Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 44:1-7

  • May: shall be construed to be permissive. 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 board of chosen freeholders may borrow money for the erection or purchase of the welfare-house, and for the purchase of a site therefor, on the credit of the county or portion thereof as provided in this chapter, and issue obligations therefor in the same manner as for other county purposes.