{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-44-1-4","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 44:1-4","heading":"Acquisition of real estate for welfare-house","body":"The board of chosen freeholders may purchase and lease real estate for the welfare-house, including any municipal almshouse suitable therefor, or acquire such property and easements therein by lease, purchase or condemnation, and the  power of eminent domain may be exercised as provided by chapter 1 of the title  Eminent Domain (s. 20:1-1 et seq.).","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":"a26836b4fa9754fc644c16d5fa750f3a16ab691402a8355da044be40a8d5d952","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-44-1-3","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-44-1-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}