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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 44:1-40

  • May: shall be construed to be permissive. 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
At the general election at which the question of the adoption of the resolution is submitted to the voters of a county, there shall be printed upon each official ballot substantially the following:

“To vote upon the public question printed below, if in favor thereof mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word YES, and if opposed thereto mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word NO.

“Shall the county of ……………. adopt

the resolution of the board of chosen freeholders

[ ] YES providing for the joint establishment, operation

and maintenance of a district welfare-house for the

permanent relief of the poor of this and the

[ ] NO county (or counties) of (naming them), or so many

thereof (or all as the resolution shall provide)

as may be favorable thereto?”