{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-44-1-92","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 44:1-92","heading":"Length of stay of poor persons in institutions","body":"A poor person or child who is committed or removed to an almshouse or welfare-house by an overseer shall be received by the supervisor or superintendent, and be supported and relieved therein until in the case of a person not a minor it shall appear that the person is no longer a poor person within the meaning of this chapter, when in the discretion of the supervisor or  superintendent the person so removed may be discharged, and immediately thereafter a written notice of such removal or discharge shall be sent to the overseer or superintendent on whose order the person was received into the almshouse or welfare-house, stating the reason for such removal or discharge and the name of the person, society or board, if any, into whose care or custody the person has been discharged.","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":"4c5e581fd2ea98b4af26642be2d0ec93c95d89c569501f97c9ee4d2ab355f8c6","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-44-1-91","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-44-1-93"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}