N.J. Stat. § 44:4-38: Functions and duties formerly performed by overseers of poor

The functions and powers vested in overseers of the poor prior to April twenty-eighth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, and the duties required of and theretofore exercised by them, shall, wherever necessary to carry out the provisions of any and all laws relating thereto, be exercised by the director of welfare under the direction of the county welfare board.