44:1-61 - Election by municipality not to participate
44:1-61.Ā Election by municipality not to participate When a county by its board of chosen freeholders shall propose by resolution, as provided in this chapter, to establish a county welfare-house orĀ a jointly maintained district welfare-house, or to contract with another countyĀ for the relief and maintenance of the permanent poor by the other county in anĀ almshouse or welfare-house thereof, any municipality in the county whichĀ provides for, relieves and maintains its permanent poor, may by resolutionĀ elect not to participate in the county purpose.
Upon the certification of that election by the municipal governing body to the clerk of the board of chosen freeholders, the resolution shall be amended before its final passage to except therefrom the municipality or municipalitiesĀ electing not to participate, and the expense of the county for the purposeĀ shall not be a charge upon any such municipality but shall be a charge uponĀ that portion only of the county whose permanent poor are thus provided for, andĀ the imposts for the county purpose shall not be generally levied, assessed andĀ collected upon the taxable persons or property in the county, but shall be aĀ charge upon, and be levied, assessed and collected by the board of freeholdersĀ from the municipalities not excepted from said resolution.
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Upon the certification of that election by the municipal governing body to the clerk of the board of chosen freeholders, the resolution shall be amended before its final passage to except therefrom the municipality or municipalitiesĀ electing not to participate, and the expense of the county for the purposeĀ shall not be a charge upon any such municipality but shall be a charge uponĀ that portion only of the county whose permanent poor are thus provided for, andĀ the imposts for the county purpose shall not be generally levied, assessed andĀ collected upon the taxable persons or property in the county, but shall be aĀ charge upon, and be levied, assessed and collected by the board of freeholdersĀ from the municipalities not excepted from said resolution.
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