30:8-27 - Payment of wages of prisoner to dependents
30:8-27.Ā Payment of wages of prisoner to dependents
When it shall appear that a prisoner has a wife or dependent children or others legally dependent on him for support, the board of chosen freeholders may, in each case, pay to such dependents or to the society or institution having their care and custody all or any portion of the wages earned by the prisoner under sections 30:8-25 and 30:8-26 of this title.Ā The board may firstĀ deduct any court costs charged against the prisoner and disburse the remainderĀ to the several dependents under such rules and regulations as it may adopt andĀ may designate an officer or employee of the county as its disbursing agent whoĀ in delivering such earnings to dependents may avail himself of the services ofĀ the county probation officer, overseer of the poor or any private charitableĀ society or society for the prevention of cruelty to children.
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When it shall appear that a prisoner has a wife or dependent children or others legally dependent on him for support, the board of chosen freeholders may, in each case, pay to such dependents or to the society or institution having their care and custody all or any portion of the wages earned by the prisoner under sections 30:8-25 and 30:8-26 of this title.Ā The board may firstĀ deduct any court costs charged against the prisoner and disburse the remainderĀ to the several dependents under such rules and regulations as it may adopt andĀ may designate an officer or employee of the county as its disbursing agent whoĀ in delivering such earnings to dependents may avail himself of the services ofĀ the county probation officer, overseer of the poor or any private charitableĀ society or society for the prevention of cruelty to children.
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