New Jersey Statutes 44:1-134. Notice to board of children’s guardians of commitment of minor to almshouse
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 44:1-134
- Almshouse: means a place where the poor are maintained at the public expense of a municipality or county, which has not established and does not maintain a welfare-house. See New Jersey Statutes 44:1-1
- 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
- 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 supervisor or superintendent of an almshouse or welfare-house shall within twenty-four hours of the commitment of a minor child under the age of eighteen years to the almshouse or welfare-house, notify the state board of children’s guardians of that commitment.