§ 44:4-1 Definitions
§ 44:4-2 Chapter inoperative until adopted upon referendum
§ 44:4-3 Construction in general
§ 44:4-4 Establishment of welfare-house or provision for poor by contract
§ 44:4-5 Action on resolution to establish welfare-house or to contract
§ 44:4-6 Acquisition of real estate for welfare-house
§ 44:4-7 Erection, alteration or repair of buildings
§ 44:4-8 Necessary money charge upon municipalities of county
§ 44:4-9 Raising of money for buildings and maintenance
§ 44:4-10 Bonds for buildings, repairs or fittings
§ 44:4-11 Maintenance expense charge upon county
§ 44:4-12 Acceptance of gifts, devises and bequests
§ 44:4-13 Inspection of welfare-house
§ 44:4-14 Abolition of almshouses
§ 44:4-15 Sale of property formerly used for municipal almshouses
§ 44:4-16 Contract with another county for maintenance of permanent poor
§ 44:4-17 Contract authorized by resolution
§ 44:4-18 Terms of contract
§ 44:4-19 Expense under contract; payment by proper county
§ 44:4-20 Membership
§ 44:4-21 Terms of members; vacancies
§ 44:4-22 Compensation and expenses of members
§ 44:4-23 Organization of board
§ 44:4-24 Supervision of relief and settlement of poor; complaints for prevention of cruelty
§ 44:4-25 Supervision of old age relief
§ 44:4-26 Board as manager of welfare-house
§ 44:4-27 Equipment and maintenance of welfare-house
§ 44:4-28 Meetings of board
§ 44:4-29 Approval of appropriations
§ 44:4-30 Certification of bills to board of freeholders
§ 44:4-31 Working expense fund
§ 44:4-32 Appointment of director; qualifications
§ 44:4-33 Director of welfare, classification for civil service; working test period
§ 44:4-34 Appointment and tenure of other officers and employees
§ 44:4-35 Salaries
§ 44:4-36 Regulations governing officers and employees
§ 44:4-37 Functions and duties of director
§ 44:4-38 Functions and duties formerly performed by overseers of poor
§ 44:4-39 Persons receivable in welfare-house
§ 44:4-40 Determination by director of relief to be granted
§ 44:4-41 Deputy director of welfare
§ 44:4-42 Assistant directors for municipalities
§ 44:4-43 Resident helpers and municipal advisory committees
§ 44:4-44 Use of all agencies for relief
§ 44:4-45 Records of proceedings and of relief furnished
§ 44:4-46 Books showing receipts; record of orders for relief
§ 44:4-47 Periodical reports to chosen freeholders
§ 44:4-48 Annual report as to welfare-house
§ 44:4-49 Director’s record of receipts and expenditures
§ 44:4-50 Director’s record of applicants for relief
§ 44:4-51 Filing of record on admission to institution
§ 44:4-52 Annual report of director to chosen freeholders
§ 44:4-53 Material, stationery and forms of records
§ 44:4-54 Inspection of records and reports
§ 44:4-55 Book kept in every institution; required entries
§ 44:4-56 Penalty for failure to keep book
§ 44:4-57 Place of settlement in general
§ 44:4-58 Married woman and children
§ 44:4-59 Legitimate minor children
§ 44:4-60 Illegitimate minor children
§ 44:4-61 Minors from outside of state
§ 44:4-62 Persons from outside of United States
§ 44:4-63 Permanent relief in place of settlement
§ 44:4-64 Permanent relief in county other than that of settlement
§ 44:4-65 Temporary provision for persons having no settlement in county
§ 44:4-66 Procedure where relief sought by person having no settlement anywhere
§ 44:4-67 Temporary relief in county other than that of settlement
§ 44:4-68 Temporary relief by person having settlement outside of state
§ 44:4-69 County chargeable with relief of all persons having settlement
§ 44:4-70 Settlement; determination; effect of temporary removal
§ 44:4-71 Temporary relief for person having legal settlement elsewhere
§ 44:4-72 Removal of poor person to place of legal settlement; procedure
§ 44:4-73 Duties of director of welfare and county adjuster
§ 44:4-74 Written notice of removal
§ 44:4-75 Removal in absence of contest
§ 44:4-76 Contest; how made
§ 44:4-77 Failure to resist removal; review when failure explained
§ 44:4-78 Liability of county or municipality failing to receive or remove poor person
§ 44:4-79 Bringing poor person into county unlawfully; misdemeanor
§ 44:4-80 Suspension of sentence or fine upon certain conditions
§ 44:4-81 Furnishing transportation to nonresidents
§ 44:4-82 Inquiry into case by director
§ 44:4-83 Rendition of aid
§ 44:4-84 Temporary relief in suitable home
§ 44:4-85 Relief order and commitment; contents
§ 44:4-86 Investigation and supervision by welfare board
§ 44:4-87 Obtaining employment for poor persons and families
§ 44:4-88 Length of stay of poor person in welfare-house
§ 44:4-89 Classification and care of inmates of welfare-houses
§ 44:4-90 Separation of sexes; exception
§ 44:4-91 Expenses recoverable from poor person or estate; insurance
§ 44:4-91.1 Pledge of property as guaranty for reimbursement; agreement to reimburse
§ 44:4-91.2 Filing certificate of costs of care furnished; legal claim, enforcement
§ 44:4-91.3 Record of welfare house and outdoor liens
§ 44:4-92 When relief may be provided in home
§ 44:4-93 Permanent relief; amount to be adequate; payable monthly
