New Jersey Statutes 44:1-115. Procedure where temporary relief required and settlement is elsewhere in state
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 44:1-115
- 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
- Poor person: means one who is unable to maintain himself or those dependent upon him. See New Jersey Statutes 44:1-1
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
Where a poor person who requires temporary relief in a municipality in which he is a resident and inhabitant, has a settlement in some other county in this state, the overseer shall provide and render temporary relief pending removal.