{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-44-1-109","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 44:1-109","heading":"Granting permanent relief in absence of county almshouse, welfare-house or district welfare-house","body":"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:\na.  Commit and remove the person to the municipal almshouse;\nb.  Furnish relief at home as provided in this chapter if the circumstances  render that course legal and preferable;  or\nc.  Commit and remove the person to such other municipal almshouse in the county as may by contract provide such relief.","path":["TITLE 44 POOR"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"d8e2100aceca5a68545354a8185fe33223f0971082ca599f67a91722cd2aff5c","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-44-1-108","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-44-1-110"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}