New Jersey Statutes 44:1-71. Keeping of book with certain entries as to each inmate
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 44:1-71
- May: shall be construed to be permissive. See New Jersey Statutes 44:1-1
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- State board: means the State Board of Human Services. See New Jersey Statutes 44:1-1
- Superintendent: means the employee of a welfare board of a county or district authorized to act for it and under its direction and to act for overseers where there are none. See New Jersey Statutes 44:1-1
The supervisors or superintendent and 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 commitment, age, sex, color, description, physical and mental condition, education, habits, occupations, condition of ancestors and family relations, cause of dependence, birthplace and date of discharge, or of death and place of burial of every person coming into the care of such institution, and such other records as may be prescribed by the state board of health and the bureau of vital statistics, together with any other information about them which may be ascertained, and the book shall be open to the inspection of the public at all times.