Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 44:4-26

  • County welfare board: means the board of a single county authorized to have charge, supervision and control of a county welfare-house and the administration of the settlement and relief of the poor for such county and to supervise through a director of welfare such work for or in relation to the poor as directed or authorized. See New Jersey Statutes 44:4-1
  • May: shall be construed to be permissive. See New Jersey Statutes 44:4-1
  • Welfare-house: means a place where the poor are maintained at the public expense under the superintendence of a county welfare board in any county. See New Jersey Statutes 44:4-1
When the board of chosen freeholders shall establish a county welfare-house for the permanent maintenance and relief of the poor in any county and shall have acquired a site therefor, awarded contracts for the necessary building and improvements thereon, and resolved to maintain a county welfare-house as is provided in this chapter, the county welfare board shall constitute the board of managers of such welfare-house. As such board of managers the county welfare board shall have charge of all matters relating to the government, discipline, contracts and fiscal concerns of the welfare-house as appropriated by the chosen freeholders, and shall make such rules and regulations as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of such welfare-house.
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