Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 44:4-127

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
When a municipality fails to appropriate an additional sum for this purpose, the board of chosen freeholders shall provide for the relief of the temporary or outdoor poor of the municipality for the remainder of the calendar or fiscal year by an emergency appropriation on certification thereof by the county welfare board, and shall assess and collect a special tax in the municipality sufficient to meet and pay for such emergency appropriation in the same manner as other county taxes are assessed and collected in the municipalities of the county.