New Jersey Statutes 44:1-36. Inspection of almshouse or welfare-house
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 44:1-36
- Almshouse: means a place where the poor are maintained at the public expense of a municipality or county, which has not established and does not maintain a welfare-house. See New Jersey Statutes 44:1-1
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- State board: means the State Board of Human Services. See New Jersey Statutes 44:1-1
- Welfare-house: means a place where persons unable to care for and maintain themselves in whole or in part by reason of age, infirmity or poverty may be cared for and maintained in whole or in part at the expense of a county or municipality under the superintendent of a county welfare board in a county or portion thereof or districts composed of more than one county or portions thereof. See New Jersey Statutes 44:1-1
The almshouse or welfare-house shall always be open to inspection by a duly authorized agent of the board of chosen freeholders of a county maintaining its permanent poor therein and of the state board and the state board of health.