44:1-39 - Submitting resolution to voters of each county
44:1-39.Ā Submitting resolution to voters of each county
When two or more contiguous and adjoining counties shall, by the boards of chosen freeholders thereof, so resolve to construct and maintain a district welfare-house jointly in lieu of a county welfare-house and municipal almshouses, which in such case shall be abolished except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the resolution shall at the next general election be submittedĀ to the legal voters of each county, excepting the voters in municipalitiesĀ which maintain their permanent poor in institutions and have, as authorized inĀ section 44:1-61 of this title, elected not to participate. Public noticeĀ thereof shall be given by the boards of chosen freeholders by publication notĀ less than thirty days prior to the election in a newspaper published andĀ circulating in the county seat of each of the counties.
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When two or more contiguous and adjoining counties shall, by the boards of chosen freeholders thereof, so resolve to construct and maintain a district welfare-house jointly in lieu of a county welfare-house and municipal almshouses, which in such case shall be abolished except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the resolution shall at the next general election be submittedĀ to the legal voters of each county, excepting the voters in municipalitiesĀ which maintain their permanent poor in institutions and have, as authorized inĀ section 44:1-61 of this title, elected not to participate. Public noticeĀ thereof shall be given by the boards of chosen freeholders by publication notĀ less than thirty days prior to the election in a newspaper published andĀ circulating in the county seat of each of the counties.
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