Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 44:4-48

  • 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
  • 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
The county welfare board shall make annually a report of the financial management and expenditures and other operations of the welfare-house and the number of persons maintained therein, together with its recommendations to the board of chosen freeholders.