44:1-93 - Use of all agencies for relief - New Jersey Statutes

44:1-93.  Use of all agencies for relief    All agencies for relief, such as widows' pensions as provided by law, aid under the authority of the rehabilitation commission and public employment service, or other aids to relief, support or assistance, public or private, shall be made use of by overseers and their subordinates and helpers to the end  that causes of dependency on the part of persons or their families and the need  for such public relief in whole or in part may be eliminated, and such  subordinates and helpers are authorized under direction of the overseer or  deputy to take such legal steps, either as prosecutors or petitioners in legal  proceedings in aid of such persons or their families as may be necessary to  such end.