44:1-109 - Granting permanent relief in absence of county almshouse, welfare-house or district welfare-house - New Jersey Statutes

44:1-109.  Granting permanent relief in absence of county almshouse, welfare-house or district welfare-house
    Where permanent relief is required by a poor person in a municipality in a county in which he has gained a settlement and of a county in which there is no  almshouse, welfare-house or district welfare-house, the overseer shall:

    a.  Commit and remove the person to the municipal almshouse;

     b.  Furnish relief at home as provided in this chapter if the circumstances  render that course legal and preferable;  or

     c.  Commit and remove the person to such other municipal almshouse in the county as may by contract provide such relief.