Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 44:1-11

  • County adjuster: means the official of that designation authorized to act in the cases of commitment or admission of persons who have a mental illness to state or county psychiatric hospitals. 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
  • Welfare board: means the board of one or more counties authorized to have charge, supervision, and control of a welfare-house and to supervise through a superintendent such work for or in relation to the poor as directed or authorized. 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 welfare board shall be composed of not less than five nor more than seven citizens of the county or municipalities participating, at least two of whom shall be women, to be appointed by the board of chosen freeholders, who, with two designated members of the board of chosen freeholders and the county adjuster, when not serving as superintendent of welfare, as ex-officio members, shall constitute the county welfare board and managers of the welfare-house. The holding of any other office by a member of the welfare board shall not constitute such holding as incompatible with his office as member of the welfare board.

Amended by L.1972, c. 105, s. 1, eff. July 27, 1972.

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