New Jersey Statutes 44:4-75. Removal in absence of contest
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 44:4-75
- Allegation: something that someone says happened.
- County adjuster: means the official of that designation authorized to act in the cases of commitment or admission of persons who have a mental illness to State or county hospitals for the insane. See New Jersey Statutes 44:4-1
- 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
- Director of welfare: means an employee of a county welfare board with authority to act for it and under its direction, and to act for and in lieu of overseers where there are none, and perform the functions of and replace the office of overseer. See New Jersey Statutes 44:4-1
- May: shall be construed to be permissive. See New Jersey Statutes 44:4-1
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- Poor person: means a permanently disabled person who is without means of support as defined above. See New Jersey Statutes 44:4-1
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
On the day named in the notice, the order for removal shall be made by the removing director of welfare, and the poor person shall forthwith be removed to the place indicated in the notice upon the making of an order that he has no settlement in the county in which he is a resident or is found, and has a settlement or became poor in the other county or municipality therein prior to his becoming a resident and inhabitant or being found in the county from whence he is to be removed, unless within ten days after the mailing of the written notice the director of welfare of the county welfare board or overseer or county adjuster as the case may be to whom it has been mailed shall proceed to contest the allegation of the settlement of the poor person or of the right to remove him to such county or municipality.