44:1-3.Ā  Establishment by board of freeholders The board of chosen freeholders of a county may, by resolution, establish aĀ  county almshouse to be known as a welfare-house, or change the name, controlĀ  and management of an existing county almshouse for the care and maintenance ofĀ  the permanent poor, and the permanent poor, other than in municipalitiesĀ  excepted therefrom as provided in this chapter, shall be provided for thereinĀ  by the county, and almshouses maintained and supported in municipalities in theĀ  county shall, as otherwise provided in this chapter, thereafter be abolishedĀ  and the permanent poor shall thereafter be maintained in the county institutionĀ  rather than in municipal almshouses.
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