Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 44:7-10

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Assistance: means money payments to or on behalf of eligible persons. See New Jersey Statutes 44:7-1
  • County welfare board: means the boards established within the several counties for the purposes of administering welfare to the needy, whether set up under the authority of this chapter or pursuant to any other laws of this State. See New Jersey Statutes 44:7-1
  • Old age assistance: means assistance to aged needy persons as provided by this chapter, and, unless otherwise indicated, includes all programs of assistance for other specified classes of persons authorized to be administered by or through the county welfare boards. See New Jersey Statutes 44:7-1
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
The secretary-treasurer of the county welfare board shall receive from the county treasurer of his respective county such sums as shall represent the county’s appropriation for old age assistance and the administration thereof as herein provided, and shall receive from the State such sums as represent the State’s share for old age assistance and the administration thereof as provided in sections 44:7-25 to 44:7-27 of this Title, and shall cause said sums to be set up in a special account or accounts subject to disbursement by the county welfare board in accordance with this chapter. Said secretary-treasurer shall furnish bond conditioned on the faithful performance of his duties, in an amount to be fixed by the welfare board, subject to the approval of the State division.

Amended by L.1938, c. 361, p. 906, s. 6, eff. July 1, 1938.

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