Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 44:1-100

  • Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Human Services. See New Jersey Statutes 44:1-1
  • Overseer: means a person who is charged with the superintendence and relief or removal of the poor within the overseer's jurisdiction or found in the overseer's municipality, and means superintendent in all cases where a superintendent as defined in this section is authorized to act when there is no overseer. See New Jersey Statutes 44:1-1
The governing body or bodies shall furnish to the overseer and his deputies the necessary material, card indexes and other stationery for the purpose of this chapter, at the expense of the municipality. All forms of records for the use of the overseer shall be such as are approved and prescribed by the commissioner.