New Jersey Statutes 44:1-63. Excepted municipalities to provide relief of poor independently
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 44:1-63
- 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
Municipalities excepted from participation in the establishment or maintenance of a welfare-house, shall continue to support and relieve the permanent poor thereof as is otherwise lawful.