Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 44:4-77

  • 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
  • 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
On failure to resist such removal the receiving county welfare board or overseer or county adjuster, as the case may be, may not decline to receive the poor person, but shall receive him and provide such relief as is lawful; except that for good cause shown for the failure to contest the removal the receiving county welfare board or overseer or county adjuster, as the case may be, may, within thirty days after the receipt of the poor person in its county, apply to the court of common pleas of the county from whence the person was removed, to review the proceeding and make such revised order and disposition for the care and relief of the poor person and his removal, if lawful, as may be proper and necessary.