New Jersey Statutes 44:1-85. Helpers to overseers
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 44:1-85
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- May: shall be construed to be permissive. 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
- 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
- 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
An overseer may appoint resident helpers without pay or fees to aid in the temporary relief of poor persons under his direction, preferably by district, in a municipality, in order that such helpers may observe, ascertain and assist the overseer or deputy in ascertaining the cause or causes of dependency, obtain employment for poor persons when needed, and assist and advise the overseer or deputy in instituting and prosecuting to a determination such proceedings as may be necessary through other agencies of the state, or its political subdivisions, for the relief of the poor, or the admission of them or their lawful dependents to such institution or agency as may be provided for mental or physical disability or otherwise.
Disbursements of helpers shall be paid, on the approval of the overseer, by the governing body or district welfare board. Helpers shall be registered on appointment at the office of the overseer, and shall be furnished and supplied with such evidence of their appointment and authority as the overseer, with the approval of the governing body, shall determine.