Department of Veterans Affairs, which shall examine the same and upon being satisfied that the …

38:18-4. Nonresidents Any soldier or surviving spouse receiving compensation pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 38:18-1 et seq. and who is required to, and who does, move without the State for reasons of health or employment shall notwithstanding such nonresidence be entitled to …

38:18A-1. "Veteran" and "in time of emergency" defined 1. As used in this act, the word "veteran" means and includes any officer, soldier, sailor, marine, airman, nurse, or any other person, male or female, regularly enlisted or inducted, who was or shall have been a part of the …

38:18A-2 Compensation to certain disabled veterans, spouses. 2. A veteran who served in the active military or naval forces of the United States and who has paraplegia and permanent paralysis of both legs and lower parts of the body, or who has osteochondritis and permanent loss …

38:18A-3. Evidence of service and disability 3. Evidence of the service and disability mentioned in this act, P.L.1947, c.263 (C.38:18A-1 et seq.), shall be furnished to the Division of Veterans Services of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, which shall examine the …

38:18A-4. Continuation of payments Any veteran or surviving spouse receiving payments pursuant to the provisions of P.L. 1947, c. 263 (C. 38:18A-1 et seq.) and who is required to, and who does, move without the State for reasons of health or employment, and any veteran who hereto…

38:20-1. "War orphans" ; "war" ; "in time of emergency" defined For the purpose of this chapter, the term "war orphans" shall mean and include any child between the ages of 16 and 21 years, domiciled in this State for at least 12 months prior to the time of application for benefi…

38:20-2. Appropriation for education; sum allotted each orphan There is appropriated for the purposes of this chapter such sum as shall be included in any annual or supplemental appropriation act. In no case shall the sum exceed $500.00 for any one child annually. Such sum shall …

38:20-3. Application for benefits; limited allotments. 38:20-3. Application for such benefits shall be made to the Department of Veterans Affairs, which shall make rules and regulations to effectuate the provisions thereof. It shall ascertain and approve the educational aptitude …

38:20-4. Allotments when child over twenty-one years When the application of any such war orphan shall have been granted in the first instance as herein provided, then the maximum number of annual allotments provided by section 38:20-3 of this title may be granted to such applica…

38:23-1 Leave of absence for public officers, employees. 38:23-1. a. A permanent or full-time temporary officer or employee of the State or of a board, commission, authority or other instrumentality of the State, or of a county, school district or municipality, who is a member of…

38:23-2. Leave of absence for State or national conventions 38:23-2. The head of every public department and of every court of this State, every superintendent or foreman on the public works of this State, the heads of the county offices of the several counties and the head of ev…

38:23-3. Compensation of public officers or employees while in military or naval service Any officer, department, institution, committee, commission or other body of the state or any subdivision or municipality thereof, may pay in his or its discretion the whole or a part of the …

38:23-4 Leave of absence for employees of State, county municipal or other political subdivision entering military service, National Guard. 1. Every person holding office, position or employment, other than for a fixed term or period, under the government of this State or of any …

38:23-4.1. "Emergency" defined As used in the act to which this act is a supplement, the term "emergency" shall include, but shall not be limited to, any period of time after June twenty-third, one thousand nine hundred and fifty, and prior to the termination, suspension or revoc…

38:23-5. No impairment to pension rights because of military service 1. No person holding any office, position or employment under the government of the State of New Jersey or of any county, municipality, school district or other political subdivision of the State, or under any b…

38:23-6. Contributions to pension or retirement funds during military or naval service During the period beginning with the time of the entry of such person into such service and ending at the earliest of (a) three months after the time of such person's discharge from such servic…

38:23A-1. Proof or acknowledgment of deeds or instruments before commissioned officers; "in time of emergency" defined Any oath, affirmation or affidavit, required or authorized to be taken or made in any suit or legal proceeding in this State or for any lawful purpose whatever, …

38:23A-2. Age limits extended for veterans 1. When the qualifications for any examination or test for, or appointment or election to any office, position or employment under the government of this State, or of any county, municipality, school district or other political subdivisi…

38:23A-3. Privileges of honorably discharged veterans; persons engaged in public service Whenever in any law, any rights, privileges or benefits are granted to persons holding any appointive office, position or employment in either the State, county or municipal government by rea…

38:23A-4. "Veteran" and "present emergency" defined 1. The word "veteran" as used in this act shall mean any person who served in the active military or naval service of the United States on or after September 16, 1940, and prior to the termination of the war by lawful federal au…

38:23A-5. Renewal or reinstatement of professional or occupational licenses Any veteran who at the time of entering such service or within one year prior thereto was the holder of a license, registration certificate or permit, to practice any profession or to engage in any occupa…

38:23A-6. Rules and regulations Any such State board, body or officer may adopt rules and regulations to carry into effect the provisions of this act. L.1946, c. 51, p. 109, s. 3.

38:23A-7. Apprentice and on-the-job training for veterans; "present emergency" defined Each State department and each county and municipality in the State hereby is authorized and empowered to establish and maintain apprentice and on-the-job training programs for the employment o…

38:23B-1. Purpose of act The purposes of this act are to make it possible for certain qualified veterans to obtain: a. venture capital, at low rates of interest, which may be necessary to establish or re-establish themselves in a business or profession; and b. loans, at low rates…

38:23B-10. Effect of approval Upon approval by the commissioner of a veterans' loan application, any bank may make the loan as approved and upon the terms and conditions required under this act. L.1944, c. 126, p. 347, s. 10, eff. July 1, 1944.

38:23B-11. Bank making loan to co-operate with commissioner Any bank making a veterans' loan shall co-operate with the commissioner in supervising the use of the credit in accordance with its purposes. L.1944, c. 126, p. 347, s. 11.

38:23B-12. Terms of business loan Each business loan made under this act shall: a. Be evidenced by a note or other obligation approved by the commissioner. b. Bear interest at a rate not exceeding four per centum (4%) per annum upon the unpaid balance. c. Be payable as follows: (…

38:23B-12.1. Terms of loan for purchase of household furnishings Each loan to finance the purchase of household furnishings or household appliances, or both, made under this act shall: a. Be evidenced by a note or notes or other obligation approved by the commissioner. b. Bear in…