New Jersey Statutes 44:4-9. Raising of money for buildings and maintenance
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 44:4-9
- 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
The board of chosen freeholders may:
a. Cause to be levied, assessed and collected from the municipalities of the county such sums of money as shall be deemed necessary at first and annually thereafter to provide suitable land, buildings and improvements for the welfare-house and for the maintenance thereof, and for all other necessary expenditures therefor, and the expenses of the county welfare board and its agents as authorized and required in this chapter; and
b. Borrow money for the erection or purchase of such welfare-houses, and for the purchase of a site for such welfare-houses, on the credit of the county, and issue obligations therefor in such manner as it may do for other county purposes.