§ 44:4-94 Semiannual report relative to continuance of relief
§ 44:4-95 Notice to board of children’s guardians of commitment of minors to welfare-house
§ 44:4-96 Supervision of minors committed to welfare-house
§ 44:4-97 Temporary commitment of poor minor by director to institution or home
§ 44:4-98 Notice of placement to boards of freeholders and children’s guardians
§ 44:4-99 Transfer of children from welfare-house to charitable society; maintenance
§ 44:4-100 Ascertaining and obtaining or compelling assistance of relatives
§ 44:4-101 Relatives chargeable
§ 44:4-102 Compelling support by relatives
§ 44:4-103 Contracts between welfare board and relatives or others
§ 44:4-104 Compelling support by husband or wife
§ 44:4-105 Sequestration of estate
§ 44:4-107 Recovery of expenses of support
§ 44:4-108 Willful deserter as disorderly person; punishment
§ 44:4-109 Complaint by director of welfare
§ 44:4-112 Visitation of sick poor by official physicians and nurses
§ 44:4-113 Contract for visiting nursing care
§ 44:4-114 Further medical or other relief
§ 44:4-115 Hospitalization and other relief where treatment is urgent
§ 44:4-116 Bond for maintenance from master or commander
§ 44:4-117 Liability of master or commander for landing persons wrongfully
§ 44:4-118 Burial of poor
§ 44:4-119 Acquisition of cemetery by county; issuance of bonds
§ 44:4-120 Appropriations for year following adoption of chapter
§ 44:4-121 Estimates for ensuing calendar or fiscal years
§ 44:4-122 Appropriation by freeholders for relief of permanent or indoor poor
§ 44:4-123 Additional county appropriation when original appropriation inadequate
§ 44:4-124 Raising or borrowing of additional sums
§ 44:4-125 Appropriations by municipalities for temporary or outdoor poor
§ 44:4-126 Additional municipal appropriations
§ 44:4-127 Emergency county appropriation when municipality fails to appropriate additional sum
§ 44:4-128 Unexpended balances of municipal appropriations
§ 44:4-129 Proposal by resolution to adopt chapter
§ 44:4-130 Time for final action on resolution
§ 44:4-131 Notice of time and place of final action; adjournment
§ 44:4-132 Submission of question to voters of county; notice
§ 44:4-133 Ballot; form and content
§ 44:4-134 Voting
§ 44:4-135 Canvass and return of votes; when chapter becomes operative

Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes > Title 44 > Chapter 4

  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • Almshouse: means a place for the maintenance of the poor at the public expense of a county or municipality, prior to the establishment of a welfare-house. See New Jersey Statutes 44:4-1
  • 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
  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Human Services. See New Jersey Statutes 44:4-1
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • 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
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • 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
  • Disabled person: means any person entitled to relief under this chapter. See New Jersey Statutes 44:4-1
  • Dower: A widow
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • May: shall be construed to be permissive. See New Jersey Statutes 44:4-1
  • month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" means a calendar year. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • 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
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Personal property: includes goods and chattels, rights and credits, moneys and effects, evidences of debt, choses in action and all written instruments by which any right to, interest in, or lien or encumbrance upon, property or any debt or financial obligation is created, acknowledged, evidenced, transferred, discharged or defeated, in whole or in part, and everything except real property as herein defined which may be the subject of ownership. 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
  • Public charge: means a person to whom it is necessary to furnish proper relief as provided in this chapter. See New Jersey Statutes 44:4-1
  • registered mail: include "certified mail". See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • 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.
  • Ship: includes vessels, steamers, canal boats and every boat or structure adapted to navigation or movement from place to place, upon the ocean, lakes, rivers or artificial waterways, either by its own power or otherwise. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • 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
  • State board: means the State Board of Human Services. See New Jersey Statutes 44:4-1
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Temporary or outdoor poor: means poor persons who can be relieved temporarily at their domicile or without being maintained in an almshouse or welfare-house. See New Jersey Statutes 44:4-1
  • territory: extends to and includes any territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • 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